The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band are releasing their new studio album, How I Go, Aug. 2 via Roadrunner Records. The first single from the album, "Never Lookin' Back," is available digitally now.
Expect to see Shepherd and the band on the road this summer, too; their U.S. tour starts July 29 in San Diego and ends Sept. 9 in Morristown, New Jersey.
"Blues player is definitely one of the labels I've accumulated, because I'm a huge blues fan and I love to play the blues," Shepherd says in a press release. "But if you listen to my music, especially over the course of my career, everything I do is not blues. It's the foundation of what I do, but my stuff has a lot more of an edge to it.
"It's a little more contemporary. And there's a certain youthfulness to what I do. I started writing and recording music when I was a teenager and that energy has been consistent throughout my career."
The full tour schedule is below:
- July
- 29 San Diego, CA Humphreys
- 30 Las Vegas, NV Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
- 31 Los Angeles, CA The Greek Theatre
August
2 Saratoga, CA The Mountain Winery
7 Sturgis, SD Full Throttle Saloon
12 Fort Worth, TX Billy Bobs Texas
13 Bossier City, LA Horseshoe Casino
18 Sedalia, MO Missouri State Fair
19 Arnolds Park, IA Amusement Park
20 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theatre
21 Rochester Hills, MI Meadowbrook Amphitheatre
25 Foxborough, MA Showcase Live
26 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
27 Ridgefield, CT Playhouse Theatre
28 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Spa & Resort Casino
30 Allentown, PA Crocodile Park
September
1 Salem, OR LB Bay Amphitheatre
3 Coachella, CA Spotlight 29 Casino - The Spot
6 Annapolis, MD Ramshead
8 New York, NY The Fillmore
9 Morristown, NJ MayoPAC
More dates to be announced soon.
Here's some fan-shot video of "Never Lookin' Back":