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album by Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band.

Critical reception

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, Steve Leggett wrote, "

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does play a hot lead guitar – that, in a nutshell, is what he does. But over the years he's also learned that the blues isn't just about blazing lead licks, it's also about letting the song say its say – and on ''Live! In Chicago'' he does that.... This isn't a live album from some teenaged savant – it's an album from a grown man proud and honored to be playing the blues with some of his heroes. It also rocks."

Track listing

# "Somehow, Somewhere, Someway" # "King's Highway" # "True Lies" # "Deja Voodoo" # "Sell My Monkey" (with Buddy Flett) # "Dance For Me Girl" (with Buddy Flett) # "Baby, Don't Say That No More" (with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith) # "Eye To Eye" (with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith) # "How Many More Years" (with Bryan Lee) # "Sick And Tired" (with Bryan Lee) # "Feed Me" (with Hubert Sumlin) # "Rocking Daddy" (with Hubert Sumlin) # "Blue On Black" # "I'm A King Bee"

Personnel

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born Kenneth Wayne Brobst; June 12, 1977) is an American guitarist. He has released several studio albums and experienced significant commercial success as a blues rock artist. Early life Shepherd was born in Shrevepo ...

– lead guitar, vocals *Scott Nelson – bass guitar *

Chris Layton Christopher Layton (born November 16, 1955), also known as "Whipper", is an American drummer who rose to fame as one of the founding members of Double Trouble, a blues rock band led by Stevie Ray Vaughan. Born and raised in Corpus Christi, T ...

– drums *

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, keyboards * Noah Hunt – lead vocals, rhythm guitar *

Hubert Sumlin Hubert Charles Sumlin (November 16, 1931 – December 4, 2011) was a Chicago blues guitarist and singer, best known for his "wrenched, shattering bursts of notes, sudden cliff-hanger silences and daring rhythmic suspensions" as a member of Howl ...

Willie "Big Eyes" Smith Willie Lee "Big Eyes" Smith (January 19, 1936 – September 16, 2011) was an American electric blues vocalist, harmonica player, and drummer. He was best known for several stints with the Muddy Waters band beginning in the early 1960s. Biograp ...

Bryan Lee Bryan Lee (March 16, 1943 – August 21, 2020) was an American blues guitarist and singer based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was also known by the nickname 'Braille Blues Daddy' and was a fixture on Bourbon Street since the 1980s. History Le ...

* Buddy Flett

References

{{Authority control Kenny Wayne Shepherd albums 2010 live albums Roadrunner Records live albums