Rockin'XXL: December 2017

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band (USA)

Shepherd was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on June 12, 1977. Shepherd's father was a disc jockey and part-time concert promoter with a sizable record collection, and young Kenny began absorbing influences practically from birth. By the time he was four, Shepherd was learning to play a plastic guitar his grandmother got for him with trading stamps, and after seeing Stevie Ray Vaughan when he was seven years old, Shepherd graduated to a cheap Stratocaster copy, rewinding licks on cassettes to learn them note by note. (Shepherd says he's entirely self-taught as a musician.) When he was 13, Shepherd was invited to jam with blues musician Bryan Lee during a show, and he surprised the crowd with his precocious talent. Soon Shepherd was gigging regularly throughout the South, fronting a band featuring singer Corey Sterling, and before long record companies were taking notice. Irving Azoff signed Shepherd to his Giant Records label, and his debut album, 1995's Ledbetter Heights, was a critical and commercial success.

1995

Giant 28829, 12 tracks, 60:55 min.

Line up: KWS - guitar/voc, Will Ainsworth - bass, Kevin Smith - drums, Jimmy Wallace - Keyboards,

Corey Sterling - voc, Joe Nadeau - rhythm guitar. Album became Platinum status.

1997

Revolution 2489, 12 tracks, 56:28 min.

Line-up: KWS - guitar,voc, Jimmy Wallace - keyboards, Robby Emerson - bass, Sam Bryant - drums

Noah Hunt - voc, Joe Nadeau -rhy-guitar: Guests: James Cotton - harp, Double Trouble (bass/dr)

1999

Giant 24729, 14 tracks, 54:59 min.

Line-up: KWS - guitar/voc, Noah Hunt - voc, Sam Bryant - drums, Keith Christopher - bass. Guests:

James Cotton - harp, Dr.John - piano, Warren Haynes - slide guitar, Bryan Lee - guitar, Reese Wynans - kexboard, Les Claypool, Mickey Raphael, Arion Salazar.

2000

bootleg, 13 tracks, 1:32:13

2004

Reprise 48866, 11 tracks, 41:49 min.

line-up: KWS - guitar/voc, Marti Frederiksen - bass, Brian Tichy - drums,

Jim Cox - organ, Noah Hunt - voc.

2007

Reprise 49294 (CD + DVD), 15 tracks, 1:17:43 min

2010

Roadrunner 77422, 14 tracks, 1:15:15 min.

2011

Roadrunner 77232, 13 tracks, 59:47 min.

Line-up: KWS - guitar, Noah Hunt - voc, Chris Layton - drums, Tommy Shannon - bass,

Riley Osbourne - Hammond B3,Keyboards. Guests: Nathan East -bass,Stephanie Spruill - backing voc.

2014

Concord 35256, 12 tracks, 57:53 min.

2015

Concord EP, 5 tracks, 28:15 min.

2017

Concord 0516, 10 tracks, 40:57 min.

Line-up: KWS - guitar/voc, Noah Hunt - voc, Chris Layton - drums, Kevin McCormick - bass,

Jim McGorman - keyboards. Guests: Russ Pahl - pedal steel, Carlos Sosa - sax.

with The Rides

2013

Provogue 7412,10 tracks, 47:51 min.

2016

Provogue 7461, 13 tracks, 60:02 min.

Dwight Yoakam (USA)

Dwight David Yoakam born October 23, 1956 in Pikeville,Kentucky, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor, most famous for his pioneering country music. Popular since the early 1980s, he has recorded more than twenty albums and compilations, charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and sold more than 25 million records. He has recorded five Billboard#1 albums, twelve gold albums, and nine platinum albums, including the triple-platinum This Time. In addition to his many achievements in the performing arts, he is also the most frequent musical guest in the history of The Tonight Show.

1986

Reprise 7599.25372, 10 tracks, 31:39 min.

1987

Reprise 7599.25567, 10 tracks, 34:14 min.

1988

Reprise 925749, 11 tracks, 37:17 min.

1989

Reprise 7599.25989, 10 tracks, 35:21 min.

1990

Reprise 7599.26344, 14 tracks, 48:20 min.

1993

Reprise 9362-45241, 11 tracks, 42:02 min.

1995

Reprise 9362-45907, 17 tracks, 1:11:47 min.

1995

Reprise 9362-46051, 10 tracks, 35:07 min.

1997

Reprise 9362-46690, 11 tracks, 42:23 min

1998

Reprise 9362-46918, 13 tracks, 41:56 min.

1999

Reprise 9362-47389, 14 tracks, 49:52 min.

2000

Reprise 9362-47714, 25 tracks, 1:18:03 min.

2000

Reprise 9362-47827, 14 tracks, 48:54 min.

2001

Reprise 948012, 12 tracks, 45:15 min.

2003

Reprise 48342,10 tracks, 36:09 min.

2003

Koch 9062, 10 tracks, 31:59 min.

2004

Koch 9805, 14 tracks, 50:43 min.

2005

New West 6075, 12 tracks, 44:20 min.

2007

New West 6129, 15 tracks, 47:09 min.

2012

Warner Bros. 9362-49492, 12 tracks, 45:20 min.

2013

New West 6294, 14 tracks, 47:56 min.

2015

Reprise 9361-49308, 10 tracks, 40:56 min.

2016

Sugar Hill SUG17, 12 tracks, 43:42 min.

Nick Moss Band (USA)

Nick Moss & The Flip Tops, Nick Moss, Nick Moss Band, Nick Moss Band feat.Dennis Gruenling.

Nick Moss Band (website)

Nick Moss originally learned to play bass. He joined the Buddy Scott band in his late teens. After playing two years for Scott, he joined the Jimmy Dawkins band and in 1993 he played with the Legendary Blues Band. Willie Big Eyes Smith suggested him to switch to lead guitar. He stayed with the band for more than two years after that he spend three years in the band of late Jimmy Rogers. In 1998 he started his solo career, his band were The Flip Tops for more than 12 years. He moved on as Nick Moss and by 2012 he had a new, young band together called Nick Moss Band.

1998

Blue Bella 1001, 14 tracks, 52:50 min.