Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Guitar Center Sessions
2010 · 57m · Music
Blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd performs "Shotgun Blues", "Losing Game", "Blue on Black", and "King Bee".
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The Derek Trucks Band: Songlines Live
2006 · ★ 6
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007 · ★ 6.6
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The Blues Brothers
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T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness: Queer Blues Divas of the 1920s
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1941 · ★ 6.2
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