DJ Hairy Larry Presents John Shepherd Playing I Want To Be The One
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2025-04-06
John Shepherd – So Low
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear John Shepherd play the blues, for you.
It all started one year at Blues Fest. John Shepherd played the first part of his set without a band and Vivian loved it. Well, I did too, so I got in touch with John about recording a solo album and although it was a little bit outside of his comfort zone he was game.
Now I’m going to have to try to find that Blues Fest performance. It was probably in 2008 because …
I recorded John Shepherd at HairyLarryLand on February 21, 2009 and March 21, 2009. All tracks are John Shepherd, guitar and vocals, with no overdubs.
So it’s essentially a live album.
And he wrote all the songs.
We called the album “So Low” and it’s just killing all the way through. I picked the song “I Want To Be The One” to play today because of it’s deep lyric and exceptional blues guitar.
He showed up to play with just a guitar case. He said, “Don’t worry, there’s an amp in there too”. And sure enough when he opened his case there was a Pignose amp. I had John set up to sing in one room and I put the amp in another room with a close mic for sound isolation. So I was able to get John’s vocals right on top something that can be difficult to do when he’s singing with a loud band.
I used a photo of the Pignose amp for the cover art. Visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com to see it. I will also include a link to the whole album which is well worth a listen.
So now, here’s John Shepherd singing his song, “I Want To Be The One”.
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And that’s John Shepherd singing “I Want To Be The One” from his album, “So Low”. Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 to hear more John Shepherd, Allan Holdsworth, and George Porter Jr.
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This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring John Shepherd, Allan Holdsworth, and George Porter Jr. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
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