10 Days Out: Blues From The Backroads - Trailer
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, along with friends Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon (of Double Trouble) and Noah Hunt spent an extraordinary ten days on the road recording and producing a documentary film and live CD. His guests include some of the worlds most renowned blues artists, as well of some of the genres lesser know, but rare and towering talents.
These ten days were spent visiting this varied lot of Kenny's blues predecessors in their hometowns to hear their stories and play their music with them, allowing the viewer to immerse themselves in the environments that produced these essential and historical blues players.
Set in the present, it is built on the strength of the past and it sings clearly to the future. Ten Days Out invites you in to experience a heap of blues, a world of music, a real good trip to the heart of America and of Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
Ten Days Out: Blues From The Backroads features performances by B.B. King, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Hubert Sumlin, Pinetop Perkins, Henry Townsend, Honeyboy Edwards and so many more. It was nominated for two Grammy awards, won the Blues Music Award and the prestigious Keeping The Blues Alive award and the DVD was certified Platinum by the RIAA.