★★★★★
Sound: Kenny Wayne Shepherd fans should be aware that his latest release isn't necessarily what you'd expect. 10 Days Out: Blues From The Backroads is dedicated more to the legendary musicians -- including the remaining members of Muddy Waters and Howling Wolf's bands -- and Shepherd is merely a small presence. Even thought that might freak out Shepherd's fans, the latest CD is a huge success in terms of delivering the purest form of blues...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
I guess that if you have been playing Blues since you are 16 and playing to some massive audiences for all the 17 years you have been a professional Blues player then there is nowhere more 'right' than Chicago as a venue for a live album and nowhere better than the 'House Of Blues' as a venue. The result is pretty special - if you haven't heard Kenny Wayne Shepherd before then this is a great starting point...
- www.music-news.com
2010-11-02
★★★★★
Sound: After the five years since Live On -- the last major album release -- Kenny Wayne Shepherd have released his long-awaited fourth record The Place You're In. For the most part of his audience this record would become a surprise -- this is the first public attempt of Shepherd as a singer -- a very worthy attempt, it must be said. The second handsome aspect is that with this album Kenny Wayne Shepherd has made the first steps forward to the world of album rock from his blues-rock background...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2009-11-15
★★★★★
plays better blues readymades than he writes, writes better blues readymades than his front man sings ("Born With a Broken Heart," "I'm Leaving You [Commit a Crime]")
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
This young
guitar prodigy's second effort has little to offer other than
his technically impressive but emotionally unengaging ax work.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd's readings of Dylan and Hendrix are energetic enough,
but his originals on Trouble Is... are standard-issue blooze rock, as are new
frontman Noah Hunt's one-dimensional vocals. And Jerry
Harrison's production sands off the rough edges that made
Shepherd's 1995 debut bearable. C-...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
The fifth album from this hotshot guitarist sounds like a blues record certain frat boys could crank on a front porch, balancing old-school twelve-bar material with more commercial fare and a big, meaty rock attack. Shepherd gets some big cameos -- including B.B. King on a horn-driven cover of "The Thrill Is Gone" -- and on roadhouse stuff like "Chapel Hill Boogie," Shepherd drops hot licks without crowding out his frontmen....
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
When Shreveport, Louisiana, native Kenny Wayne Shepherd gets into a swamp thing, look out. The former teen prodigy (he's now a seasoned twenty-two) has earned his guitar-hero rep as a tireless proponent of Stevie Ray Vaughan-style Texas roadhouse blues. But it was on muddy slide workouts like "Aberdeen," from his '95 debut, Ledbetter Heights, that Shepherd truly stood out from the crowd...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Track Listing: Prison Blues; Potato Patch; Honky Tonk; The Thrill is Gone; Tina Marie; Born in Louisiana; Chapel Hill Boogie; Tears Came Rollin' Down; Knoxville Rag; Big Daddy Boogie; U-Haul; Red Rooster; Sittin' on Top of the World; Spoonful; Grindin' Man. Personnel: Kenny Wayne Shepherd: electric and acoustic guitar; Tommy Shannon: bass; Chris Layton: drums; with Cootie Stark, Neal "Big Daddy" Pattman, Jerry "Boogie" McCain, Buddy Flett, B.B...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2009-06-05
★★★★★
Instead of breaking from his high-energy, high-voltage blues-rock, Kenny Wayne Shepherd offers more of the same on his second album, Trouble Is... While the record lacks the surprise and impact of Ledbetter Heights, it's clear that Shepherd is growing as a guitarist, developing a cleaner, more nuanced technique. He still suffers from the lack of an original voice, plus a lack of strong material, but his growth as a guitarist compensates for what's missing.
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
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