CD / Landfall Rec / Release: 22 May 2012 Sonny Landreth www.sonnylandreth.com the Louisiana slide guitar wizard releases his 11th album on the 28th May. Elemental Journey is something completely different, his first all-instrumental outing and his most adventurous work to date, it features guest stars handpicked by Landreth himself, including Joe Satriani who delivers an astonishing solo on track one, and Eric Johnson. The album blossoms with unexpected yet seamless juxtapositions with Spanish atmospherics enwrapped with visceral bursts of rock and jazz, along with Jamaican inspired… read more
CD / Landfall Rec / Release: 22 May 2012 Sonny Landreth www.sonnylandreth.com the Louisiana slide guitar wizard releases his 11th album on the 28th M… read more
CD / Landfall Rec / Release: 22 May 2012 Sonny Landreth www.sonnylandreth.com the Louisiana slide guitar wizard releases his 11th album on the 28th May. Elemental Journey is something co… read more
Clyde Vernon "Sonny" Landreth (born February 1, 1951) is an American blues musician from southwest Louisiana who is especially known as a slide guitar player. He was born in Canton, Mississippi, but soon after, his family moved to Jackson, Mississippi, before settling in Lafayette, Louisiana. When he is not touring and performing, he resides in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Although Landreth is an extremely competent guitarist in the conventional form, he is most well-known for his slide playing. Landreth has developed a technique where he also frets notes and plays chords and… read more
Clyde Vernon "Sonny" Landreth (born February 1, 1951) is an American blues musician from southwest Louisiana who is especially known as a slide guitar player. He was born in Canto… read more
Clyde Vernon "Sonny" Landreth (born February 1, 1951) is an American blues musician from southwest Louisiana who is especially known as a slide guitar player. He was born in Canton, Mississippi, but soon after, his family mov… read more