Kenny Wayne Shepherd: 10 Days Out

Kenny Wayne Shepherd: 10 Days Out is a remarkable CD/DVD bundle that documents Shepherd's 10 day journey in 2004 back to the roots of American blues music in the south.  Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Chris Layton & Tommy Shannon of Double Toruble play alongside blues greats like Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Jerry "Boogie" McCain, David "Honeboy" Edwards, Willie "Big eyes" Smith, Pinetop Perkins, Etta Baker, BB King, Hubert Sumlin as well as the Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters bands.  These may well be the last recordings of some of these blues artists; several have passed away since 2004. 

While the CD is great, consider it just a warmup for the DVD. The ninety minute documentary film takes you through dive bars, churches, backyards, graveyards, kitchens and living rooms to hear the blues up front and center. You get a feel for the lives of the musicians who grew up and lived and played the blues their entire lives, many of them 80 or more years old.  These are musicians with talent that even give a guy like Shepherd pause to wonder whether he will measure up.  The material covers a range of blues styles: acoustic, up-tempo, Piedmont and down and dirty electric blues.

You can buy the MP3 songs alone as part of the Legends EP series on Amazon, but to get the full impact, you're better off buying the CD/DVD package.

Here's a clip from the "10 Days Out" DVD via YouTube.

Also, stay tuned for a new CD: "Live! In Chicago" from a performance on the same tour at Chicago's House of Blues featuring Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and other blues legends.  The CD will be out September 28 and is available for pre-order on Amazon.

Shepherd continues to tour extensively in the US and Canada with gigs coming up in Royal Oak, Michigan, Ohio, Washington, Chicago, New York, Boston, Montreal, Toronto --heck he's even playing in Fredricton, New Brunswick.  It's a great live show.

• Amazon: Kenny Wayne Shepherd, 10 Days Out , Live! In Chicago
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Official Site, Tour
• GuitarVibe: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Live

Comments

[mark]

excellent piece on Kenny Wayne Shepherd zman. Now that I've pacticaly worn out Jeff Becks's "Live at Ronnie Scotts" DVD, I look forward to goin' through "10 days out". The clip you provided looks very compelling...

northcountry boy

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