Kenny Wayne Shepherd Adds New Dates To 30th Anniversary Tour

These additional dates follow the originally announced February – May run, which begins in Dallas and includes stops across the South, Northeast, Midwest, and Southeast. Special guests Jimmie Vaughan and Eric Johnson will appear on select shows. Tickets for all newly announced dates go on sale Friday, November 21st at 10am local time. For more information to purchase tickets, visit KennyWayneShepherd.net/Tour.

The tour marks the 30th anniversary of Ledbetter Heights, Shepherd’s breakout 1995 debut. Originally recorded when he was still a teenager, the album catapulted the Shreveport-born guitarist into the national spotlight, earning Platinum certification and helping to reintroduce blues to a new generation. For the first time ever, fans will hear all of the songs from the album performed live.

“In a lot of ways, this is the album that gave me everything,” says Shepherd. “Revisiting it put me back in touch with the wonder and excitement of those days. I didn’t know what lay ahead. I just knew I loved playing the blues.”

He wrote or co-wrote nearly every track on the record – uncommon for a teenage blues guitarist at the time – and named the album in honor of an historic neighborhood in his hometown, paying tribute to local blues legend Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter.

The album catapulted Shepherd into the national spotlight and set the tone for a career that’s seen him tour with the likes of Bob Dylan, Van Halen, The Rolling Stones, and Lynyrd Skynyrd; earn six GRAMMY nominations; and release a string of chart-topping albums that bridge blues tradition with modern rock swagger.

Far from resting on early success, Shepherd has remained one of the genre’s most restless and respected innovators. His 12-album discography (plus two albums with supergroup The Rides, alongside Stephen Stills and Barry Goldberg) reflects a deep commitment to blues history – and a refusal to stand still. His recent collaboration with 92-year-old blues icon Bobby Rush (Young Fashioned Ways) was just nominated for a GRAMMY and the genre-busting double album Dirt on My Diamonds Vol. 1 & 2 are proof of an artist still stretching, still growing, still listening.

*With Special Guest Jimmie Vaughan
**With Special Guest Eric Johnson