Buddy Guy and Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band

Buddy Guy and the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band are heading out on a co-headlining tour to bring you a night of blues you won’t soon forget! See them at Mechanics Bank Theatre in August!

At age 86, Buddy Guy is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side sound, and a living link to the city’s halcyon days of electric blues.

Check out Buddy Guy, along with Bob Mintzer, Blind Boys of Alabama, La Marisoul, Maranda Curtis, and Shoshana Bean perform “I Just Want To Celebrate” at the 2023 GRAMMYs Premiere Ceremony. Buddy comes on around the 2:30 mark!

There are few artists whose names are synonymous with one instrument and how it’s played in service to an entire genre.

Utter the phrase “young blues rock guitarist” within earshot of anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the modern musical vanguard and the first name they are most likely to respond with will be Kenny Wayne Shepherd. The Louisiana born axeman and songsmith has sold millions of albums while throwing singles into the Top 10, shining a light on the rich blues of the past and forging ahead with his own modern twist on a classic sound he has embodied since his teens.