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In 1995, a teenage Kenny Wayne Shepherd burst onto the music scene with the release of his debut album Ledbetter Heights.  Ledbetter Heights produced radio hits ?Deja Voodoo?, ?Born With A Broken Heart? and ?Aberdeen?. His relentless touring and success on rock radio launched the sales of the album to Platinum status.

His follow up album, 1997?s Trouble Is?was a huge commercial success as well, with radio hits such as ?Somehow, Somewhere, Someway?, ?Everything Is Broken?, ?Slow Ride? and ?Blue On Black?, which was a record breaking # 1 song on Rock Radio for 17 consecutive weeks.  The Platinum selling Trouble Is? earned him his first Grammy nomination, two Billboard Music Awards (Rock Song of the Year and Blues Album of the Year) and the Orville H. Gibson Award among many other honors.

1999 saw the release of Live On.  More touring, more radio hits, ?In 2 Deep?, ?Was? and ?Last Goodbye? and more album sales assured another Gold album.  It also saw another nod from The Recording Academy with a second Grammy nomination. 

After relentless touring for basically five years, Kenny Wayne Shepherd took a well-deserved break.  In 2004, he came back strong with the release of his 4th album The Place You?re In, a blistering rock record. As his fan base grew, so did his touring and his success with appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live and another year-long national tour.

In 2007, Kenny released his most ambitious project to date.  A full-length feature film documentary with an accompanying live album entitled 10 Days Out: Blues From The Backroads.  The film follows Kenny and his friends, Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon (Double Trouble) and Noah Hunt embarking on a ten day trek into the heart of America visiting blues veterans in their homes, backyards and local juke joints.  The film and CD features performances with some of the most renowned blues artists of all time, including B.B. King, Clarence ?Gatemouth? Brown, Hubert Sumlin, Pinetop Perkins and Honeyboy Edwards along with some of the blues lesser known, but towering talents.  The CD/DVD earned him 2 more Grammy nominations, The Blues Foundation?s ?Keeping The Blues Alive Award?, a Blues Music Award (formerly The W.C. Handy Award) and was Billboard?s # 1 selling Blues Album of the Year in 2007.

On September 1, 2008 Fender Musical Instruments Corp. released the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Signature Series Stratocaster, a guitar Kenny spent countless hours designing.  The guitar is technically built similar to Kenny?s #1 Stratocaster, a 1961 original, and is available in three different paint designs.  The first shipment of guitars sold out nation wide and is currently available at music stores across the country.

Kenny is currently writing and recording his next studio album due out in 2010. Not bad for a guy who?s only 32.

Toen ik deze plaat kocht in 1995 was hij pas 17 jaar!
Wat een geweldige gitarist en nu is hij alleen maar beter geworden.
Het dak eraf met deze cd.
Veel luisterplezier.