Filmed by Linda Moke Lead guitar and vocals~Kenny Wayne Shepherd Lead Vocals and acoustic guitar~Noah Hunt, Joe Krown on keys, Scott Nelson on bass, and SRV's Chris Layton on drums
As a blues man for about 50 yrs, I have seen some talent come and go. Dianne Allman, Clapton, BBKing, Buddy Guy, all the big names. I still remember the night I cried when SRV died. Part of me died, too. I couldn't see a future. It was over. Clapton wasn't too g much blues, BB was playing from a chair the past 2 times I saw him, and age was catching the masters. Then these three kids showed up, KWS, Joe Bonamassa, and Johnny Lang. They were upstarts, showing promise. I figured them to fade after the "wunderkind" wore off... and they did. Still looking, I caught Walter Trout in St Petersburg, and my heart mended after 20 years of despair. I had hope again. The blues would survive. I saw Joe in Tallahassee in 2012, and saw the future was getting brighter. He wasn't as raw as Trout but he dressed better. This is a "coming of age" for these guys. The kids have become the masters. They own this now. KWS sure scratched the love out of that ax. I was waiting for him to mature into his own. He did.
Me too, shame he doesn't sing very much though, then he would be the whole package. Half a package will do though with playing like that, hats off to him, but he looks better with a hat on.
I knew Kenny when he was like 19. One minute you were having a normal conversation with him, the next he was on stage, almost in a trance, just tearing it up. He was phenomenal then and still is today. The way he channels Hendrix is amazing. Noah and the band still sound great too.
@@gerrett108 Wow, never knew that! Now for the unfortunate part - I now better understand why he has significant hearing loss (my diagnosis, not based on anything I’ve read or heard from him)....
This starts out with "Voodoo Chile", the more straight-ahead, slow blues. And then rips into "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" about halfway through the video. And Kenny Wayne just kills it. Strat Slayer. Stratomaster. Gets that Jimi Hendrix by way of Stevie Ray Vaughan tone that Strats are known for. Great cover. Noah Hunt's vocals are on point.
I’ve seen Kenny absolutely destroy any guitar he puts his hands on... amazing guitar player with an amazing voice....surrounded by multi talented musicians.... any time he’s around I wouldn’t miss it....
This fella is legit. Always did enjoy his playing but never in a million years would i have expected him to make such strides in finding a balance between his influences and himself. Saw him live a few years back for the first time in nearly two decades and was thoroughly blown away at how beautifully his playing has matured. saw him again shortly after on the experience Hendrix tour back-to-back nights in Milwaukee...... Sharing the stage with Eric Johnson, Zach Wilde, Doyle Bramhall , Jonny Lang, Buddy Guy..... All of which would make for a humbling lesson in humility for 99% of us guitar players......... KWS was the easily the standout player in my opinion. I was blown away, which doesn't happen too often.
Seen KWS four times, going again in July, front row again! .. we go every time he comes to Indiana..Will be daughters 5th time seeing him. My sister too..Blues Master, but not just blues..KWS ROCKS the house! What a guitar player.. what a band! We got to meet Chris Layton at the Casino in Southern Indiana..What a nice guy! Rock on KWS !!
Damn! Kenny sure can jam the hell out of that guitar. I thought it was going to burst into flames. The vocals are smooth and the whole band kicks major ass.
Always liked KWS, listened on radio all the time. But he is way better than the blue on black days! You can hear jimi, srv, muddy waters and a lil bit of albert king. THANK GOD he is keeping them all alive in his playing. Damn that boys good.
I think Jimi would be proud of this young man actually doing justice to his song and carrying on the legacy of Jimi. I've been listing to KWS for over 20 years, since he was a young kid at 18! He has developed over the years into truly a great musician. Again, I think Jimi would approve of this young man and his interpretation of his music. May he have many more years to develop his skill so that we fans of his music will be able to hear for long after I've left this earth.
I got to see KWS perform just last Sunday & he played Voodoo Child. AMAZING!! & VERY EMOTIONAL!! I'm 1 of the LUCKY ONES to see HENDRIX perform the SAME SONG!! I still have my ARE YOU EXPERIENCED tee shirt!! I'm 67. THANKS KWS!!
I agree. He’s doing respect to it. Hard work. Lots of Hendrix and SRV impersonators out there. Or should I say tribute players. I want to cry when I imagine what Jimi would be doing now. Maybe something with Apple? Maybe changed styles 2x by now? Maybe became an astronaut and worked with Richard Branson ? “ Who Knows “ ? But not playing Voodoo Child for 40-50 years
I've seen KWS live twice and Damn!!! this man just keeps getting better....that is one hell of a rendition of Jimi's version love how played both together. That is Awesome and you can hear a lot Jimi in his notes...just F*****g great playing
Hells yeah! I was luck enough to see Kenny on ledbetter heights tour in deep ellum. Same night saw Silverchair. An amazing eve. Kws band is bomb. Joe Bonamassa or Kenny is best blues act today!
Awe stricken by this performance. Just beyond beautiful for this old blues lady. Think you Missmoke007 for recording the history of one of the best renditions of this song ever.
Good to see Chris Layton (Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) still playing drums, & playing with KWS. I saw Mr Layton play a few years ago on the "Experience Jimi Hendrix Tour".
This has become my favorite video on RU-vid. Every time I watch it I get inspired. Thank you Linda, for the amazing job capturing this, and for sharing it with us.
This is one of my favorite Hendrix songs ever, I've never been the biggest Kenny Wayne Shepherd fan I've always been yeah he's okay ...... MIND CHANGED!!!! Kenny killed it !!!!! Kenny is a bad ass
Just saw this. As a Jimi and a Voodoo Child fan this is remarkable. This is still a standard for great guitar players. KWS is certainly that. I have been appreciating this for decades now. All I can say is wow. I think Jimi would have liked it.
The old saying is practice, practice, and practice. The end result is excellence at its finest and thats exactly what this young man has accomplished. What I just observed is pure brilliance in his chosen craft. The sky is the limit for such a talented individual. Just outstanding.
Saw him live about 2006? In San Diego at a casino, played a some slots. Got in line for the show, my wife and I walked right to the front of the stage. Awesome show. Thera was couple of chicks to the right of us saying they were going to grab the set list taped to the stage, I had that in my mind already. So Kenny finished up on Voodoo child he dropped his pick,it bounced off of his boot right in front of me,I grabbed it stuck it in my pocket. That was the last song so I was watching those chicks thinking about grabbing the set list. I said nope! I jumped on stage,peeled the set list up and it's now framed with the pick.
KWS is really great! I think it was early 90s my daughter was in high school and she brought home a CD by KWS and she said, Mom you gotta listen to this! I was blown away, because he was still in his teens! He has only gotten better through the years! Every great blues player, including SRV, has done Jimi Hendrix, and they've done justice. But all the videos I've seen of Jimi doing Voodoo Child, I still can't see how he does it! Jimi and the Experience were only a 3 piece band … Jimi played lead, rhythm and sang and still nobody could see how he did it! There will never be another Jimi! I still give kudos to all the great blues guitar players who are still giving Jimi homage to his music and his songs, 40+ years later! I think I'm still a teenager!
Sat down with a bowl of steaming hot seafood gumbo and just happened to see this. Put it on the big speakers at the restaurant. Place is shaking and my friend can hear it three blocks away at his bar. Thanks for posting!
THE best version I’ve ever heard. KWS can play a broomstick if it had a string on it. He just absolutely killed it. His band was very tight on the stops/starts they did. 7 stars on a 5 star system.
On FIRE for sure! Another great version. I got chills! He really is like Jimi, I don't think he can play the same version twice even if he wanted to. Truly a great Guitarist!
Every time I listen to this one I get chill bumps, KWS is, in my opinion, one of the greatest guitar artists alive. He just wales that thing and it does magic.
OMFG!!! Jimi called this The ELECTRIC church KWS has the talent and The ELECTRIC Church pours out. I LOVE IT. I saw KWS at The Warfield in San Francisco when he was about 18 or so. I knew he was special then. HE'S ELECTRIC MOZART NOW. Go get 'em dude.
The man is POSSESSED!! Incredible solo work. Beautiful guitar, too. richard -- If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. - Anatole France
This performance and recording are so deliciously, incredibly good! He's still young and willing to improve. How much better can he get? OMG watch out!
I see a lot of comments on this talking about KWS and what a great guitarist he is. I agree completely of course since that is why I happened on to this video. All that aside for the moment, if you actually are the one that recorded this video, then I just want commend you. You did a great job on both the video aspect and the sound quality. Thanks to you.
It can't be emphasized enough how important that is to the musicians shredding their souls into the sounds we listen for. God bless whoever made this video. Come to Church with me and my kiddos sometime and I''ll pay you like car notes to make this good of a video of us. To the rest of y'all, I say just imagine what it's like for people to put this much energy into their music in an environment where the Holy Ghost is moving. Hmmm come to think of it, the Lord has probably paid plenty of good attention to this band (KWS). Jesus does like good music too. Ha, and y'all thought he was just some stuffy Jewish kid who died on a cross? Might want to read the Bible for yourself without all the Alexander-Scorsby-how-they-get-taught-to-try-to-sound-holy-preacher-voice inflection some time. Jesus was real people, y'all. So is Kenny Wayne :) Again, I say God bless whoever made the video, and God bless the one that uploaded it and the people around who put up with them and love them. Thanks.
Joseph Bridges yes sir I agree 100%. This nonsense I keep hearing about rock music being all satanic is a bunch of annoying bs. Yes there’s the death metal idiots and sadly the current day pop/rap stars who are forced to bow to the evil one for stardom since he’s in control of the entertainment industry (practically flaunting himself now) BUT.. good old blues and rock and roll such as kws is far from satanic in my opinion. Although I listened to Black Sabbath and such for the heavy sound and didn’t pay too much attention to the lyrics honestly. We have to admit it’s always probably been worse than we were aware of. Jimmy page buying alaister Crowley’s house and living in it for example. Wtf I’ve always claimed led zep was the greatest of the great but that shit sorta sours it. We know who’s coming to clean house, if not just vaporize this rotting ball of evil and bring us home. Hallelujah!
@@freeryder4891 jus to let you know, the record label wanted the crucifix upside down on Sabbath's debut album and they told them to stick it where the sun don't shine. FYI. Just four brummies who created heavy rock which sounded so damn heavy coz the guitarist had to learn to play without the tips of two fingers due to an industrial accident.
I 1st saw Kenny when he was but a young kid....he was with Riley B. King, Indigenous and the mighty Tower of Power....Kenny was incredible then and by the powers that be has refined and increased his insane ability for playing guitar and Keeping Them Blues Alive..for that we are blessed to have him..
Now THIS is a cover I've never heard. Everybody who covers Jimi does VC Slight Return - hell we did it in my band. But this was fabulous. Excellent rhythm section. Everything.
he is just a stevie ray Vaughan clone but that's a good thing !! since stevie gone he should just be in a srv/hendrix tribute group cause that what he is
This was THE BEST CRUISE YET !! Great surprise to see KWS is joining us on the KTBA CRUISE in August on the Mediterranean !!!! Thank you linda for capturing this awesome moment.
I saw KWS in Atlanta at the Music Midtown Festival in 2003 or 2004-ish, and he played this and it was utterly FIRE just like in this performance. I've been a fan for years. I wish I could have joined him, Bonamassa, Giles, Trout and Samantha Fox on the blues cruise they had not long ago. The videos are fire!
I Am So Envious of You Linda !! CRUISIN' !!!!!! ALL the FUN GIRL !! MANY THANKS & BIG LOVE TO YOU LINDA !! XOX !! KEEP ON LINDA, WE LOVE YOU !!!!!! XXOOOOOOOXX !! AWESOME VIDEO QUALITY !! Got to KWS @ 16 yrs Old , BADDASS THEN & WAY STILL !!!!!!
