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
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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":
Damian is Editor-in-Chief of Guitar World magazine. In past lives, he was GW’s managing editor and online managing editor. He's written liner notes for major-label releases, including Stevie Ray Vaughan's 'The Complete Epic Recordings Collection' (Sony Legacy) and has interviewed everyone from Yngwie Malmsteen to Kevin Bacon (with a few memorable Eric Clapton chats thrown into the mix). Damian, a former member of Brooklyn's The Gas House Gorillas, was the sole guitarist in Mister Neutron, a trio that toured the U.S. and released three albums. He now plays in two NYC-area bands.
