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The Allman Brothers Band: 40 Years Out
by Alan Bryson
So what do Randy Brecker, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White have in common with Kid Rock, Eric Clapton and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top? All were part of the Allman Brothers Band's three-week musical extravaganza at New York City's Beacon Theater celebrating the band's 40th anniversary. This year's list of surprise guests also included ...
Sonny Landreth Reissues 'Levee Town' CD with Unreleased Tracks
Originally released in 2000, the album features guests John Hiatt, Bonnie Raitt and Michael Doucet of BeauSoleil. Sonny Landreth's 2000 release Levee Town, originally issued on Sugar Hill Records, will be reissued on April 21, 2009 on Landreth's own Landfall Records, distributed by Ryko through Virtual Label. The re-mastered reissue will contain five previously unreleased tracks ...
Sonny Landreth Taps Clapton, Knopfler, Dr. John, J. Buffett and More on New Album, 'From the Reach'
Louisiana-based singer/songwriter/slide-guitar monster Sonny Landreth will release his ninth album, titled From The Reach and his first on his own Landfall Records label (distributed by Ryko Distribution), on May 20. On it, Landreth does something unprecedented in his body of work as he collaborates with five of the greatest guitar players on the planet -- Eric ...
Sonny Landreth: Grant Street
Label: Sugar Hill Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1. Native Stepson; 2. Broken Hearted Road; 3. Gone Pecan; 4. Port of Calling; 5. Blues Attack; 6. Z Rider; 7. USS Zydecoldsmobile; 8. Wind Up In Denver;
9. All About You; 10. Pedal to the Metal; 11. Congo Square.
Sonny Landreth: Grant Street
by C. Michael Bailey
Sonny Landreth Grant Street Sugar Hill Records 2005 “A [man] had commenced plunking a guitar beside me while I slept...as he played, he pressed a knife on the strings of the guitar in a manner popularized by Hawaiian guitarists who used steel bars. The effect was unforgettable. His ...
The Road We're On
Label: Sugar Hill Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: True Blue; Hell At Home; All About You; A World Away; Gone Pecan;
Natural World; The Promise Land; Fallin' For You; Ol' Lady Luck; Gemini
Blues; The Road We?re On; Juke Box Mama. (Total Time: 76:42).
Sonny Landreth: The Road We're On
by C. Michael Bailey
. . .Falling out of solution, perfectly. The title of innovator is one not to be overused, and in all of the history of music there have only been a handful. When restricting the discussion to the technical performance aspects of guitar, three true innovators come to mind. Jimi Hendrix shot the electric guitar into the ...
Levee Town
Label: Sugar Hill Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Levee Town; this River; the U.S.S. Zydecoldsmobile; Love and Glory; Broken Hearted Road; Spider-Gris; Godchild; Turning with the Century; Z. Rider; soul Salvation; Angeline; Deep South. (Total Time: 55:59)
Sonny Landreth: Levee Town
by C. Michael Bailey
For slide guitar enthusiasts, it doesn't get any better than this. It is interesting that the finest slide guitarist playing would use a Louisiana Zydeco fare to display his considerable talent rather than its Mississippi cousin, the Blues, but that is exactly what Sonny Landreth does. In the same way that Jimi Hendrix goosed the evolution ...
