Ollie Shepard (né Oliver Shepard; born July 1909, Oberlin, Louisiana, United States – 1960[1]) was an American blues pianist, vocalist, and songwriter.
From about 1954 to about 1963, Shepard performed at Jerry's Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge in Oneonta, New York, at 15 Dietz Street, in the Walnut Street Historic District.
The restaurant was owned by Joseph G. ("Jerry") Monser (1926–1975), who opened it on August 5, 1954.
The building was demolished in July 1970 to make way for a parking lot.
[2] Poet and academician Richard George Frost (born 1929) who, for a stint, had played drums with Shepard in a lounge in Oneonta described him as follows: