Buffalo716 Posted July 20, 2018 Posted July 20, 2018 At Canal Side downtown Buffalo and it was fantastic! He rocked down the house! One of the best guitar players I’ve ever seen, seriously talented!
Doc Posted July 20, 2018 Posted July 20, 2018 He opened for Van Halen 3 years ago. Great show all around.
Buffalo716 Posted July 20, 2018 Author Posted July 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, Doc said: He opened for Van Halen 3 years ago. Great show all around. He played 12 minutes of voodoo child and it was insane
Doc Posted July 20, 2018 Posted July 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said: He played 12 minutes of voodoo child and it was insane Did the same thing 3 years ago. I said to my wife and kids that he's as talented as Eddie on the guitar, but for various reasons had nowhere near the success, i.e. it takes more than talent alone.
Buffalo716 Posted July 20, 2018 Author Posted July 20, 2018 Just now, Doc said: Did the same thing 3 years ago. I said to my wife and kids that he's as talented as Eddie on the guitar, but for various reasons had nowhere near the success, i.e. it takes more than talent alone. Yea he’s still a young guy and his style (southern rock/blues rock) isn’t exactly super popular these days but he does have 4 platinum albums and a gold and is still super successful
BeginnersMind Posted July 20, 2018 Posted July 20, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said: Yea he’s still a young guy and his style (southern rock/blues rock) isn’t exactly super popular these days but he does have 4 platinum albums and a gold and is still super successful At 41, he’s not young. But he is great. Eddie needed his brother to manage him and VH had an awesome supporting cast. Any of thhe G3 guitarists over the years had all the talent in the world but elected to do their solo thing or just couldn’t work in a band setting. Edited July 20, 2018 by BeginnersMind
Buffalo716 Posted July 20, 2018 Author Posted July 20, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, BeginnersMind said: At 41, he’s not young. But he is great. Eddie needed his brother to manage him and VH had an awesome supporting cast. Any of thhe G3 guitarists over the years had all the talent in the world but elected to do their solo thing or just couldn’t work in a band setting. 41 compared to all the other acts around him is pretty young If he wants he can have 20+ years of rocking and his band was phenomenal He isn’t old if that’s worded better lol Edited July 20, 2018 by Buffalo716
Fadingpain Posted July 20, 2018 Posted July 20, 2018 Years and years ago I was watching "Austin City Limits" on PBS. The announcer said something like: "Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome guitar phenom Kenny Wayne Shepherd" and this skinny 18 year old kid (?) came out and jammed on his Strat for like 20 minutes, without any other musicians on stage. At least that is how I remember it. I was just blown away as this guy was just improvising and riffing away non-stop and he was so young! Serious, serious talent. A prodigy. I have tried to find that Austin City Limits episode ever since, and cannot. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
BeginnersMind Posted July 20, 2018 Posted July 20, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said: 41 compared to all the other acts around him is pretty young If he wants he can have 20+ years of rocking He isn’t old if that’s worded better lol I wasn't being critical--I like that 41 is young! I was just saying that he's not likely to find himself as the lead guitar in a happening band at age 41. He can certainly tour, and maybe be a guitarist for an established band. But for whatever reason, he's one of those guys who never broke through to that next level despite having all the talent in the world. Music is tough like that--I have known some unreal talented people and bands that went nowhere but local/regional. Plus, on the popular music stage at the moment, guitarists do not move the needle. Edited July 20, 2018 by BeginnersMind
Fadingpain Posted July 20, 2018 Posted July 20, 2018 Just now, BeginnersMind said: I wasn't being critical--I like that 41 is young! I was just saying that he's not likely to find himself as the lead guitar in a happening band at age 41. He can certainly tour, and maybe be a guitarist for an established band. But for whatever reason, he's one of those guys who never broke through to that next level despite having all the talent in the world. Music is tough like that--I have known some unreal talented people and bands that went nowhere but local/regional. He's your classic touring, working musician who can fill a 1,500 seat venue all day long, but that's kind of it. He's the sort of act that plays at Wolf Trap in the DC area or WNY's Art Park. The same crowd who would go see him (myself included) would go see Jeff Beck's current touring show, which is fantastic. But he isn't going to fill an 18,000 seat auditorium.
RaoulDuke79 Posted July 20, 2018 Posted July 20, 2018 The guys can bend them strings that's for sure.
Buffalo716 Posted July 20, 2018 Author Posted July 20, 2018 1 minute ago, BeginnersMind said: I wasn't being critical--I like that 41 is young! I was just saying that he's not likely to find himself as the lead guitar in a happening band at age 41. He can certainly tour, and maybe be a guitarist for an established band. But for whatever reason, he's one of those guys who never broke through to that next level despite having all the talent in the world. Music is tough like that--I have known some unreal talented people and bands that went nowhere but local/regional. Definitely and it get what your saying I don’t think you were critical ... but he also doenst want to be in an established band... he wants to be the front of Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Thats his band for 20+ years, he isn’t leaving I would say 4 platinum albums and being worth millions of dollars is established as an artist... just not joe Walsh level 2 minutes ago, Fadingpain said: He's your classic touring, working musician who can fill a 1,500 seat venue all day long, but that's kind of it. He's the sort of act that plays at Wolf Trap in the DC area or WNY's Art Park. The same crowd who would go see him (myself included) would go see Jeff Beck's current touring show, which is fantastic. But he isn't going to fill an 18,000 seat auditorium. There was certainly 10,000 + last night. Probably 15k
BeginnersMind Posted July 20, 2018 Posted July 20, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said: Definitely and it get what your saying I don’t think you were critical ... but he also doenst want to be in an established band... he wants to be the front of Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Thats his band for 20+ years, he isn’t leaving I would say 4 platinum albums and being worth millions of dollars is established as an artist... just not joe Walsh level That's why I compared him to the G3 acts. Those guys just want to be themselves--despite the fact that they could plug in and make more $$ in a heartbeat. I admire it. It's kind of funny that his biggest popular song barely features his guitar. Edited July 20, 2018 by BeginnersMind 1
Buffalo716 Posted July 20, 2018 Author Posted July 20, 2018 Just now, BeginnersMind said: That's why I compared him to the G3 acts. Those guys just want to be themselves--despite the fact that they could plug in and make more $$ in a heartbeat. I admire it. Didn’t he play G3 20 years ago? Right when it started
Best Player Available Posted July 20, 2018 Posted July 20, 2018 53 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said: At Canal Side downtown Buffalo and it was fantastic! He rocked down the house! One of the best guitar players I’ve ever seen, seriously talented! If you get the chamce check out him in the Rides. Stephen Stills ia the other guitar player. 2 albums out now. Their live shows are crazy.
NoSaint Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 It seemed like for a minute he was trying like hell to cross over — changed his image, music got a little more mainstream rock, but was probably his weakest era. Being a musician and being marketable are two different skill sets and he’s off the charts musically but meh on putting the package together. In music circles he will always have a large following but likely never get out of those large theatres as someone else mentioned
NoSaint Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 He’s also been doing that voodoo child encore for 20 years... he needs to find a few more ways to freshen his act up, as talented as he is.
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 16 hours ago, Buffalo716 said: I went to Kenny Wayne Shepherd last night at Canal Side downtown Buffalo and it was fantastic! Any hot b!tches? 1
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 (edited) 15 minutes ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: Any hot b!tches? Nice! Pics or it didn't happen! ? Edited July 21, 2018 by ExiledInIllinois
Buffalo716 Posted July 21, 2018 Author Posted July 21, 2018 3 hours ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: Any hot b!tches? Yea there were some fine looking girls but i brought my father with me so I was chillin with him instead of picking up some strange ?
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