Kenny Wayne Shepherd Net Worth
Kenny Wayne Shepherd is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter with a net worth of $10 million. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1977 and started playing plastic guitars at a young age. After meeting Stevie Ray Vaughan, he became serious about the guitar and released his debut studio album Ledbetter Heights in 1995. The album was certified Platinum in the US and reached #1 on the US Blues chart.
His second album Trouble Is… in 1997 and third album Live On in 1999 also were certified Platinum in the US and hit #1 on the US Blues chart. Shepherd’s albums 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads in 2007, How I Go in 2011, and Goin’ Home in 2014 also reached #1 on the US Blues chart, as did his 2010 live album Live! in Chicago.
Shepherd’s best known single is “Blue on Black” which reached #1 on the US Mainstream Rock chart. His other singles “Deja Voodoo”, “Slow Ride”, “Somehow, Somewhere, Someday”, “Everything is Broken”, “In 2 Deep”, and “Was” also reached the Top 10 on the US Mainstream Rock chart.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd has been nominated for five Grammy Awards and Fender Musical Instruments Corp. released the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Series Stratocaster in 2008. He married Mel Gibson’s daughter Hannah in 2006.
