Kenny is one of those guys that has a piece of SRV at his fingertips. Kenny, Eric Gales, Josh Smith, Joe Bonamassa all have bits of the man at their fingertips. Man, SRV should be here to see who he's inspired
I'm 53. Finally got a chance to see Van Halen in 2015-even though they've been my favorite band since 1980.... Somehow, i didn't realize that Kenny Wayne Shepherd was the 'opening act' in Irvine, CA that night. I came away from that show more impressed by KWS than by my first VH live experience. No slight on Van Halen or Eddie-love, love, love, forever. But, after 15-20 years of seeing 12-year olds playing Eruption on youtube, and learning most of those amazing songs myself from video tutorials, that aspect of the 'magic and wonder' has dissipated. But, KWS was a bombshell. I have known of him, and have heard/seen him on video before, but seeing him live was a big, big thing. Stunning. A killer player and showman. // 200 guitars, but 'not a collector?' Whoa.
Kenny Wayne shepherd is one of my favorite “characters” of blues and rock. Not only is he a great guitarist and writes great music, but he’s also an extremely humble and genuinely cool guy, and he’s massively into cars as well, like myself😂
KWS is such a humble man and has a care about the music's legacy which is demonstrated on his collaboration album (with the likes of B. B. King, Buddy Flett, Pinetop Perkins et al), 10 Days Out: Blues from the Back roads, and remains one of my favourites to this day.
Nah. Dude just gonna be stone and just mumble like when he was in joe rogan. Love his playing, but the men never wants to talk about gear nor about guitar.
saw him when he was a teenager believe it or not was at the bottom of the planet in new Zealand..i knew from the first half a song he was gnna be a monster!!!...
KWS was born 25 years too late...he’d have been a household name back in the day. The talent remains the same nonetheless and it’s cool to hear him talk about his roots as he carries the torch for blues rock. Thanks Lee for another quality video.
I mean he kind of is/was for a large portion of the 90’s/2000’s. Blue on black was a huge song back then and is still played on radio stations here and there today. Albeit as music changed he lost that a fair bit, he’s still pretty well known by a ton of blues and rock fans
@@zerohourdrift yes! I certainly agree with you and remember very well when that album broke. He’s a god in the blues/rock scene...it’s a shame that scene is not as widely appreciated as it was in the 70s. Such is time and life, right? Cheers
I can't tell you how much I appreciate these interviews! Andertons always comes through! I've had the pleasure of seeing KWS twice, in a small venue in Annapolis, Maryland and actually met him (for all of 30 seconds). Such great talent! Thanks Lee!
@@jwinners407 Sorry this took a while. Yes, at Ramshead. I met Paul Reed Smith there that same night. RamsHead is a great venue. I've seen Robert Cray at the school as well.
When Mr. Shepherd plays...time stops. Great stuff.👍😎 Thanks for doing this interview and all thanks, may your wonderful family have a better New Year Kenny. And of course, stay safe!👍😎 👍😎❤🖖 Love brother
That’s my Shreveport homeboy! I was at that infamous SRV show as well. I to was impacted by that concert. Thanks to “Shotgun Ken Shepherd” for promoting it.
SRV was like a hurricane. You thought he'd be a big storm, but you just weren't prepared for the reality. One of those guys who made great albums, but was unreal live.
Being from Natchitoches, it was huge for us Louisianians that Kenny got the break that he did. Its always good to see a home grown boy get worldwide recognition!
Saw KW at Shoreline Amphitheater around 2004ish....great show and great passion! He left if all on stage! Introduced one song with, “this is the Ultimate guitar lick”, then broke into a cover of Voodoo Chile.... sounded just like Jimi... a heartfelt tribute! I do an acoustic cover show, and “Blue on Black” is one of my go to’s.
We need a 'The Captain meets Jesse Davey'. Back when I was living in the UK in the early to mid 90's I used to follow The Hoax around the country and Jesse's playing never failed to amaze and inspire (and deafen me). I saw Jesse and his band open for KWS, what a great gig. I saw Chris Layton wondering around in the crowd which was a trip. I was speaking to Jesse after the gig and he had fun, from memory he lent him a wah or a TS for the show as something had happened to Kenny's. Thanks for this one and regards from New Zealand
Had the honor of moving those guitars a few times around the hotel/casino that I worked in LV. Met KWS, his wife, children, Denny Seiwell, Noah Hunt, Tony Franklin,, and The Whipper. Great memories!!
Awesome interview once again Captain! Love the way you cover all aspects of the musician's quest for music and where the passion originated. This is quite a beautiful Christmas present Sir! All the best to you, your loved ones and the incredible team at Andertons, from Montréal, Canada :)
I remember Jonny Lang and Kenny were the 2 big young blues guys on all the guitar magazines too. Jonny was outing a lot and now seems to hav disappeared. Then all of a sudden everything changed to Limp bizkit and Korn I was like ugh.
lol I mean, there are definitely things that make me feel old here and there, but that's one of the funny things about how young he was when he started his career! Like I DEFINITELY remember when he got started, but I'm only 35! lol
Solid player! We saw him play years ago opening for B.B. King. B.B. said he was the next Clapton :) Many years later in 2015 he opened for the mighty Van Halen on their last tour. Love KWS, and miss ya EVH :(
I’ve arrived to a place where Lee is the only interviewer / host I’ll actually watch. I have no patience for canned interviews that are just 15 minute plugs. These never feel like that.
Great interview 🎸 please we need a The Captain Meets: - Jimmy Page - Keith Richards - Ronnie Wood - David Gilmour - Jeff Beck - Paul McCartney - Tonny Iommi - Martin Barre - Eric Clapton - Pete Towshend - Mick Taylor - Ritchie Blackmore 🎸🙂👨🎤‼️❤️🔥🍺☮️📻🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
“Keeping the tubes alive”. I remember seeing him live at the Beacon in NYC about 10 rows back when he had two CRANKED black face twins going. Insanely loud but oh so face melting!
honestly KWS is one of the most underrated guitarists ever. john mayers guitar playing is amazing, but his middle aged mom rock music sucks...KWS is amazing at guitar and his songs are amazing too
We are the same age...I like how he makes it sound so ancient how he learned to play...ignoring the fact there were MANY instructional books and videos...tabs..magazines and even teachers.....he did not have some struggle that others didn't lol
Watching this interview and hearing about Dumble makes me thinking....can somebody recomend me a book about guitar manufacturers or/and amp manufacturers that wouldn't be just a general encyklopedic list of those, but rather deeper sories of those legends. I am guessing there would be several, because one can't cover that all. And I am sure there is a "History of Fender" and history of Mesa Boogie" etc. But that would be little too specific on one brand. Is there a good, well written "amps" book and "guitars" book? Google can show me, for sure, but which one is good si hard to tell.
Johnny lang and KWS started about the same time. KWS started out as a blues rock guy then more rock and back to blues. JL first album was amazing. He was a good player and amazing vocals. But he strayed to something girly pop, which is sad. Come back to the blues JL.
In fairness, he does talk about Lee quite a bit, just not here. KWS has never struck me as anything but totally square about his influences and opportunities. He's a guy who really honors his heroes.
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What we really need now is Philip Sayce.
We all love his tone and he have a huge influence on guitar player ;)
Tha ks
Dude he's underrated!
Kenny is one of those guys that has a piece of SRV at his fingertips. Kenny, Eric Gales, Josh Smith, Joe Bonamassa all have bits of the man at their fingertips. Man, SRV should be here to see who he's inspired
don’t forget john
Or BB king>.>
forgot to mention Philip Sayce!
I'm 53. Finally got a chance to see Van Halen in 2015-even though they've been my favorite band since 1980.... Somehow, i didn't realize that Kenny Wayne Shepherd was the 'opening act' in Irvine, CA that night. I came away from that show more impressed by KWS than by my first VH live experience. No slight on Van Halen or Eddie-love, love, love, forever. But, after 15-20 years of seeing 12-year olds playing Eruption on youtube, and learning most of those amazing songs myself from video tutorials, that aspect of the 'magic and wonder' has dissipated. But, KWS was a bombshell. I have known of him, and have heard/seen him on video before, but seeing him live was a big, big thing. Stunning. A killer player and showman. // 200 guitars, but 'not a collector?' Whoa.
Kenny Wayne shepherd is one of my favorite “characters” of blues and rock. Not only is he a great guitarist and writes great music, but he’s also an extremely humble and genuinely cool guy, and he’s massively into cars as well, like myself😂
KWS is such a humble man and has a care about the music's legacy which is demonstrated on his collaboration album (with the likes of B. B. King, Buddy Flett, Pinetop Perkins et al), 10 Days Out: Blues from the Back roads, and remains one of my favourites to this day.
We need a The Captain Meets Gary Clark Jr.!
Yessss!!
Right on!
Nah. Dude just gonna be stone and just mumble like when he was in joe rogan. Love his playing, but the men never wants to talk about gear nor about guitar.
@@eldirtyfaygo5395 agreed he hasn't paid dues, there are a lot of people in the bars that are better, seriously.... i don't see the magic
It was an incredible time with Mr.Shepard, John Mayer, an Derick Betts all coming onto the blues scene.
His playing touches my heart & rips my soul apart; actually makes me weep.
saw him when he was a teenager believe it or not was at the bottom of the planet in new Zealand..i knew from the first half a song he was gnna be a monster!!!...
KWS is so talented. Seen him a few times live, just stellar.
KWS was born 25 years too late...he’d have been a household name back in the day. The talent remains the same nonetheless and it’s cool to hear him talk about his roots as he carries the torch for blues rock. Thanks Lee for another quality video.
I mean he kind of is/was for a large portion of the 90’s/2000’s. Blue on black was a huge song back then and is still played on radio stations here and there today. Albeit as music changed he lost that a fair bit, he’s still pretty well known by a ton of blues and rock fans
@@zerohourdrift yes! I certainly agree with you and remember very well when that album broke. He’s a god in the blues/rock scene...it’s a shame that scene is not as widely appreciated as it was in the 70s. Such is time and life, right? Cheers
He IS a household name.
I can't tell you how much I appreciate these interviews! Andertons always comes through! I've had the pleasure of seeing KWS twice, in a small venue in Annapolis, Maryland and actually met him (for all of 30 seconds). Such great talent! Thanks Lee!
@@jwinners407 Sorry this took a while. Yes, at Ramshead. I met Paul Reed Smith there that same night. RamsHead is a great venue. I've seen Robert Cray at the school as well.
@@jwinners407 I hope you enjoy the show!
Tremendous love & respect for KWS, mainly for being a good dad: among my favorite heroes. Dog lover here as well...
Great interview. What a well spoken humble guy
What a great interview with a legendary player! Thanks!
Absolutely brilliant
I’ve seen KWS many times over the past 30-ish years. He is a force of nature on the guitar.
Diggin' Kenny's vibe. More humble than I thought. We would have a good time chillin' and jammin'.
let's take a second to appreciate the Andertons video quality! it feels like having the Captain in the room lol.. looking sharp as hell!
Man I wish Kenny & the Captain meet on the Andertons Jam Room.
KWS did say he wanted to tour Europe after Covid, sooo...
CAPTAIN MEETS PHILIP SAYCE!! POR FAVOR!! greetings from 🇲🇽
Kenny has a great voice!
When Mr. Shepherd plays...time stops. Great stuff.👍😎
Thanks for doing this interview and all thanks, may your wonderful family have a better New Year Kenny. And of course, stay safe!👍😎
👍😎❤🖖
Love brother
That’s my Shreveport homeboy! I was at that infamous SRV show as well. I to was impacted by that concert. Thanks to “Shotgun Ken Shepherd” for promoting it.
SRV was like a hurricane. You thought he'd be a big storm, but you just weren't prepared for the reality. One of those guys who made great albums, but was unreal live.
Being from Natchitoches, it was huge for us Louisianians that Kenny got the break that he did. Its always good to see a home grown boy get worldwide recognition!
KENNY! Amazing player. Saw him live a couple of years ago in a Sheffield and he absolutely smashed it!!
Blue On Black... one of my go-to karaoke songs. 😆 Awesome interview, Capt’n.! 😎🤘🏼🎸🎼🎶🎵
Saw KW at Shoreline Amphitheater around 2004ish....great show and great passion! He left if all on stage! Introduced one song with, “this is the Ultimate guitar lick”, then broke into a cover of Voodoo Chile.... sounded just like Jimi... a heartfelt tribute! I do an acoustic cover show, and “Blue on Black” is one of my go to’s.
Captain meets are my favorite Anderton vids. It was a pleasure listening.
Got to see him at the Hollywood Bowl at G3 with Satch, Vai, and Johnson. That was an amazing show. 7.5 takes commitment. I've been spoiled obviously
Awesome....love KWS! That new Fender sig is so cool!
blue on black was the first song I remember hearing on the radio ever and I’ve been hooked ever sense
I actually got to see Kenny live, in 2012 in Frankfurt when he was one of the opening acts for BB King! What a night!
Been waiting ages for this one... 😁
'I'm not a collector I've only got about 200 guitars.. '
We need a 'The Captain meets Jesse Davey'. Back when I was living in the UK in the early to mid 90's I used to follow The Hoax around the country and Jesse's playing never failed to amaze and inspire (and deafen me). I saw Jesse and his band open for KWS, what a great gig. I saw Chris Layton wondering around in the crowd which was a trip. I was speaking to Jesse after the gig and he had fun, from memory he lent him a wah or a TS for the show as something had happened to Kenny's. Thanks for this one and regards from New Zealand
I saw him in 96 in Memphis Tennessee.....They were awesome!!!
Great guitar player!!
Zz Top was there too!!
SAYCE! i agree with the others Philip Sayce is a MUST!!!
Had the honor of moving those guitars a few times around the hotel/casino that I worked in LV. Met KWS, his wife, children, Denny Seiwell, Noah Hunt, Tony Franklin,, and The Whipper. Great memories!!
Awesome interview once again Captain! Love the way you cover all aspects of the musician's quest for music and where the passion originated. This is quite a beautiful Christmas present Sir! All the best to you, your loved ones and the incredible team at Andertons, from Montréal, Canada :)
I really like the look of the Block inlays rather than the Dot inlays.
Well done lee. Must’ve been a bit tricky with the glitching etc but like a pro you carried on in fazed. Kenny such a master
Fantastic interview. One of the best guitarest of our time. Stay safe and well and let's all hope that 2021 will be a great year. Signed John Zepbass.
Nice interview Cap'n. If you haven't seen Kenny live you should. Amazing player! Happy New Year from Kansas.
I remember him breaking on the scene in the 90s.
God I feel old.
I remember Jonny Lang and Kenny were the 2 big young blues guys on all the guitar magazines too. Jonny was outing a lot and now seems to hav disappeared. Then all of a sudden everything changed to Limp bizkit and Korn I was like ugh.
lol I mean, there are definitely things that make me feel old here and there, but that's one of the funny things about how young he was when he started his career! Like I DEFINITELY remember when he got started, but I'm only 35! lol
Great interview Lee, I love playing blue on black, awesome song.
Self taught genius
I remember him playing a 70s thinline tele in Blues Brothers 2000😉
Jonny lang?
He puts on such a great show!
Solid player! We saw him play years ago opening for B.B. King. B.B. said he was the next Clapton :) Many years later in 2015 he opened for the mighty Van Halen on their last tour. Love KWS, and miss ya EVH :(
Wonderful interview , Interesting, and laid back chat , Kenny is incredible
I’ve arrived to a place where Lee is the only interviewer / host I’ll actually watch. I have no patience for canned interviews that are just 15 minute plugs. These never feel like that.
Great interview! I'm a huge KWS fan.
Amazing interview ❤️🏴❤️
Airtight Lee, that was awesome.... Lee.. ANDERTONS USA, SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA... NICE WINTER BUSINESS VACATIONS... JUST SAYING....KWS VERY COOL...
Great interview 🎸 please we need a The Captain Meets:
- Jimmy Page
- Keith Richards
- Ronnie Wood
- David Gilmour
- Jeff Beck
- Paul McCartney
- Tonny Iommi
- Martin Barre
- Eric Clapton
- Pete Towshend
- Mick Taylor
- Ritchie Blackmore
🎸🙂👨🎤‼️❤️🔥🍺☮️📻🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Love KWS!
Looks wise that Signature Strat of his is badass! Could I get a Telecaster with a neck like that with the inlays and binding?
Incredible interview Cap!!
While we cry..
Such an interesting interview. We’re working on covering Blue on Black. Terrific tune.
Dude gives great interview.
LOVE KWS! By the way, creating tones digitally can be quite good depending on the software but I totally understand the love of actual gear.
KWS is one of the most honest musicians you’ll find
Great interview!
KWS is a super cool guy. Such a great guitarist!
“Keeping the tubes alive”. I remember seeing him live at the Beacon in NYC about 10 rows back when he had two CRANKED black face twins going. Insanely loud but oh so face melting!
Most of his stage fender twins and all are disguised dumbles!!
@@anmolatwal This was the late 90’s. Don’t think he had them yet?
Damn that’s a gorgeous strat.
And hat
@@ReactarooSkidoo free Hat?
@@IamtheFerryMan buy strat, get hat
Idk but that hat is sharp haha
Looking good Kenny, you look well rested. I know it sucks not being able to play, but it looks like it might have been a well deserved rest.
Great interview Captain!! You are truly multi talented Lee!!
Still hope you can do it with Derek Trucks
We need a captain meets Robert fripp!
KWS has memories at 3yrs old ... superhuman 😂
He didn’t say he remembered it: 05:05 🤷🏼♂️
That new Kenny Wayne Strat is one sexy beast 🔥
Haha, who of you guys bought that strat he'd reserved for the interview? :D
I do dig graphtech saddles, but I am not into the block inlays on strats. Oh well. Also, I am a Gary Clark Jr. fan.
What a cool cat!
Please do a captain meets Julian lage
does anyone know how these are chambered? are they routed and capped? is it just routed under the scratch plate?
Captain just interviewed everyone who got Fender Signatures this year. Wow! But we do need a Capt. Meets Dave Grohl make it happen 2021
Nice 👍
I've never clicked on anything faster.
honestly KWS is one of the most underrated guitarists ever. john mayers guitar playing is amazing, but his middle aged mom rock music sucks...KWS is amazing at guitar and his songs are amazing too
We are the same age...I like how he makes it sound so ancient how he learned to play...ignoring the fact there were MANY instructional books and videos...tabs..magazines and even teachers.....he did not have some struggle that others didn't lol
Kenny has been singing more and together with Noah
Rory Gallagher , Rory Gallagher “ I’m shouting now ” he’s one of the best strat guys 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Does he still have the General Lee car and guitar? He needs to do a Captain Lee guitar
Mini with a Union Jack on the roof. Pilot of the Canal Boat suitably impressed as it soars overhead.
Yup, though his general lee isn’t quite a normal lee. It’s called “extreme lee” and it’s basically a more modern pro touring take on the car
Watching this interview and hearing about Dumble makes me thinking....can somebody recomend me a book about guitar manufacturers or/and amp manufacturers that wouldn't be just a general encyklopedic list of those, but rather deeper sories of those legends. I am guessing there would be several, because one can't cover that all. And I am sure there is a "History of Fender" and history of Mesa Boogie" etc. But that would be little too specific on one brand. Is there a good, well written "amps" book and "guitars" book? Google can show me, for sure, but which one is good si hard to tell.
0:26 you did what to the kids? Lol
Got all the kids off to school 🤣🤣
I would love to see Kenny Wayne Shephard play a Jackson Rhoads for no reason whatsoever other than that nobody has ever seen it! Haha
Johnny lang and KWS started about the same time.
KWS started out as a blues rock guy then more rock and back to blues.
JL first album was amazing. He was a good player and amazing vocals. But he strayed to something girly pop, which is sad.
Come back to the blues JL.
I’m surprised Kenny didn’t mention Bryan Lee
Who was underrated blues player but gave Kenny his first big break.
In fairness, he does talk about Lee quite a bit, just not here. KWS has never struck me as anything but totally square about his influences and opportunities. He's a guy who really honors his heroes.
Jeff Beck please
Is the Captain ever going to meet Myles Kennedy?
Plays like SRV, looks like a cross between Brad Pitt and Pauly Shore.
Seems like a chill dude i actually like his singing better than his playing.
If course he’s never had a job.
I mean his dad was an avenue guy, I think that's what he said? Yeah same like Joe bonamassa.