Kenny Wayne Shepherd Tour

not_the_dj

Anyone else catching KWS on his upcoming UK dates?

I saw him at the Leamington Assembly last time and he's back there again, with local hero Laurence Jones opening (and no doubt joining him on stage for a jam). 

boogieman

I'm amazed, he's playing some really small venues. Mr Kyps can't hold more than what, 200? How the mighty are fallen. Mind you I once saw Jennifer Batten play to a crowd, if you can call it that, of 14 people in a pub in Putney. 

not_the_dj

boogieman said:

I'm amazed, he's playing some really small venues. Mr Kyps can't hold more than what, 200? How the mighty are fallen. Mind you I once saw Jennifer Batten play to a crowd, if you can call it that, of 14 people in a pub in Putney. 

The Assembly in Leamington is 1000 capacity standing, and a really nice venue.

axisus

I could never quite get into his stuff. I bought his first two albums back in the day but they didn't gel with me at the time. I should get them out again for a spin ....

boogieman

axisus said:

I could never quite get into his stuff. I bought his first two albums back in the day but they didn't gel with me at the time. I should get them out again for a spin ....

Blue on Black is a great track. He went into mainstream pop for a while I think? I lost interest after the first albums too. 

boogieman

not_the_dj said:

boogieman said:

I'm amazed, he's playing some really small venues. Mr Kyps can't hold more than what, 200? How the mighty are fallen. Mind you I once saw Jennifer Batten play to a crowd, if you can call it that, of 14 people in a pub in Putney. 

The Assembly in Leamington is 1000 capacity standing, and a really nice venue.

Ah right. Mr Kyps is the only venue I recognised on the list. 

not_the_dj

boogieman said:

axisus said:

I could never quite get into his stuff. I bought his first two albums back in the day but they didn't gel with me at the time. I should get them out again for a spin ....

Blue on Black is a great track. He went into mainstream pop for a while I think? I lost interest after the first albums too. 

The latest one (Lay it on Down) is pretty good, bluesy rock stuff, and the one before (Goin' Home) was a back to basics blues thing. I don't actually have any of the early albums!

Laurence Jones is certainly worth checking out, there's a thread on here saying "where are the young guitar heroes"...we'll he's one for sure, maybe not mainstream appeal but he's in his 20s with a fashionable haircut and he's playing great guitar

boogieman

not_the_dj said:

boogieman said:

axisus said:

I could never quite get into his stuff. I bought his first two albums back in the day but they didn't gel with me at the time. I should get them out again for a spin ....

Blue on Black is a great track. He went into mainstream pop for a while I think? I lost interest after the first albums too. 

The latest one (Lay it on Down) is pretty good, bluesy rock stuff, and the one before (Goin' Home) was a back to basics blues thing. I don't actually have any of the early albums!

Laurence Jones is certainly worth checking out, there's a thread on here saying "where are the young guitar heroes"...we'll he's one for sure, maybe not mainstream appeal but he's in his 20s with a fashionable haircut and he's playing great guitar

Yeah I've seen LJ, he's indeed very good. Have you heard anything by Dan Patalinsky? He's in a similar vein, terrific player. 

BigMonka

If his tour was coming closer then I probably would go. I used to like listening to his first two albums, I might dig them out later, think he was only about 18years old at the time!

not_the_dj

boogieman said:

Yeah I've seen LJ, he's indeed very good. Have you heard anything by Dan Patalinsky? He's in a similar vein, terrific player. 

Only a few tracks I've heard on the Paul Jones R2 show...so yeah I need to check him out properly.

57Deluxe

I love that the lead singer is named Noah !

DrCornelius

I'm off to watch KWS tonight at Kyps and back there again this Sunday as they've managed to get Eric Gales back, supported by Elles Bailey.  Bournemouth v Chelsea tomorrow evening too means my liver is in for a hell of a weekend !

DrCornelius

Wow that was a bit good  - 2 hour show and he really went for it, awesome tone and great playing .  The singer has a fantastic voice but had pretty cheesy moves. He also reminds me of Ben Stiller in Dodgeball

not_the_dj

DrCornelius said:

Wow that was a bit good  - 2 hour show and he really went for it, awesome tone and great playing .  The singer has a fantastic voice but had pretty cheesy moves. He also reminds me of Ben Stiller in Dodgeball

Excellent, really looking forward to Monday. 

Did Laurence get up to jam with Kenny?

DrCornelius

I missed Laurence as my wife's dental crown selfishly fell out as we were about to leave. He didn't jam with Kenny but from the murmurings around me he was very good 

not_the_dj

Kenny (and band) were flipping awesome tonight. Got to the front on the barrier and had a great time.