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John Mayer and Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Phrase spellbending blues intro licks in the style of Kenny Wayne Shepherd and John Mayer

By Stuart Ryan Published

Learn how to phrase spellbending blues intro licks in the style of Kenny Wayne Shepherd and John Mayer

Lessons
Experience Hendrix Tour 2024
The Experience Hendrix Tour is returning for the first time in 5 years

By Phil Weller Published

The all-star lineup will tour the US later this year, marking the 20th anniversary of the multi-artist celebration of Jimi Hendrix’s trailblazing guitar-playing

Guitarists
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
“I had Hubert Sumlin, Howlin’ Wolf’s guitar player, out on tour with me, and he showed up with a $120 Squier Strat. He played it on stage that night and killed it”: Kenny Wayne Shepherd on why tone is in the hands (but it helps to have a trio of Dumbles)

By David Mead Published

The blues-rocker shares the story of his decade-long search for a 1960 Les Paul, why his Marshall amps just wouldn’t stop blowing up, and what made him convert to the single-cut after decades of Stratocaster monogamy

Guitarists
Kenny Wayne Shepherd plays Duane Allman’s 1957 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop, as used on Layla
Kenny Wayne Shepherd swaps his Fender Strat for Duane Allman’s ‘Layla’ Les Paul and sounds immediately at home

By Matt Parker Published

The Louisiana blues rocker made the most of his chance to perform with one of rock’s most historic Gibson Goldtops, worth $1.25m

Electric Guitars
Kenny Wayne Shepherd performs at the Jim Irsay Collection Concert at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on December 10, 2022 in San Francisco, California
Kenny Wayne Shepherd: "Once I found out we were going to be playing Comfortably Numb, I was quietly hoping Jim Irsay would ask me to play the Black Strat"

By Andrew Daly Published

The blues guitar ace reflects on what it was like to play one of the most famous Stratocasters in history, and why he chose to give listeners "a bit of old and a little bit of new" with a re-recorded version of Trouble Is…

Guitarists
(from left) Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Billy Cox, Eric Johnson and Dweezil Zappa perform onstage
Billy Cox, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Eric Johnson, Dweezil Zappa and more to headline Experience Hendrix concert in Austin, Texas

By Jackson Maxwell Published

The one-off show – a celebration of what would have been Hendrix’s 80th birthday – will also feature Zakk Wylde, Chris Layton, Doyle Bramhall II, David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas

Concert, Gigs & Tours
Ally Venable
Ally Venable: “What got me into the blues was discovering Stevie Ray Vaughan – that turned my whole world upside down”

By Andrew Daly Published

The Texas-bred, Les Paul-toting blues wunderkind talks collaborating with Kenny Wayne Shepherd on her latest full-length, Heart of Fire, releasing her debut EP at 14, and why performing onstage is the ultimate antidote to social anxiety

Artists
Buddy Guy performs at the Ryman Auditorium on March 26, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee
From divisive prog-pop to a slice of classic blues: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche, Matt Owen Published

With these guitar-led tunes from the likes of In Flames, Mars Volta, TERMINA, Buddy Guy, Living Colour and Steve Vai and Hannah Jadagu, fall's off to a flying start

Music Releases
Kenny Wayne Shepherd plays David Gilmour's Black Strat
Watch Kenny Wayne Shepherd play Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb on David Gilmour's Black Strat

By Jackson Maxwell Published

The performance – a celebration of the kickoff of the Indianapolis Colts' 2022 season – was the legendary guitar's most prominent public outing since its sale in 2019

Guitarists
Ann Wilson
Ann Wilson on enlisting Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Warren Haynes and Tom Bukovac for new solo album Fierce Bliss

By James Wood Published

Wilson talks covering Queen, Eurythmics and Robin Trower at Muscle Shoals, and recalls her fondest memories from a decades-long career with Heart

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