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Lay It On Down, five-time Grammy nominee and critically acclaimed guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd's ninth album, debuts at #1 on Nielsen SoundScan's Top Blues chart, #1 on both the Current Rock Albumschart and Internet Albums chart, #5 on the Top Current Albums chart and #34 on the Top 200. The record is out to critical acclaim on Concord Records.

Recorded at Echophone Studios in Shepherd's hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana and produced by Shepherd with Marshall Altman (Matt Nathanson, Natasha Bedingfield, Kate Voegele), the album was largely recorded live in the studio to analog tape.

The video for “Baby Got Gone,” the first single from Lay It On Down, five-time Grammy nominee and critically acclaimed guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd's forthcoming ninth album, is premiering on TV via CMT Music and online at CMT.com.

Lay It On Down, the ninth album from five-time Grammy nominee and critically acclaimed guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd, is out August 4 on Concord Records. Recorded at Echophone Studios in Shepherd's hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana and produced by Shepherd with Marshall Altman (Matt Nathanson, Natasha Bedingfield, Kate Voegele), the album was largely recorded live in the studio to analog tape.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band will bring their chart-topping, blues-infused hits to The Orleans Showroom in Las Vegas March 10 and 11.

Rock icons Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Barry Goldberg are back and gearing up for the release of their second album 'Pierced Arrow' which will be released by 429 Records on May 6 th.

?Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents The Rides: Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Barry Goldberg-Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 8PM. Purchase tickets at www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office at 201.227.1030. 

Rock icons Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Barry Goldberg are back and gearing up for the release of their second album 'Pierced Arrow' which will be released by 429 Records on May 6 th.

Hailed by critics and fans alike as the 'Guitar Event of The Year,' the multi-artist celebration known as the Experience Hendrix Tour returns to Atlanta's Fox Theatre today, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, at 8 p.m.

Hailed by critics and fans alike as the 'Guitar Event of The Year,' the multi-artist celebration known as the Experience Hendrix Tour is set to return to Atlanta's Fox Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, at 8 p.m. 

Hailed by critics and fans alike as the 'Guitar Event Of The Year,' the multi-artist celebration known as the Experience Hendrix Tour is set to return in 2016.  These special concert performances present legendary artists who join together to pay homage to Jimi Hendrix. This next edition of the Experience Hendrix Tour will encompass twenty seven performances this coming February and March, stopping in more than two dozen cities along the east coast, midwest and southern states. Now in its second decade, the tour celebrates the musical genius of Jimi Hendrix by bringing together a diverse array of extraordinary musicians, ranging from blues legend Buddy Guy to Black Label Society and former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde, as well as Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Eric Johnson, Dweezil Zappa and many others. Billy Cox, bassist for both the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys, anchors a rhythm section that provides the foundation for exciting renditions of such signature Hendrix favorites as "Purple Haze" and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)".

Hailed by critics and fans alike as the 'Guitar Event Of The Year,' the multi-artist celebration known as the "Experience Hendrix Tour" is set to return to the Fox Theatre on Friday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. These special concert performances present legendary artists who join together to pay homage to Jimi Hendrix.

Rolling across America on a sizzling summer run, Tedeschi Trucks Band's “Wheels of Soul” tour brings the Grammy-winning, 11-piece blues-rock dynamo together with soul sensation Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, and acclaimed guitarist Doyle Bramhall II

Award-winning blues musicians Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band will bring their chart-topping hits to The Orleans Showroom this weekend, February 7 and 8.

Award-winning blues musicians Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band will bring their chart-topping hits to The Orleans Showroom February 7 and 8.

Today, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces its Inductees for 2015.

ldly successful twenty-five date national excursion this past March and April, the Experience Hendrix Tour is set to launch another trek across the U.S. in September and October, which will include a performance in Mesa Arts Center's Ikeda Theater tonight, October 7 at 7:30 p.m.

Get set for a hot night of blues featuring the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band's 'Going Home Tour,' Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Mayo Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $39-69.

After a year of performances in the newly renovated Ruth Finley Person Theater, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts kicks-off the fall season with a rich array of performers, speakers and family programming. The line-up features music legends like Steve Winwood, Heart, The Temptations and The Four Tops as well as unforgettable comedians Cheech and Chong and Nick Offerman.