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Kenny Neal Band
Kenny Neal
New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market
1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd
New Orleans, LA 70113
Oct 16, 2025
7:30 PM CDT
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GRAMMY® Award Nominee, 5x-Blues Music Award-Winner & 12x-Blues Music Award Nominated Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter KENNY NEAL and his Acclaimed 6-Piece Band perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on Wednesday and Thursday October 15 & 16 at 7:30 P.M. "A gifted artist," raves Living Blues Magazine. "Kenny Neal is a true star of American music..." states ROCK & BLUES MUSE.
"Every track is great. Definitely recommended!"
-- BLUES BLAST MAGAZINE (2022 Album Review of 'Straight from the Heart')
KENNY NEAL is from from Baton Rouge, Louisianna and he is truly, 'The Real Deal' when it comes to Blues and Roots music. Neal’s sizzling guitar work, sturdy harp, and gravelly, aged-beyond-his-years vocals serve him well. Kenny's 2016 album, 'Bloodline', was Nominated for a GRAMMY® Award for "Best Contemporary Blues Album".
Kenny is also fixture at the Blues Music Awards with 12 Nominations and 5 Wins. In 2023, he was Nominated for "Traditional Blues Album of the Year" ('Straight from the Heart'), and in 2017 & 2019 he won "Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year", and 2017 he also won "Contemporary Blues Album of the Year" ('Bloodline').
Kenny's latest acclaimed album, 'Straight from The Heart', came out in 2022, and includes collaborations with GRAMMY® Award-Winner Christone "Kingfish" Ingram and Tito Jackson, among others.
Kenny’s outstanding band includes: MICHAEL HARRIS (Drums); DARNELL NEAL (Bass); FREDERICK NEAL (Keys); TOM FITZPATRICK (Saxophone); and JIMMIE REAMEY (Trumpet).
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Gail
July 12th 2025
OMG !!!!!!’ This was my first time seeing Kenny Neal live & my first time at the Fallout Shelter !!!!!!
What an amazing show & place. Kenny’s energy was incredible & he was just so authentic. His music touched my soul. His band was amazing too. How they do what they do is mind boggling.
Thank you Kenny , his band & the Fallout Shelter for giving me the opportunity to see this amazing show !!!!!!
Norwood, MA@Fallout Shelter
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Kenny Neal Biography
Kenny Neal (born October 14, 1957, New Orleans, Louisiana[1]), son of Raful Neal, is a blues and swamp blues guitar player, singer and band member. Neal comes from a musical family and has often performed with his brothers in his band.
Career
Neal preserves the swamp blues sound of his native south Louisiana, as befits someone who learned from Slim Harpo, Buddy Guy and his father, the harmonica player, Raful Neal.[2]
In 1987, Neal cut his debut album for the Florida record producer, Bob Greenlee — an updated swamp feast initially marketed on King Snake Records as Bio on the Bayou. Alligator Records picked it up the following year, retitled it Big News from Baton Rouge!![3]
In 1991 he also proved to be a talented actor in the Broadway production of the folk musical Mule Bone (by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston), singing numbers written by Taj Mahal.[2]
Neal has played with blues stars including Lucky Peterson and Lazy Lester. He also co-composed music for the soundtrack to the 2003 film, Love, Sex and Eating the Bones.
In September 2006 Neal announced he was taking a year's break from recording and performing, due to an undisclosed illness.[4] He returned to the public eye at the Monterey Blues Festival in June 2007. His illness was also disclosed as Hepatitis C.[5]
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Neal preserves the swamp blues sound of his native south Louisiana, as befits someone who learned from Slim Harpo, Buddy Guy and his father, the harmonica player, Raful Neal.[2]
In 1987, Neal cut his debut album for the Florida record producer, Bob Greenlee — an updated swamp feast initially marketed on King Snake Records as Bio on the Bayou. Alligator Records picked it up the following year, retitled it Big News from Baton Rouge!![3]
In 1991 he also proved to be a talented actor in the Broadway production of the folk musical Mule Bone (by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston), singing numbers written by Taj Mahal.[2]
Neal has played with blues stars including Lucky Peterson and Lazy Lester. He also co-composed music for the soundtrack to the 2003 film, Love, Sex and Eating the Bones.
In September 2006 Neal announced he was taking a year's break from recording and performing, due to an undisclosed illness.[4] He returned to the public eye at the Monterey Blues Festival in June 2007. His illness was also disclosed as Hepatitis C.[5]
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