Sonny Landreth

Sonny Landreth ( born February 1, 1951 in Canton, Mississippi) is an American blues musician. He was chosen by the readers of Guitar Player magazine at the best slide guitarists. Eric Clapton described him as the " most underestimated musician on the planet. And also one of the best. ". His game is clearly inspired by Cajun music.

Discography

Official Publications

• Blues Attack ( 1981, republished 1996)
• Down in Louisiana ( 1986, republished 1993)
• Outward Bound (1992 )
• South of I-10 (1995 )
• Levee Town ( 2000)
• The Road We're On (2003)
• Grant Street (2005) - live recording
• From the Reach (2008)
• Elemental Journey ( 2012)

Unofficial publications

• Crazy Cajun Recordings (1999) - recordings from 1973 and 1977
• Live ( Bootleg with a concert recording from 1995 )
• Prodigal Son: The Collection (2000)

The Goners

Since the album Outward Bound performed all recordings with his band The Goners, which include in addition to the bassist David Ranson Landreth himself ( a childhood friend of Landreth ) and drummer Kenneth Blevins. Your reputation, the band had for the first time by a tour with John Hiatt John Hiatt Since 1988, has recorded three albums with the trio to Sonny Landreth. Slow Turning (1989 ), The Tiki Bar is open ( 2001) and Beneath this gruff exterior (2003 ). Especially the latter contributes very significantly Landreth ' musical stamp.

In return, John Hiatt guest appearances on albums Landreth Outward Bound and Levee Town.

General

Besides working on his seven solo albums Sonny Landreth has worked on numerous recordings by other musicians from the United States and Europe and is generally considered Musicians' Musician, so as a musician who is booked by famous colleagues like for their own productions. So Landreth played among others, John Hiatt, Stephan Eicher, Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler, Peter Maffay or Buddy Guy. In Europe he was known primarily for his recordings with John Hiatt.