Kenny Wayne Shepperd

[Andre Marc]

Hey Guys:

I have a few Kenny Wayne Shepperd CDs, but I always thought they were a bit on the bland side
with slick production values.

I just downloaded from DIME a live show from London with Robert Cray and Eric Bibb.

Wholly ****! The man can PLAY guitar. Mamma mia.

It is a shame his albums don't capture the ferocity of his live playing.

I was driving and literally had to pull over...his version of the Beatles "Yer Blues"
is just ridiculous.

 

[caesar]

Thanks for tip! Will pick it up.

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

Hey Guys:

I have a few Kenny Wayne Shepperd CDs, but I always thought they were a bit on the bland side
with slick production values.

I just downloaded from DIME a live show from London with Robert Cray and Eric Bibb.

Wholly ****! The man can PLAY guitar. Mamma mia.

It is a shame his albums don't capture the ferocity of his live playing.

I was driving and literally had to pull over...his version of the Beatles "Yer Blues"
is just ridiculous.

I saw him very early in his career when he was still in the wunderkind stage. Even at that point he was a great player, but in need of restraint. There were a couple of other young guns coming up about the same time who one could say the same things of, but they ended up in the Allman Brothers Band, a great place to learn restraint if there ever was one. Listening to The Fillmore Concerts while driving last night it occured to me that it must have been rough duty to be Dickie Betts back then -- to be so young, so gifted, so deserving of the spotlight, and to have to get up on stage every night with another guitar player who could smoke you like a brisket. Duane Allman...my God, where did that come from?

Tim

 

[Bill Hart]

I saw him very early in his career when he was still in the wunderkind stage. Even at that point he was a great player, but in need of restraint. There were a couple of other young guns coming up about the same time who one could say the same things of, but they ended up in the Allman Brothers Band, a great place to learn restraint if there ever was one. Listening to The Fillmore Concerts while driving last night it occured to me that it must have been rough duty to be Dickie Betts back then -- to be so young, so gifted, so deserving of the spotlight, and to have to get up on stage every night with another guitar player who could smoke you like a brisket. Duane Allman...my God, where did that come from?

Tim

Don't really know kenny wayne, will have to check him out. how bout the classic duane two solos pre-allman bros, on boz skaggs 'loan me a dime'? Tres tasty.

 

[Andre Marc]

I saw him very early in his career when he was still in the wunderkind stage. Even at that point he was a great player, but in need of restraint. There were a couple of other young guns coming up about the same time who one could say the same things of, but they ended up in the Allman Brothers Band, a great place to learn restraint if there ever was one. Listening to The Fillmore Concerts while driving last night it occured to me that it must have been rough duty to be Dickie Betts back then -- to be so young, so gifted, so deserving of the spotlight, and to have to get up on stage every night with another guitar player who could smoke you like a brisket. Duane Allman...my God, where did that come from?

Tim

Well, I must say Betts came into his own later in their career. He also contributed some of their indispensable material.

There are a number of guitarists cut from the Hendrix/Trower mode that each branched off to do slightly different things. Ian Moore is one of my absolute favorites, as is Doyle Bramhall II. Eric Gales had potential but there was no songwriting skill there.

 

[mep]

How about Frank Marino from Mahogany Rush? I heard them live many years ago and they only played Hendrix songs. Frank looked like half of the Yin/Yang of Hendrix. Frank had on clothes like Hendrix would have worn complete with leg sash. Frank played with his teeth and behind his back. It was kind of surreal in a way, but man that guy could play like Hendrix.

 

[Andre Marc]

How about Frank Marino from Mahogany Rush? I heard them live many years ago and they only played Hendrix songs. Frank looked like half of the Yin/Yang of Hendrix. Frank had on clothes like Hendrix would have worn complete with leg sash. Frank played with his teeth and behind his back. It was kind of surreal in a way, but man that guy could play like Hendrix.

There were a number of guys who actually became borderline Hendrix impersonators like Randy California.

I also really love Uli Jon Roth. An amazing, amazing talent. He took Hendrix obsession to the max. He even dated Monika Danneman, who was with Hendrix when he died.

 

[Bill Hart]

There were a number of guys who actually became borderline Hendrix impersonators like Randy California.

I also really love Uli Jon Roth. An amazing, amazing talent. He took Hendrix obsession to the max. He even dated Monika Danneman, who was with Hendrix when he died.

Dr. Sardonicus is one of my favorite albums, musically. And Fresh Garbage is a brilliant piece of work. Randy California was cool.

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

Dr. Sardonicus is one of my favorite albums, musically. And Fresh Garbage is a brilliant piece of work. Randy California was cool.

Ahhhhh...The 12 Dreams of Doctor Sardonicus. I was in a band in the 70s that played side 1 in its entirety. Closest I ever came to a tribute band...

Tim

 

[Bill Hart]

Ahhhhh...The 12 Dreams of Doctor Sardonicus. I was in a band in the 70s that played side 1 in its entirety. Closest I ever came to a tribute band...

Tim

Worth going back and listening to it if you haven't in a while. They were very adept at mixing jazz, acid rock and good ol' fashioned r & r. You of course know Randy C's connection to Hendrix? Andre mentioned him as an impersonator, but he was tight with Hendrix, played with him, and if his mom had let him go to London, he would have been part of what became the 'Experience,' which I guess meant it wouldn't have been a trio. He drowned as I recall, trying to save his son in the surf in Hawaii some years ago.

 

[Bill Hart]

How about Frank Marino from Mahogany Rush? I heard them live many years ago and they only played Hendrix songs. Frank looked like half of the Yin/Yang of Hendrix. Frank had on clothes like Hendrix would have worn complete with leg sash. Frank played with his teeth and behind his back. It was kind of surreal in a way, but man that guy could play like Hendrix.

You know who else can really pull off Hendrix? Andy Aledort, who i think is an editor at Guitar World or one of those magazines. He doesn't have the stage act to go with his playing, but he's a great guitarist. Another guy -who is totally worth seeing and hearing is Johnny A, whose home town is Boston. Johnny A plays Wes Montgomery jazz style licks (he is usually accompanied by a first rate bassist and a drummer), then overlays all kinds of stuff with a hard, distorted lead line: he can mix 'Over the Rainbow' with Allman Bros, with Hendrix, with Beatles and it all works. As a player, he has incredible skills, and musically, he is wide ranging and fluent in his taste. I make a point to go hear him pretty much everytime he plays in the NY area. He is one of the best guitarists on the circuit, and one of the most enjoyable to listen to, because it isn't all theatrics, it is real musicianship and very tasty.

 

[MarinJim]

Thanks for tip! Will pick it up.

+1. Thanks. Guy can rock.

 

[Andre Marc]

+1. Thanks. Guy can rock.

It takes a lot to impress me these days. Besides having a **** load of Hendrix and Thrower
Boots, I have seen Eddie Van Helen, Clapton, Beck, Santana,and many others from the front row.

This show really got my attention.