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Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Solo artist Shreveport United States
Kenny Wayne Shepherd is an artist from Shreveport. Kenny Wayne Shepherd has 13 chart appearances on 10 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 1996–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Deja Voodoo”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #593. The station that charted Kenny Wayne Shepherd most often is KISW (Seattle-Tacoma, WA), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2004.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd was born Kenneth Wayne Brobst in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1977, and he learned to play the hard way: entirely self-taught, never reading a note of music. His father, Ken Shepherd, was a local radio personality who promoted concerts on the side and kept a huge record collection, and at one of his dad's shows, over Labor Day weekend in 1984, the kid met Stevie Ray Vaughan and came away transfixed. About six months later, at seven, he got serious, picking songs apart one note at a time off cassettes he rewound over and over on a cheap plywood imitation Strat.
That patience pays off all over Trouble Is..., from 1997, a blues-rock record with a lot of heat in it. "Blue On Black" smolders in slow motion before it opens up, and "Slow Ride" struts with a swagger all its own. It's guitar music for people who think a solo should take its time.
He never flinched from the formula. The Place You're In, in 2004, pushed the guitars harder on "Alive" and the title track. Along the way he collected a Blues Music Award and joined the Rides, and he has kept the blues-rock flame burning for a crowd that likes its solos long and loud.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Kenny Wayne Shepherd on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deja Voodoo | 4 | #593 | – | – | |
| 2 | Alive | 1 | #40 | – | 2004 | |
| 3 | You Can't Judge a Book By The Cover | 1 | #42 | – | 2014 | |
| 4 | Slow Ride | 2 | #61 | – | 1997 | |
| 5 | Dirt On My Diamonds | 1 | #72 | – | 2024 | |
| 6 | The Place You're In | 1 | #270 | – | 2005 | |
| 7 | Born with a Broken Heart | 1 | #922 | – | – | |
| 8 | This Place You're In | 1 | #106 | – | 2004 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 72 | Dirt On My Diamonds | WEXT Top 106 of 2024 |
| 2014 | 42 | You Can't Judge a Book By The Cover | WEXT Top 97 of 2014 |
| 2006 | 826 | Artist ranking | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006) |
| 2005 | 270 | The Place You're In | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
| 2004 | 40 | Alive | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2004 |
| 2004 | 106 | This Place You're In | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2004 |
| 1999 | 787 | Deja Voodoo | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) |
| 1998 | 851 | Deja Voodoo | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) |
| 1998 | 986 | Slow Ride | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) |
| 1997 | 61 | Slow Ride | WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997 |
| 1997 | 593 | Deja Voodoo | WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) |
| 1997 | 922 | Born with a Broken Heart | WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) |
| 1996 | 900 | Deja Voodoo | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) |
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