ALBUM REVIEWS : ** Kenny Wayne Shepherd, “Ledbetter Heights,” Giant.
The spirit of Stevie Ray Vaughan certainly haunts this 18-year-old guitarist’s playing, but Shepherd is no one-trick pony. In “Deja Voodoo,” the Shreveport native deftly pays scorching, fluid tribute to both Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix; his twangy, out-back take on Bukka White’s “Aberdeen” proves he isn’t just a rockin’ city boy, and the solo work he weaves through the instrumental tracks is as evocative as any lyric. Shepherd plays the Troubadour on Thursday and Dragonfly next Saturday.
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