REVIEW: The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Gateshead

Mel Gibson's son-in-law rocks the North East. Here's what we learned - and what HE thought. Pics: John Burrows

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Shreveport’s finest hooks up with Stevie Ray Vaughan’s drummer and founder member of The Firm to play the blues on the banks of the Tyne. Here’s what we learned.

Blues isn’t exclusively an older man’s game

Shepherd’s marriage of styles works wonders

Drummers aren’t always the wild men of rock

The originals really are the best

What Kenny says: