New Kenny Wayne Shepherd (Page 3 of 6)

Okay, I think I've had enough time to digest this. I will start off by saying I think this is one of my favorite three albums of the year, the other two being Dust Bowl and the Foo Fighter's Wasting Light. Yes, I think it's THAT good. I love this cd. Whoever said there wasn't a whole lot of great guitar work, I completely disagree. What about Yer Blues, Oh Pretty Woman, Dark Side Of Love, Round And Round, The Wire, Strut, Butterfly? I could go on and on. For the record, Yer Blues freakin' cooks. I knew as soon as I heard Kenny was going to do this song it was going to be awesome. As far as the production, I'll let others debate what sounds overdone or not. To me, it doesn't sound like that at all. Noah's vocals are amazing on this album. I've really missed him being the lead singer. But Kenny's vocals sound really good to me on the couple he sings. Cold is actually one of my favorite tracks on the album. Their harmonies work really well together too. Take Come On Over for example. Just great harmonies. This album is amazing and I give it a great recommendation. Kenny's back!

Going for the live KWS show in Shreveport tomorrow night and will give a full report.  What I've listened to of the new cd, I like most of ... there are always songs I like more or less (even on Dust Bowl for example) and that's just my personal taste, no offense to the artist! 

Which vocals? Kenny's or Noah's?

                                                                                                                                Think Green.

                                                                                                                                J Dawg

I did the same with the opposite effect.  My wife was very impressed on the songs that Kenny sang lead on and she's always been a fan of Noah (who sounds fantastic on this imho).  In fact, she turned me on the KWS many years ago.

I thought it was okay. I always kind of expect more out of this guy. Don't get me wrong, he's got some chops, but he never really grabs me. It's probably his best album but I think I've heard far better so far this year. Whereas other young guys like Joe and Derek Trucks really get me with their leads, I just never get that feeling with KWS. He's better than a lot of the stuff out there today but I found myself not all that intrigued by what he's doing here.

I don't even understand why they went with Never Lookin' Back. In my opinion, they should've gone with something else like Butterfly or The Wire. Those are way cooler in my opinion.

I attended the Kenny Wayne Shepherd concert at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee this past Saturday. Simply fantastic show. The new songs sound even better live. the rythym section of Chris Layton and Tony Franklin is just a monster. Fantastic. I have NEVER been dissappointed by a live show from Kenny.

I think it's Kenny's best album. I like every song on here.... That is RARE for an album the last decade or two. Especially one that contains 17 tracks. It's more produced that his previous work, and I think it's aimed for more radio play than what he has received before. But the guy has plenty of stripped down stuff that you can listen to. It's not shocking to see a guy hitting his mid 30's and wanting to do different things. I think it's his best overall album to date. Although, I hope he doesn't push this direction to the point to where he becomes Jonny Lang who has pretty much fell off the wagon as a blues artist.

My favorite song would probably be "Heat of The Sun". This tune would fit good into a Micheal Mann action thriller. It's great a great mood to it and I think it's the best song on the album. The track I probably like the least is "Cold". It's just lacking a bit for me. But this album is not totally void of stripped down stuff. Yer Blues, Strut and Anywhere The Wind Blows somewhat fits in with his older stuff. There is a lot country influenced stuff here.  Overall, it's hard to tell if Kenny is just looking for more airplay, or perhaps trying to please everyone (including himself) with this CD since he took such a big hit for his last album.

Overall, I think they're the collection of written songs that he has done.

Here are my favorites:

Heat of the Sun
Come On Over
Show Me The Way Home
Anywhere the Wind Blows
Darkside of Love
Round and Round
Who's Gunna Catch You Now?
Yer Blues
Strut
Baby the Rain Must Fall