Going Home

In a 20-year recording career that began when he was just 16, Shepherd has established himself as an immensely popular recording artist, a consistently in-demand live act and an influential force in a worldwide resurgence of interest in the blues. Now, the five-time Grammy nominee delivers one of his most personal projects to date with Goin' Home, his eighth album and his first to be recorded in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. Recorded in a mere 11 days, GOIN' HOME finds Shepherd revisiting a dozen of the vintage Blues classics that first ignited his love of the Blues and inspired him to play guitar. The artist's sharp interpretive skills and sublime guitar work shine on his renditions of tunes originally popularized by such Blues icons as B.B. King, Albert King, Freddie King, Muddy Waters, Magic Sam, Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells.