Shane Henry - Vocals, Guitar
The rest is what I like to refer to as the revolving band
Influences
D'angelo, Donny Hathaway, Sam Cooke, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Buddy Guy, Bob Dylan, Johnny Winter, Jeff Buckley, Doyle Bramhall II, David Ryan Harris Brand New Immortals, Ian Moore, Beatles, Arc Angels, Charlie Hunter, Jeff Beck, Chris Whitley, Eric Clapton, Hendrix, Robbie King, Martin Sexon, Prince, Otis Redding, Sons Of Champlin, Remy Shand, SRV, Tony Lucca, Kevin Bowe, Bruce McCabe, Paul Diethelm, Deep Seven, Black Crowes, Matt Wertz, Dave Barnes, Paolo Nutini, Derek Trucks, Sara Bareillis, Marc Broussard, Aaron Neville, The List Goes on and on......
Shane Henry, Tony Lucca & Ernie Halter 11.18.06 @ The Blue Door, OKC
Say hello to Shane Henry. This 25-year-old singer/songwriter/guitarist from Oklahoma City may in fact be the next big thing. Shane began his musical journey starting at the age of 15, after attending an awe-inspiring B.B. King concert. Shane picked up the guitar and began learning chords and shortly thereafter started learning entire albums of artists that he admired, such as the Beatles and Tom Petty. Little did he know, that only a few years later he would be opening for the legendary Mr. King on the B.B. King Festival Tour in 2002.
In 2004 Shane landed himself a Record Deal with Shanachie Records out of New York. With much collaboration from fellow musicians (Jonny Lang, Double Trouble, Kenny Wayne Shepherd) and others in the business, Shane and producer Kevin Bowe created Shane’s first ‘big boy’ album entitled, Deliverance, which was distributed nation-wide. Shane put a band together and they toured the country debuting his new album.
Shane’s musical style has evolved over the years from a heavy blues influenced style to what is now a combination of acoustic/rock/soul/blues/pop. He compares his fresh style with that of John Mayer, Marc Broussard, and James Morrison.
No longer signed with Shanachie, Shane has been doing just fine on his own. Since 2005 he has played and is playing numerous performances all over the country. Some of these shows have been with other musical acts such as David Ryan Harris (guitarist for John Mayer), Tony Lucca, Ernie Halter, and others at LA hot spots like The Key Club, The Hotel Café, and Genghis Cohen.
In 2006 Shane decided to delve into the world of recording. He began working on a new project out of his home studio. Shane released his self-produced The Love EP in December 2007, which includes 5 outstanding original songs.
In 2007 Shane signed an Artist Development Deal with two of the industry’s pros: Jeff Silbar (songwriter of “The Wind Beneath My Wings”, made popular by Bette Midler, and the theme song of the hit TV series My Name Is Earl) and Bruce Sugar (producer/friend of Ringo Starr, Mark Hudson, and Ozzy Osbourne). This hardworking and creative team is currently working on new material (writing and recording). Shane was fortunate to have the Bissonette brothers (Gregg and Matt) back him up on these new cuts.
Where will he go next? You’ll have to wait and see. Shane Henry. Good stuff.
We are very excited that our new CD is finally here! We will be throwing a huge CD Release party at the Deli in Norman, OK on Friday, June 12th.
You can preview several of the songs from our myspace home page.
The new CD entitled Standing will be on sale for $15 or 2/$25 and we will also have new T-shirts for sale for $15.
We would like to thank all you guys for being so supportive of us over the years and we can't wait to see you guys at the Deli helping celebrating our CD release!
Hey i want to let you, and all my friends with whom i visit, that i always enjoy stopping by, even tho it's my bad i don't always get around to leaving a comment. But this time, i was thinkin bout how my mom taught me better. When u enter a room, u supposed to speak first to the people there, they not supposed to have to speak first lol. Even though, I know I am usually really busy recording my next album and everything, no excuses. So yea i wanted to say wassup, i like visiting your and others page when i wanna read, listen to music n stuff. U got a cool spot, and i hope your year is shaping up better than last year. Our life is supposed to get greater and greater right? Well let me know how everything is going with your goals for this year! ttyl
It was really stinkin awesome meeting you and having the pleasure of listening to your absolutely amaaaazing voice! Can't wait to see you play again.
AO