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TROUBLE IS…25 Twenty-five years after its first release, Kenny Wayne Shepherd has re-recorded Trouble Is. The 1997 album helped put him on the map as an outstanding blues musician at the ripe young age of 18, infused with great songs and impressive Hendrix/SRV guitar theatrics. Comparisons could be made between 1997 and 2022 but it’s worthwhile listening to this with fresh ears as Kenny and his band show just how great the songs are and what years of performing them live can do in the studio. Certainly his guitar chops and tones have a power that only experience can enrich. For guitar fans, there

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