Blues rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd brings nostalgic tour to the Albuquerque Convention Center – Kiva Auditorium on June 17

Albuquerque, New Mexico – Award-winning guitarist and songwriter Kenny Wayne Shepherd is celebrating his newly recorded 30th anniversary edition of Ledbetter Heights with a commemorative tour. The tour makes a stop at the Albuquerque Convention Center – Kiva Auditorium on June 17. Tickets for the Albuquerque show are available at DZPLIVE.com. Additional tour dates will be announced in the coming weeks. For more information, please visit kennywayneshepherd.net/tour.

Thirty years after a Fender Strat-wielding teenager from Shreveport, Louisiana bought the blues back into the mainstream, the platinum-selling, six-time GRAMMY-nominated blues-rock guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd returns to the album that started it all with a newly recorded 30th anniversary edition of Ledbetter Heights, arriving May 8th. Marking the announcement, Shepherd has also released the lead single “Deja Voodoo,” available now on all streaming platforms. 

The release of the album arrives alongside Shepherd’s ongoing Ledbetter Heights 30th Anniversary Tour, where he and his band are performing the full album live for the first time, along with a second set spanning his three-decade career. The tour has brought the celebration to theaters and performing arts centers across the country, with select dates featuring special guests Jimmie Vaughan and Eric Johnson, and continues to build momentum as it expands into new markets.  

“This is the album that put me on the map, and I still enjoy listening to it because my goal has always been to make music I want to listen to,” Shepherd says. “Unfiltered and straight from the heart.” 

That same instinct is embedded in the re-recording. The new version revisits the original 12-song collection with a deeper sense of nuance and intention. While the spirit and energy of the original recordings remain intact, the updated version reflects a more deliberate approach to arrangement and a more expressive guitar voice. The fire that defined the original sessions still burns, now shaped by years of touring, recording, and collaboration. 

“Before I could identify with the lyrics, I always could identify with the feeling of the blues,” Shepherd says. “When you pour your heart out, everyone can feel that.”

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