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The\u00a0Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band<\/strong>\u00a0will be releasing their brand new album\u00a0\u2018The Traveler<\/strong>\u2019\u00a0on\u00a031st May via\u00a0Provogue\/Mascot Label Group<\/strong>, which will be accompanied by a series of European<\/strong> shows through the summer.<\/p>\n

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Gone is the young Louisiana<\/strong> gunslinger who erupted onto the early \u201990s scene with his burn-it-down guitar solos and gut-punch songcraft. The 41-year-old he\u2019s become is even more magnetic, still pushing his Fender Strat<\/strong> where others fear to fret. As a grown man and a father, there are different thoughts and feelings that have come into focus.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe album title comes from the song Tailwind<\/strong>,\u201d he explains. \u201cWe\u2019re all travelling together through this thing called life. These are testing times for us as a society, and it seems to me that it\u2019s been a bit crazy in the world lately, with so much division. Without making any kind of political point, it\u2019s like, \u2018Let\u2019s get through this together, appreciate one another and not always be trying to fight\u2019.\u201d The new songs typically began with a raw riff captured on Shepherd\u2019s<\/strong> cell phone. But they blossomed into full technicolour at Neptune Valley<\/strong>, Los Angeles<\/strong>, with the production of Shepherd<\/strong> and Marshall Altman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\nWorld-class guitar playing has always been his calling card, but in his forties, Shepherd<\/strong> knows when to blaze and when to breathe. \u201cThere\u2019s some restraint on \u2018The Traveler<\/strong>\u2019,\u201d he considers. \u201cAs I\u2019ve gotten older, I\u2019ve started to lean towards the approach of less is more. I play for the song now.\u201c Taking a cue from his side project, The Rides<\/strong>, the supergroup he co-founded with Stephen Stills<\/strong> and Barry Goldberg<\/strong>, Shepherd<\/strong> shares more vocal responsibilities with his long-time singer, Noah Hunt<\/strong>, than on past releases, allowing the band more versatility. \u201cI still don\u2019t sound like Muddy Waters<\/strong>,\u201d he smiles. \u201cBut I\u2019ve definitely grown as a vocalist. I owe a lot of the credit to Stephen Stills<\/strong> for pushing me to sing more in The Rides<\/strong>,\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThe lyrics were important to me on this record,\u201d Shepherd<\/strong> explains.\u00a0 As the album unfolds, \u2018Long Time<\/strong> Running<\/strong>\u2019 is someone expressing what it\u2019s like to lead a complicated existence. On the surface, \u2018Gravity<\/strong>\u2019 is about a very complicated relationship. \u201cWith \u2018Woman Like You<\/strong>\u2019, my goal is to glorify the woman in the relationship, not tear her down. Some songwriters focus on the negative aspects of a relationship, but this song rocks and makes you feel good.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0XVGeAuIsjw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\nThe album features two covers. \u201cI was asked to do an event honouring Joe Walsh<\/strong>,\u201d he explains, \u201cand everybody had to choose a couple of songs to perform. We did \u2018Turn To Stone<\/strong>\u2019, and it came off so well we did a completely live take in the studio. As for the Buffalo Springfield<\/strong> song, \u2018Mr. Soul<\/strong>\u2019, Stephen<\/strong> had the idea of getting me, him and Neil Young<\/strong> onstage together at an autism benefit show. It was in the back of my mind that \u2018Mr. Soul<\/strong>\u2019 would be a killer song to do, and it was just a spectacular moment. So this was my way of paying tribute to that amazing experience on record.\u201d<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15466 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-2019-04-12-at-16.23.12-916x1024.png\" alt=\"image of guitarist kenny wayne shepherd\" width=\"916\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-2019-04-12-at-16.23.12-916x1024.png 916w, https:\/\/bluesmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-2019-04-12-at-16.23.12-600x671.png 600w, https:\/\/bluesmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-2019-04-12-at-16.23.12-268x300.png 268w, https:\/\/bluesmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-2019-04-12-at-16.23.12-768x859.png 768w, https:\/\/bluesmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-2019-04-12-at-16.23.12.png 932w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><\/p>\nHe may move amongst legends, but the modest Shepherd<\/strong> brushes off any suggestion that he belongs in the same breath as the blues greats he collaborated with on 2007\u2019s platinum-selling and Grammy-nominated documentary, \u201810 Days Out: Blues From The Backroads<\/strong>\u2019. 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