KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND - BLUE ON BLACK

BLUE ON BLACK

KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND

SONGWRITERS: KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD; MARK SELBY & TIA SILLERS

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: BLUE ON BLACK

LABEL: REVOLUTION RECORDS

GENRE: BLUES ROCK

YEAR:1998

 

       Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born Kenny Wayne Brobst; June 12, 1977) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has released several studio albums and experienced significant commercial success as a blues artist.

          "Blue on Black" is a song by American blues rock band Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band. Written by Shepherd with songwriters Mark Selby and Tia Sillers; Noah Hunt provides the lead vocal. The song was originally released on their second studio album, Trouble Is... (1997). On April 7, 1998, it was released as a single and spent 42 weeks on the US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and rose to number one, remaining there for six non-consecutive weeks. In 2019, Shepherd teamed up with American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch, along with country singer Brantley Gilbert and Queen guitarist Brian May for a reworked version of "Blue on Black".

            "Blue on Black" was regarded as the best rock song of 1998 by various media, including winning the Billboard Music Award for Rock Track of the Year and the song's popularity helped make Trouble Is... the 1999 Blues Album of the Year in Billboard. The song continues to be a top download of the Kenny Wayne Shepherd catalog, ranking at number one on Rhapsody. It is also his most-listened to song on Spotify with over 26 million streams.

Night falls, I'm alone

Skin chilled to the bone

You turned and you ran

Slipped right from my hands

 

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Blue on black

Tears on a river

Push on a shove

Don't mean much

Joker on jack

Match on a fire

Cold on ice

A dead man's touch

Whisper on a scream

Doesn't change a thing

Doesn't bring you back

Blue on black

 

Blind, now I see

Truth, lies, and inbetween

Wrong can't be undone

Slipped from the tip of your tongue

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