I absolutely love this guitarist. Kenny Wayne Shepherd is incredible to see in person and was so gracious to his band allowing them solos to show their stuff. Also, loved his tribute guitar style playing of Stevie Ray Vaughan and keeping SRV alive today. He played the Paramount Theater in Denver but it’d be awesome if he would do Red Rocks Amphitheater. That’s a venue absolutely deserving of this guitarist 👍
I keep getting on here and trying to send the message that he does need to hit up the Rocky Mountains, I'm between there and Albuquerque he's got a lot of eastern US shows in the next year and a half, and places like New Mexico are jumping up and down just about when anybody shows up because we're out here in the middle of damn near nowhere and it's pretty rare that we don't just get flown over. He still doesnt realize I'm his biggest long time fan. LOL. Come on Kenny, bring it back home to this side of I-35!
I was at a Louisiana festival a number of years back with some friends, and they had a band playing at the main pavilion. I walked past, not really thinking about the band, because they hadn't started their set just yet. I was walking around with my GF eating a bit of food, and all of a sudden the band started. I heard somebody wailing away on guitar, and I told my GF that I *HAD* to go hear this guitarist, handed her some cash for rides and whatnot (she was also with her friends and didn't want to abandon them), and that I'd catch up with them in a bit. I get to the pavilion, and I see this blonde, long-haired teenager, wailing away like there was no tomorrow. I was like utterly stunned that a kid could play that well. After the set, I talked to the kid, told him how much I enjoyed his playing, and I asked him his name. He told me it was Kenny. Years later, I went to a local Kenny Wayne Shepard concert, got close to the stage, and thought to myself, "I know that dude. I've met him before or something," and then I remembered that long-haired kid I had heard previously. Yep. It was Kenny Wayne Shepard, rocking his ass of as an adult. Good memories :D.
@@jayjohnson5016 Hey, Jay -- watcha say? :D. Actually, it was the Duck Festival in Kaplan. When I saw him play again, it was at The Plaza on Johnston Street.
@@davehebert3403 mais, garde des don! wish i would have known KWS played in cajun country...im from the meche/hebert family from arnaudville, maybe we are related somehow?
@@jayjohnson5016 Thinking about this, the Festival was probably almost 30 years ago or so. He was probably in his mid to late 20's when I saw him at the Plaza. I'd imagine that he played a lot of festivals and such as a kid. Most bars wouldn't let him in at that age; however, notice that I said "most." :D. In some country/boon-dock type bars, I've seen all age groups, from 2 to 80 years old in the same bar. LOL! These days, I'm not sure if they can get away with that, although I'm pretty sure that will have to do with the size of the town and the local officials. :D
Saw him twice they burnt the place down. He and some others had a uphill climb after SRV's death being compared to SRV but KWS has matured nicely and has his own sound. Clapton and others had to prove themselves apart from the original blues guys in the 60's All are contributing to the blues survival which is the important thing.
Break Taking15 he picked up the rope that Stevie ray was dragging the blues over to main stream with but he need some help he's getting from Gary Clark Junior these two guys are putting Blue's back on the map
He has come a long way since I first heard about him. I use to listen to the station his dad was a DJ at. I think it was still 98 rocks back then. Shotgun Ken Sheperd.
This guy has such a good taste and class to play the guitar. Phenomenal control of his left hand, he delivers a steady, Gary Moore-like strength on the fretboard. To think he started so young, time flies indeed!!
I´ve seen quite a few different blues masterclasses and I think this is really good, it´s to the point, relaxed and with a really good intention to teach and inspire.
I’ve been playing guitar just over 2 months. My guitar got up, packed a suitcase and walked out the door. I’m assuming it’s on it’s way to KWS’s house. Treat my baby well, Kenny.
He's right, the tricks and speed stuff is not the hardest thing to do. It is just repetition. Any guitarist with time and patience can get that stuff pretty quickly. Playing a strong rhythm guitar is actually harder to do than most speed tricks are.
Yeah its easy, just do one part SRV, one part B.B. King, one part Albert King... hell put a dash of Martin Luther King if you want. Throw in some Clapton. Just rearange it all together quick to give it your own flavor. Then serve it up at 70 - 120 bpm. Easy peasy!
Here I used to think this guy was a SRV clone and not much more. This totally dispelled that illusion for me; the man knows his stuff! He clearly knows his way around his guitar, for sure.
Christopher Pineau I play guitar to and when I very first heard his stuff 20 years ago I don't care how old the person was I heard sure Raw original talent it was only gonna get better with age… He's the best blues guitarist alive
Yes, exactly. " nothing to hide behind". I play noisy guitar, Heavy Metal and punk, but I have always had the utmost respect from the players with a "cleaner" tone. The people where you can hear everything they are doing, and it is on the money and beautiful and inflective. Mark Knopfler and Ani Difranco were two players that kept my jaw hanging open, very tasty sound coming from the manipulation of their fingers, everything was purposeful, the length and vibration of single notes. Great players come from all over the map, but I do believe the best dont even have or need 3 channels on an amp. I'll see you later, I'll be hiding out on channel 3! Lol.
That was what struck me.. a very neat and tidy player who cares about precision in all the notes, knows his way around the fretboard completely but still has the musicianship and intelligence required to not sound like a dull guitar clone. The quality in his right hand cannot be underestimated in helping him achieve this.
Kenny, saw you in New Hampshire Hampton beach. Much Respect. Now you show kindness in sharing. Dude I thought stars are supposed to be stuck up? Guess I'll have to live with some down to earth guy lighting strings and fret boards on fire with his fingers.....................Grinnin
I love KWS's style. Cool to hear him praise the 2 Kings when you consider that both of those icons are known for their sparse style. KWS is a mega schredder compared to them but he you can feel the emotion in his notes which was also a major trait of the Kings. Outstanding video Maestro. Can't wait for the next installment.
Love k.w.s. saw him many times, the best being front row at the tabernacle for "ledbetter heights." I had an ashtray sitting on top of the p.a. mains..He was on fire that night. Saw him open for vanhalen twice also.
Great sympathetic Guy, good lesson to learn about different ways to get the Blues. Great Strat/Tube sound. Hoping he will not stand still on the "Noodling Point" like a lot.
Hey KWS, thanks for the video! Great help! Btw, I met you over 20 years ago in a little place in Seattle. Probably Led Heights tour. You signed the back of my driver's license. I still have it around here somewhere. Anyway, who knows if you'll ever read this. Been a pleasure following your career!
Thank you for sharing this secrets which for me is valuable info, Big fan from Mexico City, I wish I could play as you do, I am drummer wanting to always be a Guitar Player.
usually jealousy or bigotry...same thing with with Joe Bonamassa. So many jealous bedroom players out there bashings these guys. Let's see what they've got? Plus, you don't have to be born black to be a blues player.
@@sixslinger9951Yeah, I'm definitely a player for many decades... I would never bash on these guys. I'm a lot older than them. But clearly there's always something more to learn.😊
The Albert King licks aren't easy. The notes are easy to visualize,but his (and your) vibratos and bends are hard for most people. I finally figured out how to play a perfect vibrato and now my fingers want to add it all the time! Finding the balance now!
Great lesson..in all modesty I feel nothing here is beyond me, but I've been nodding my head and saying yes yes! I got ya ! all the way through this because you've really pulled things together. Thank you .✌
4:02 Yup. I definitely recognize those licks from just about every live improvised solo of Kenny's that I've ever heard lol. Never knew it was Albert King though
Interesting to understand the thinking processes of KWS, the key is to use the 2 things on the side of your head to listen, be able to reproduce and then go your own way, a short video with a big take away.
Albert King's is that Greazy Blues. He also played left handed right hand strung. So he was pulling his bends and not pushing up. Luther Allison is one of my favorite of the top 10. Stevie Ray would fill his riffs glass to the top and not loose a drop!! Miss him so much glad he was clean before he died. He was so focused at the end and completely open, night and day from the first time I saw him in Texas blasted as shit but still sounded the same gritty smoothness and kept in perfect time.
You more or less said what Stevie said about ropin' in all the licks you like and making them your own. Stevie's amazing work is littered with Albert King licks... amongst others.
I'VE NOT HEARD MUCH FROM KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD 'CEPT WHEN HE WAS YOUNG HE'S DONE WELL AND HE'S ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH HE STICKS SO CLOSE TO HIS INFLUENCES SO MUCH THAT IT HASN'T LET HIM GET HIS OWN STYLE YET ... THIS GUY IS SO TALENTED AND HE STILL HAS TIME BEFORE WATCHING THIS I LISTENED TO MORE OF HIM SO MANY GUYS YOU NEVER HEARD OF ALWAYS WORK AT SOUNDING ORIGINAL... KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD SURE IS A GREAT PLAYER CARLOS GUITARLOS USA HIGHLAND PARK L.A. 90042
7 :10 in.... best advise I’ve heard yet... Find your own style intertwined with all the pioneers as well as the talent that keeps the blues alive today. My advice and I’m sure everyone will agree....... PLAY EVERY DAY- EVERY CHANCE YOU GET 🎸😬
He definitely has mastered the art. He's an awesome player and down to earth guy.
been playing all my life this guy showed me more 5 minutes and gave me a new lease of guitar playing life he keeps it simple thank you
I definitely agree with you lex lex
I absolutely love this guitarist. Kenny Wayne Shepherd is incredible to see in person and was so gracious to his band allowing them solos to show their stuff. Also, loved his tribute guitar style playing of Stevie Ray Vaughan and keeping SRV alive today. He played the Paramount Theater in Denver but it’d be awesome if he would do Red Rocks Amphitheater. That’s a venue absolutely deserving of this guitarist 👍
I keep getting on here and trying to send the message that he does need to hit up the Rocky Mountains, I'm between there and Albuquerque he's got a lot of eastern US shows in the next year and a half, and places like New Mexico are jumping up and down just about when anybody shows up because we're out here in the middle of damn near nowhere and it's pretty rare that we don't just get flown over. He still doesnt realize I'm his biggest long time fan. LOL. Come on Kenny, bring it back home to this side of I-35!
I hearby demand you do a ONE HOUR long video, like if you agree
@@glideconsulting6797 Jason Coffield
The thing is KWS was probably there talking and playing for at least an hour but they edited it down...
Hell yes!!
then say please
The video doesn't need to be any longer, he is basically saying people should use their ears and teach themselves.... There endeth the lesson.
This guy combines English, guitar music, and hand motions to create a completely coherent new language
kenny thank you for being humble enough to help us out with our playing. ...much Respect
Kenny's playing is amazing ,he looks happy and healthy. God bless you KWS !
bushbaby 1 he married well… Mel Gibson's daughter.....chaching!!!!!
When he first came out I kind of dismissed him as an SRV copycat, but he's certainly grown and continues to shine. He is an exceptional player.
I was at a Louisiana festival a number of years back with some friends, and they had a band playing at the main pavilion. I walked past, not really thinking about the band, because they hadn't started their set just yet. I was walking around with my GF eating a bit of food, and all of a sudden the band started. I heard somebody wailing away on guitar, and I told my GF that I *HAD* to go hear this guitarist, handed her some cash for rides and whatnot (she was also with her friends and didn't want to abandon them), and that I'd catch up with them in a bit.
I get to the pavilion, and I see this blonde, long-haired teenager, wailing away like there was no tomorrow. I was like utterly stunned that a kid could play that well. After the set, I talked to the kid, told him how much I enjoyed his playing, and I asked him his name. He told me it was Kenny. Years later, I went to a local Kenny Wayne Shepard concert, got close to the stage, and thought to myself, "I know that dude. I've met him before or something," and then I remembered that long-haired kid I had heard previously. Yep. It was Kenny Wayne Shepard, rocking his ass of as an adult. Good memories :D.
Thanks for sharing that. Very cool story!
dave what festival? im from lafayette, la
@@jayjohnson5016 Hey, Jay -- watcha say? :D. Actually, it was the Duck Festival in Kaplan. When I saw him play again, it was at The Plaza on Johnston Street.
@@davehebert3403 mais, garde des don! wish i would have known KWS played in cajun country...im from the meche/hebert family from arnaudville, maybe we are related somehow?
@@jayjohnson5016 Thinking about this, the Festival was probably almost 30 years ago or so. He was probably in his mid to late 20's when I saw him at the Plaza.
I'd imagine that he played a lot of festivals and such as a kid. Most bars wouldn't let him in at that age; however, notice that I said "most." :D. In some country/boon-dock type bars, I've seen all age groups, from 2 to 80 years old in the same bar. LOL! These days, I'm not sure if they can get away with that, although I'm pretty sure that will have to do with the size of the town and the local officials. :D
Straight strat fire ! Kid learned ALL the right licks from the masters! Wow...
Saw him twice they burnt the place down. He and some others had a uphill climb after SRV's death being compared to SRV but KWS has matured nicely and has his own sound. Clapton and others had to prove themselves apart from the original blues guys in the 60's All are contributing to the blues survival which is the important thing.
Break Taking15 he picked up the rope that Stevie ray was dragging the blues over to main stream with but he need some help he's getting from Gary Clark Junior these two guys are putting Blue's back on the map
He is absolutely amazing live!
Amazing!!! That man is a master of Blues licks. I wish I could spend much more time with my guitar but can't force myself to play enough.
First time listening to this guy. Amazing speed and great feel for the blues. God bless.
The blend of kings was awesome and inspiring! Thanks.
He has come a long way since I first heard about him. I use to listen to the station his dad was a DJ at. I think it was still 98 rocks back then. Shotgun Ken Sheperd.
This guy has such a good taste and class to play the guitar. Phenomenal control of his left hand, he delivers a steady, Gary Moore-like strength on the fretboard. To think he started so young, time flies indeed!!
stonerdemon yeah he's only like 35 and he's had a 20 some your career already
This is the most beautiful stratocaster. Firemist gold in NOS. Lovely.
I´ve seen quite a few different blues masterclasses and I think this is really good, it´s to the point, relaxed and with a really good intention to teach and inspire.
love this guy, he's so talented
Love the straightforwardness. You cook.
This is THE MOST HELPFUL video on UA-cam when it comes to blues guitar that i've seen
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Great job Kenny :). I love how you can move between guitarist’s styles so easily, especially toward the end of the video. Amazing 😉
He's the best, most underrated contemporary blues guitarist.
I’ve been playing guitar just over 2 months. My guitar got up, packed a suitcase and walked out the door. I’m assuming it’s on it’s way to KWS’s house. Treat my baby well, Kenny.
"It's not that complicated, once you've figured it out"
Yes, exactly... with the "figuring out" part being the little bit complicated part.
Neither is quantum physics.
I started at 13 and I’m 50 now and I haven’t figured it out yet...just a little of it 😬
He's right, the tricks and speed stuff is not the hardest thing to do. It is just repetition. Any guitarist with time and patience can get that stuff pretty quickly. Playing a strong rhythm guitar is actually harder to do than most speed tricks are.
Yeah its easy, just do one part SRV, one part B.B. King, one part Albert King... hell put a dash of Martin Luther King if you want. Throw in some Clapton. Just rearange it all together quick to give it your own flavor. Then serve it up at 70 - 120 bpm. Easy peasy!
Here I used to think this guy was a SRV clone and not much more. This totally dispelled that illusion for me; the man knows his stuff! He clearly knows his way around his guitar, for sure.
Christopher Pineau I play guitar to and when I very first heard his stuff 20 years ago I don't care how old the person was I heard sure Raw original talent it was only gonna get better with age… He's the best blues guitarist alive
8:39 I love that stuff... and the hammer slide thing was very helpful! THANK YOU!
JDW stands alone had own unique sound KWS thanks for continuing the music!
Sheesh, everything is so damn clean.
Theres no dirt or reverb to hide behind either. That's crazy how clean he played everything.
Yes, exactly. " nothing to hide behind".
I play noisy guitar, Heavy Metal and punk, but I have always had the utmost respect from the players with a "cleaner" tone.
The people where you can hear everything they are doing, and it is on the money and beautiful and inflective.
Mark Knopfler and Ani Difranco were two players that kept my jaw hanging open, very tasty sound coming from the manipulation of their fingers, everything was purposeful, the length and vibration of single notes.
Great players come from all over the map, but I do believe the best dont even have or need 3 channels on an amp.
I'll see you later, I'll be hiding out on channel 3! Lol.
That was what struck me.. a very neat and tidy player who cares about precision in all the notes, knows his way around the fretboard completely but still has the musicianship and intelligence required to not sound like a dull guitar clone. The quality in his right hand cannot be underestimated in helping him achieve this.
Kenny, we heard your new album on the Blues Deluxe radio show. You are SO talented!
Amazing stuff to hear and to see some Fantastic playing WOW
Wuau!...That Princeton 68 Reverb in the background makes my day!
Wow was was just getting into it then it ended..good stuff Kenny Wayne Sheppard!!
Kenny, saw you in New Hampshire Hampton beach. Much Respect. Now you show kindness in sharing. Dude I thought stars are supposed to be stuck up? Guess I'll have to live with some down to earth guy lighting strings and fret boards on fire with his fingers.....................Grinnin
I love KWS's style. Cool to hear him praise the 2 Kings when you consider that both of those icons are known for their sparse style. KWS is a mega schredder compared to them but he you can feel the emotion in his notes which was also a major trait of the Kings.
Outstanding video Maestro. Can't wait for the next installment.
Oldskool Funk the three kings! Albert, Freddie and B.B
kevin fowke Of course, who can forget the Texas Cannonball and his cherry red 345?
It sucks that this video didn´t go on for 10 hours.
Seriously. Next time, lock the door, let the 'tape' roll, and start out at 10 in the morning, so he can't say "I got a gig" as an excuse to leave.
Nice! I like type of thinking
I thought it did, ;-)
bigJohnnybabyboy hahaaa
KWS is awsome and gives the respect to the players that started all this, how could anyone thumbs down really .. Kenny .. Thank you ..
Thank you, Mr. Wayne, attended your concerts in Las Vegas twice...Better, better and better...
KWS definitely need to do an instructional dvd sometime soon!
Great explanation and I like how you suggested to find a way to make it your own.
Love k.w.s. saw him many times, the best being front row at the tabernacle for "ledbetter heights." I had an ashtray sitting on top of the p.a. mains..He was on fire that night. Saw him open for vanhalen twice also.
This is the best 1 video guitar lesson I have ever watched . Damn I love your music KWS
Great very humble and entertaining dude! Like very much how he mentions Stevie in the video 👍
Great blues player.Great lesson.The solo on Down for love off his new album is a real treat.
Oh ya... it is just that easy, eh Kenny? .. I'll leave it to you! Love your music.
I saw KWS In concert last year, Hes amazing
Jaw-dropping EX8,,, he was SRV, B.B, then Clapton, and then KWS. awesome teacher
Great sympathetic Guy, good lesson to learn about different ways to get the Blues.
Great Strat/Tube sound.
Hoping he will not stand still on the "Noodling Point" like a lot.
KWS is an absolute genius! Honest to god, the man can do no wrong!
I could listen to him talk all day!
Saw him back in the 90s. The roster was:
1) Kenny Wayne Shepard
2) Lynard Skynard
3) Ted Nuggent
Hey KWS, thanks for the video! Great help! Btw, I met you over 20 years ago in a little place in Seattle. Probably Led Heights tour. You signed the back of my driver's license. I still have it around here somewhere. Anyway, who knows if you'll ever read this. Been a pleasure following your career!
Thank you for sharing this secrets which for me is valuable info, Big fan from Mexico City, I wish I could play as you do, I am drummer wanting to always be a Guitar Player.
Damn........ you nailed all the masters......
Great Video, Kenny!! Thanks for sharing!!
Man, this is such an epic series!
His fingers and hand is moving so freaking fast it's like the camera speed has been speeded up. Amazing.
I don't know why so many people hate on this guy? I think he's awesome guitar player
usually jealousy or bigotry...same thing with with Joe Bonamassa. So many jealous bedroom players out there bashings these guys. Let's see what they've got? Plus, you don't have to be born black to be a blues player.
'Cause they'll never be as good as he is.....They hate that :)
@@sixslinger9951Yeah, I'm definitely a player for many decades... I would never bash on these guys. I'm a lot older than them. But clearly there's always something more to learn.😊
Never hated this guy---the real deal!!!
I didn't know anyone hated on him.
What a really down to earth Kenny is. He actually seems to want to teach the licks.
Amazing guitarist.
Dude you are awesome really are and totally badass guitar player
The Albert King licks aren't easy. The notes are easy to visualize,but his (and your) vibratos and bends are hard for most people. I finally figured out how to play a perfect vibrato and now my fingers want to add it all the time! Finding the balance now!
Great lesson..in all modesty I feel nothing here is beyond me, but I've been nodding my head and saying yes yes! I got ya ! all the way through this because you've really pulled things together. Thank you .✌
Captain humble himself got to love this guy
Who'd have ever thought KWS would be an awesome teacher? Cool guy and I learned some stuff.
Those repartition licks drive an audience mad. ! 😀
I never would have thought that copper color would look so great on a strat.
Holy crap I think I need one.
4:02 Yup. I definitely recognize those licks from just about every live improvised solo of Kenny's that I've ever heard lol. Never knew it was Albert King though
Kenny Wayne ...one of the best ever ....
What a nice and very modest guy 👍🏻👍🏻
Interesting to understand the thinking processes of KWS, the key is to use the 2 things on the side of your head to listen, be able to reproduce and then go your own way, a short video with a big take away.
Explains why I like Albert King more than B.B.King. Awesome!
Albert King's is that Greazy Blues. He also played left handed right hand strung.
So he was pulling his bends and not pushing up. Luther Allison is one of my favorite of the top 10.
Stevie Ray would fill his riffs glass to the top and not loose a drop!!
Miss him so much glad he was clean before he died.
He was so focused at the end and completely open, night and day from the first time I saw him in Texas blasted as shit but still sounded the same gritty smoothness and kept in perfect time.
Oh my!...is that black pickguard strat hanging on the tuner?? Professional.
Turnaround tips outstanding
Great video.......can't get past that 60cycle hum on those single coils! Ha
that tone
A Princeton Reverb perhaps?
It's refreshing to hear some classic blues licks without the person showing us just shredding the heck out of there Strat.
This video rocks
You more or less said what Stevie said about ropin' in all the licks you like and making them your own. Stevie's amazing work is littered with Albert King licks... amongst others.
Seen him in concert a couple weeks back wow 😳
I'VE NOT HEARD MUCH FROM KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD
'CEPT WHEN HE WAS YOUNG
HE'S DONE WELL AND HE'S
ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH
HE STICKS SO CLOSE TO HIS INFLUENCES SO MUCH THAT IT HASN'T LET HIM GET HIS OWN STYLE YET ...
THIS GUY IS SO TALENTED AND HE STILL HAS TIME
BEFORE WATCHING THIS I LISTENED TO MORE OF HIM
SO MANY GUYS YOU NEVER HEARD OF ALWAYS WORK AT SOUNDING ORIGINAL...
KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD SURE IS A GREAT PLAYER
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I like him so much when I was high school
Great teaching and huge fan
The hipness of his sound!!
awesome! ready for another lesson please
Must say I'm not a big fan, but what a good dude! And some useful stuff here!
Freedom Sound if you must say… I must ask who are you a big fan of..... there's hardly anyone better on blues guitar
Love this video wish I could make guitar seem that effortless
James Watson practice and u will get it.
Lovely playing
Heck, this video made my day! Thank you!
Awesome video and free lessons 🎸
KWS is awesome!!!
He's starting to look like Duane allman
edmundo oliver Haha yeah I see that now.....now you've mentioned it, I can't unsee it lol. He just needs to grow lamb- chops....😂
Duane Allman dressing up like Tony Iommi.
Holy shit, you’re right.
Nothin wrong with that. Rog.
Awesome!
Excellent lesson! Thank you for adding such valuable content.
I'm very impressed.. Coz I'm stuck as well.
7 :10 in.... best advise I’ve heard yet... Find your own style intertwined with all the pioneers as well as the talent that keeps the blues alive today. My advice and I’m sure everyone will agree....... PLAY EVERY DAY- EVERY CHANCE YOU GET 🎸😬
Great!
Just listened to him playing with Joe Bonamassa. You can hear a lot of Albert King in his playing even now.
Masterclass is right 😊