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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
The problem with Kenny Wayne Shepard is that he doesn't sing so essentially, he doesn't have an identity. He copies SRV note for note, which many guys can do, so there's really nothing special about him save for his youth. And since he's been in the same genre for 15 years, there's no "growth" potential.
John Mayer can run circles around him in the SRV department AND sing his ass off, which is why he's a superstar and Kenny Wayne Shepard has all but been forgotten.
If you dig that Austin blues sound, check out Chris Duarte. And if I hadn't mentioned earlier, Gary Clark, jr., who has far more range in his playing and songwriting.
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I think he’s a good guitarist but never really got into his music, only know him from what the other coworkers were saying and they loved him.
But his licks to me seem too, IDK, formulaic, I guess, played too straight up. It’s almost sanitary, plain, and blues to me should be more gritty, a bit sloppy even, if that makes any sense.