Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band has just released “Diamonds & Gold,” the second single and standout track from their first-ever live concert video, ‘Straight To You: Live,’ out November 27th via Provogue.
“Diamonds & Gold is one of my favorite songs from our 2017 release ‘Lay It On Down,’” explains Shepherd. “To me, it has all the right elements. A thick groove, hooky guitar riffs and chorus, the horns – everything comes together to create a song that makes you feel good with a bit of humor in the lyrics.”
“People have been asking us to do a live concert video forever, for decades,” Shepherd continues. “We’ve been working so much focusing on studio recordings. But I’ve been hearing the call from the fans for many years now.” As live music has come to a standstill, the band wanted to give fans a taste once again of that experience, and this blistering set shows it to them in full force.
The ‘Live! In Chicago’ album, the band’s only other live output, was released a decade ago and earned itself a Grammy nomination, but this time around you get to watch the band in its full glory, in addition to listening. Over the past 10 years, the multi-platinum selling artist has gone from strength to strength, winning countless awards, releasing four studio albums and touring the world over several times – from Brazil to Europe, India to Canada, US to Australia and beyond.
The release of ‘Straight To You: Live’ comes at a time when there is no live music and the world looks very different than it did 12 months ago, but as you watch the seven-piece Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band bow out on a phenomenal finale of Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” and wave goodbye to the cheering Leverkusen crowd, it reignites the love of live music and the hope that is still to come.
