Celebrity Biographies
Biography of Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Date of Birth: | 1977, June 12 |
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Years: | 43 years |
Nation of birth: | United States of America |
Name | Pastor Kenny Wayne |
birth name | Pastor Kenny Wayne |
nick’s name | kenny |
Dad | Pastor Ken |
Nationality | American |
Place of birth / city | Shreveport, Louisiana |
ethnicity | White |
Profession | Guitarist |
Working for | The walks |
Net worth | $10 million |
eye color | Brown |
Hair color | Brown |
face color | White |
Famous for | musician, composer |
Married | Yes |
Married to | hannah |
Kids | 3 |
Divorce | N/A |
Music Group | The walks |
albums | Go home |
Synopsis
Thirty-nine-year-old Kenny Wayne Shepherd is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has released many studio albums as a blues artist and young musician. The famous guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd was born on June 12, 1977 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America.
Early age and education
Pastor Kenny Wayne d was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, to parents Ken Shepherd. Kenny Shepherd has completed his graduation from Caddo Magnet High School, which is located in Shreveport. The guitarist is ‘completely self-taught’ and does not read music. Ken Shepherd is the father of Kenny, who was a local radio personality and one-time concert promoter and had a vast collection of music.
Pastor Kenny Wayne received his first ‘guitar’, when he was three or four years old. His mother bought him a series of many plastic guitars with S and H Green Stamps, that guitar he said would “go like candy.”
Race
Kenny Shepherd began playing the guitar seriously at age seven, after six months of meeting and being ‘quite mesmerized’ by Stevie Ray Vaughan. His self-taught way involved a process of learning one note at a time, playing and rewriting cassette tapes, using “a cheap Yamaha manna-be Stratocaster, made out of plywood, basically”.
Kenny Shepherd was invited to play guitar onstage by bluesman Bryan Lee when he was thirteen years old. After that, he made demo tapes and a video shot at Shepherd’s, which was the first performance at the Red River Revel Arts Festival in Shreveport. All seven of Shepherd’s singles reached the top ten position in 1995. Kenny Shepherd released a critically acclaimed, two-time Grammy nominated DVD-CD project in 2007.
Personal life and adventure
Pastor Kenny has been married to Hannah since September 16, 2006, who is the daughter of actor Mel Gibson. The couple have a daughter and two sons. The musician’s net worth is estimated to be around $10 million dollars/