Released on August 2, How I Go not only serves as a strong reminder of the chops that caused Guitar World magazine to place him right behind B.B. King and Eric Clapton on their list of best blues guitarists, but it’s the strongest indication yet of his gifted songwriting talent. The hard-rocking, blues-based, guitar-driven album sounds young and fresh, yet it has that distinctive energy and vibe drawn from the deep heritage of the genre.
USA Today praised the How I Go, awarding the record 3.5 stars and noting “Shepherd explores several shadings, from countrified (Show Me the Way Back Home) to electro-charged (most notably a Hendrix-ian cover of Albert King’s Oh, Pretty Woman), slow-burning (Heat of the Sun) and Allman-esque (Backwater Blues).” The Boston Globe proclaimed “Called a blues prodigy for years, Kenny Wayne Shepherd has now vaulted to master.”
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Tour Dates:
8/18 – Missouri State Fair Grounds – Sedalia, MO
8/19 – Arnolds Park Amusement Park – Arnolds Park, IA
8/20 – Pabst Theater- Milwaukee, WI
8/21 – Meadowbrook Amphitheater- Rochester Hills, MI
8/23 – Rams Head On Stage- Annapolis, MD
8/25 – Showcase Live – Foxborough, MA
8/26 – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom – Hampton Beach, NH
8/27 – Ridgefield Playhouse – Ridgefield, CT
8/28 – Borgata Spa & Resort – Atlantic City, NJ
8/30 – Crocodile Rock Café – Allentown, PA
9/1 – L.B. Day Amphitheatre – Salem, OR
9/3 – The Spotlight 29 – Casino – Coachella, CA
9/6 – Rams Head On Stage – Annapolis, MD
9/8 – The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza – New York, NY
9/9 – Mayo Performing Arts Center – Morristown, NJ
9/24 – Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino – Tulsa, OK
9/25 – Stiefel Theatre For the Performing Arts – Salina, KS
9/26 – AR-OK State Fair – Fort Smith, AR
10/14 – Arkansas State Fairgrounds – Little Rock, AR
10/15 – Lafayette Square – New Orleans, LA
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