Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Ledbetter Heights (30th Anniversary Sessions) M(H)AOL Oisín Leech strums gently on

Oisín Leech strums gently on an acoustic guitar and watches the tide pull the water away from the ancient inlet

vast scars on the natural landscape

‘Dreams’ and ‘Linger’ – collected here alongside tracks from their five albums for Island – plus two tracks unavailable on other albums

He points to authors Harry Crews and Larry Brown as inspirations

Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Ledbetter Heights (30th Anniversary Sessions) M(H)AOL Oisín Leech strums gently onWhen grunge was mainstream, a blonde teenager from Louisiana upended the music industry by charting top 10 singles on the rock charts with his blues rock debut album Ledbetter Heights. Kenny Wayne Shepherd released Ledbetter Heights 30 years ago and he has been redefining the genre ever since. This is the album that put me on the map," Shepherd says. "My goal has always been to make music that is unfiltered and straight from the heart and Ledbetter