Ledbetter Heights is a very strong debut album from Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Shepherd´s guitar style is very reminiscent of the late, great Stevie Ray Vaughan. Most of the material here is very strong. The opening tracks "Born With A Broken Heart" and "Deja Voodoo" received extensive airplay on AOR radio and are both excellent tracks featuring Shepherd´s outstanding playing. Other strong tracks include the slow blues of "Shame, Shame, Shame", the soulful "Riverside", and the driving "Aberdeen." His version of Howlin´ Wolf´s "I´m Leaving You (Commit A Crime)" is also an excellent track. However, the best example of Shepherd´s playing may be on the slow live track "While We Cry" and the killer ending title track which sounds like it would fit in nicely on Vaughan´s Texas Flood album. Other tracks such as "Everybody Gets The Blues" and "What´s Goin´ Down&