Kenny Wayne Shepherd – “Backwater Blues”
One of my favorite tunes off of Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s “The Way I Go” is Backwater Blues. Written back in 1927 by Bessie Smith about a flood (some argue it is the great Mississippi flood but others will suggest her song was written prior to the great flood), numerous artists have recorded and performed this […]
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Texas Shuffle
I have to admit – a great Texas Shuffle a la Stevie Ray Vaughan or Freddie King before him just gets my blood pumping. I have a son that is just now learning guitar, and though today’s generation is into all of this Electronic Dance Music stuff, I have to admit he even taps his […]