Kenny Neal (born October 14, 1957),[1] is an American blues guitar player, singer, and band member.

Alligator Records picked it up the following year, retitling it Big News from Baton Rouge!!

[1] In 1991, he 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.

[3] In September 2006, Neal announced he was taking a year's break from recording and performing, due to an undisclosed illness.

[7] Neal recorded Bloodline in Nashville, Los Angeles and Baton Rouge.