The Rides Found Chemistry And Diversity Together

(The Blues) The Rides say their "powerful" studio chemistry helps them when they're writing music. Guitarist and singer Kenny Wayne Shepherd admits that nobody expected the trio to hit it off so well during their earlier jamming sessions.

He says: "Originally the concept behind this band was, 'Let's just throw these three guys in the studio together and see what happens.' Nobody knew when we got together and started writing songs, that the chemistry would be so powerful that we'd form a band.

"The blues is the common thread between the three of us, but we have all these diverse musical backgrounds so you hear all these different influences. But this was originally going to be a straight-up blues band, so our music is a nod to that original idea. We just had to have a couple of blues songs on the record." Read more here.