Kenny Wayne Sheppard - Blue on Black | REACTION

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Yes! Finally KWS! He's the guy with the blond hair. Listen to his song "Shame, Shame Shame" KWS tells a story of being a child and attending SRV concert. SRV sat him up on a speaker to watch the show. He has mad skills. I've been to both SRV and KWS concerts. His concerts are great.

Kenny Wayne is the blond guy. At the time he was 18. Blues guitar phenom.

To explain the depth of the song a bit better. I think KWS' description from an interview best sums it up. "...a whole list of things that don’t amount to an effect when you put one against the other. Cold to ice. It’s not changing anything. A tear into a river is not elevating the level of the water significantly. And adding blue to black- the black consumes the blue.”

Love Kenny Wayne Shepherd, the blonde hair guy is Kenny. I haven't listened to him for a very long time, awesome voice!! Awesome solo!! 😊💓🤘✌️

In an August 2017 interview, Shepherd discussed the song's origins: We wrote that when we were down in New Orleans - me, Mark and Tia. I had the music, and Mark and I were just rolling with the music and tried to develop things up. Tia came up with this idea based on a shirt that I was wearing that was blue and black. She noticed the two colors that were dominant on my shirt, and if you mix those two colors together, black consumes the blue. It doesn't amount to anything if you put the two together: You still have one color, instead of creating a new color. So she built on that idea, and it became this really deep song. It's really up to the listener to determine how they apply it. So many people have applied it to a death in the family, an abusive relationship, a broken relationship, or whatever. There are so many different ways. That's what's beautiful about music and lyrics is trying to write a song that the listener can apply to their own experience in whatever way seems fit. And that's one of those songs. Written by Shepherd with Mark Selby and Tia Sellers

That tone! He and Johnny Lang were dismissed in the mainstream as SRV knockoffs but have found great places as Blues guitarists. The recording companies pushed them out this way and they have both found their sound, especially KWS. Kick a** player. You need to jam on to some Joe Bonamassa next.

‘Blue on black’ means something doesn’t matter or has no consequence. Great song. Great channel! Appreciate you, brother.

Kenny was a kid prodigy on blues guitar. I’ve been watching him for many years now. I can hear the SRV influence on his guitar’s tone.

I love this song. 20 years later it still gets me.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd was only 16yrs old when he released this

Kenny makes the guitar talk to you. He's taken his influencers and made his own style. Great musician!

His guitar tone is so unique. Can feel it in your bones.

KWS!!! I am forever grateful and humbled by he and his band’s kindness. They came to Jonesboro, AR in ‘98 after the Westside school shooting; (the school I went to). They came and put on a great show for FREE to help us have a moment of relaxed normalcy. Something we did not have much of, if any, during that time. I will always love KWS! So much soul!

"Truth, lies and in-between" thats the line I relate to. Had a woman who was an expert at weaving them together. I'm a black and white kinda person, and she was a grey expert

Kenny came to my town when my oldest son was a budding blues guitarist and I took him to see Kenny at a local club, twice in fact. Because I was friends with the club owner we went early while the stage and equipment were being set up. My son went back stage and ended up hanging out on Kenny's tour bus and playing video games with him til time for the show. Kenny signed my son's Gibson, alongside BB King's and Doyle Bramhall II's signatures. 👍👍💜💚💛✌️ Forgot to add that after the second show, my son mentioned to the band that it was my birthday and they all hugged me, wished me happy birthday and and bought me beer. Kenny went straight to his bus so I didn't get to hang out with him. ✌️

THAT is what you call a TASTEY blues song. The solo is so restrained and each note just kills it.

Awesome! About time someone does some Kenny Wayne. He was a teenager when they cut this album. He plays guitar and is not the singer. There were a couple teens that put out some great music back then. You also need to give a listen to another kid at the time named Johnny Lang. He played guitar and sang. His music was more of a Blues Rock. Try "Lie To Me" by him and if those two kids weren't enough then give "Touch, Peel and Stand" by Days of the New. They were a band back about that time and the oldest member was 18 and that song was a huge hit.

Check out Jonny Lang! Another young songwriter blues guitarist. He's got a lot of great ones. Breakin' Me, Lie To Me, Still Rainin' -- too many to name.

Man KWS was huge in the mid and late 90s. Absolutely a towering figure in the guitar scene. He was a guitar prodigy. Someone who was just a teenager but brought visions of SRV when you heard him play. The sky seemed the limit for the kid and the absolute universe of expectations that was thrust upon his shoulders is insane. He still has the longest-running #1 album on the blues charts (the one with this song on it). He's had a good career.