Guitarist

Thirty years ago, a Fender Strat-wielding teenager from Shreveport, Louisiana by the name of Kenny Wayne Shepherd brought the blues back to the mainstream. It was 1995, the era of furrow-browed grungesters, when a sandy-haired guitar prodigy unapologetically celebrated a genre often pushed to the margins. With his fiery fretwork, pop-rock hooks, and reverence for the blues, Shepherd’s arrival was a much-needed palette-cleanser from the existential dread of the times.

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Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band

Hoyt Sherman Place

Experience the raw power and passion of modern blues when Kenny Wayne Shepherd brings his legendary guitar skills and powerhouse band to the stage. With a career spanning three decades, Shepherd has redefined blues-rock for a new generation, earning multiple Grammy nominations, platinum albums, and worldwide acclaim for his soulful sound and electrifying performances.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts

Raised on a diet of classic blues and rock ’n’ roll, Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum bandleader Kenny Wayne Shepherd has collaborated with everyone from B.B. King to Pinetop Perkins. Of his 2024 album Dirt on My Diamonds Vol. 2, written at the legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Blues Rock Review raved, “Great hooks, great songs, great musicianship, the total package.” Most recently Shepherd teamed up with Blues Hall of Famer Bobby Rush on this year’s Young Fashioned Ways. Inspired by their shared love of Muddy Waters—the album takes its name from Waters’ 1955 song—the two Louisiana natives born 44 years apart unite for an unforgettable evening of updated classics and soulful originals.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band with special guest Bobby Rush

The John Anson Ford Theatre

Three-time Grammy® Award-winning blues legend Bobby Rush and five-time Grammy® nominated singer/songwriter/guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd, unite for a very special collection of new blues songs that the two artists wrote and recorded together. Titled YOUNG FASHIONED WAYS, the album will be available on March 21. Their debut single, “Who Was That,” is also featured in Lionsgate’s “Flight Risk” starring Mark Wahlberg.

Guitarist

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

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May 3, 2026

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band · Hoyt Sherman Place

Apr 26, 2026

Kenny Wayne Shepherd · Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts

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