Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born Kenny Wayne Brobst; June 12, 1977) is an American guitarist. He has released several studio albums and experienced significant commercial success as a blues rock artist.[4]
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Kenny Wayne Brobst
June 12, 1977[1]
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
- Musician
- songwriter
Guitar
1990–present
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
- The Rides
Early life[edit]
Shepherd was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.[5] He graduated from Caddo Magnet High School in Shreveport. He is "completely self-taught",
[6] and does not read music. Growing up, Shepherd's father (Ken Shepherd) was a local radio personality and some-time concert promoter, and had a vast collection of music. Kenny received his first "guitar" at the age of three or four, when his grandmother purchased a series of several plastic guitars for him with S&H Green Stamps, which he has said he would "go through like candy".[6]
Shepherd stated in a 2011 interview that he began playing guitar in earnest at age seven, about six months after meeting and being "pretty mesmerized"[6] by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Labor Day weekend in 1984, at one of his father's promoted concerts. His self-taught method employed a process of learning one note at a time, playing and rewinding cassette tapes, using "a cheap Yamaha wanna-be Stratocaster ... made out of plywood, basically",[6] and learning to play by following along with material from his father's record collection.[6]
Personal life[edit]
Shepherd married Hannah Gibson, the eldest daughter of actor, Mel Gibson, on September 16, 2006.[12] The couple have six children.