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.