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Kenny Wayne Shepherd (Kenny Wayne Brobst, Jr) (born June 12, 1977) is an American Blues musician. Shepherd was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. Self-taught, he began playing at age 7, figuring out Muddy Waters licks from his father's record collection.

At the age of 13, he was invited onstage by the New Orleans bluesman Bryan Lee. After proving his abilities, he decided on music as a career.

Using his own contacts in the record business Shepherd's father and manager helped his son land a major-label record deal with Giant Records. Kenny Wayne's father, Ken Brobst Sr., a longtime Shreveport Radio personality had used "Ken Shepherd" as his Radio Name. Shepherd being the last name of Ken Sr's ex wife, mother of Kenny Wayne. Since his father already had established contacts within the recording and promotions industry, Kenny Wayne adopted "Shepherd" as his stage name as well.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd has sold millions of albums worldwide, with two Grammy nominations, three straight No. 1 blues albums, a string of No. 1 mainstream rock singles and two Billboard Music Awards. He was also awarded the 1998 and 2001 Orville H. Gibson Awards for Best Blues Guitarist.

Shepherd married Hannah Gibson (eldest child of Mel Gibson) on September 16th, 2006.