Sonny Landreth
NewMusicforOldFolks says …
In addition to a brilliant solo career, Sonny Landreth has played with a who's who of Rock and Blues, appearing on albums by John Hiatt, Junior Wells and many others. His distictive slide stytle is recognizable almost immediately to any of his fans. I'd recommend starting with The Road We're On or maybe South of I-10.
Artist's info
Website: sonnylandreth.com
See him live: Tour dates
Record company: Mascot
Genre: Blues, Rock
If you like this, look into: Roy Rogers, Tab Benoit, Derek Trucks Band
Bio (From AllMusic.com)
Southwest Louisiana-based guitarist, songwriter, and singer Sonny Landreth is a musician's musician. The blues slide guitar playing found on his two Zoo Entertainment releases, Outward Bound (1992) and South of I-10 (1995) is distinctive and unlike anything else you've ever heard. His unorthodox guitar style comes from the manner in which he simultaneously plays slide and makes fingering movements on the fretboard. Landreth, who has an easygoing personality, can play it all, like any good session musician. His distinctive guitar playing can be heard on recordings by John Hiatt, Leslie West and Mountain, and other rock & rollers. (more)
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Recordings
Most Recent
BOUND BY THE BLUES (2015): Sonny Landreth's new album Bound By The Blues marks a return to the slide guitarit's musical roots. It presenmts a bold, big-sounding collection of recordings thast climb to stratospheric heights of jazz-informed improvisation, the best of classic rock and inevitably remain deeply attached to the elemental emotional and compositional structures that are at the blues' historic core. Bound By The Blues is a powerful tribute to the durability and flexibility of the genre.
OTHERS
Blues Attack (1981)
Down in Louisiana (1985)
Outward Bound (1992)
South of I-10 (1995)
Prodigal Son: The Collection (2000)
Levee Town (2000)
The Road We're On (2003)
Grant Street Live (2005)
Sonny Landreth - Live At Jazz Fest 2007 (2007)
From the Reach (2008)
Elemental Journey (2012)
