Sonny Landreth

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"Playing with just a bass player and a drummer, Landreth's sound can fill the biggest arenas and can stand toe-to toe with the biggest Rock acts. Probably the biggest wall of sound three musicians can erect!!"William

Website: http://sonny-landreth.hyves.nl
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Latest Activity: Nov. 21, 2009

ABOUT Supreme Slide Master SONNY LANDRETH

Eric Clapton about Sonny Landreth:"He is probably the most underestimated musician on the planet, and also probably one of the most advanced.!"
SONNY LANDRETH-LIVE SESSION @ BBC2 July 2009
You listen now a Very Unique Nice Radio Session /interview of Paul Jones of BBC2 with Blues Music Award Winner 2008 (WCHandy Awards) best instrumentalist on Guitar:Sonny Landreth.
Between the interviews Sonny Played Unique BBC2 Studio versions of:1-Hell at Home2-Port of Calling3-A World Away4-Blue Tarp Blues en 5-Groovy Goddess(prev.unreleased!)Enjoy!

Pictures SONNY LANDRETH-LIVE SESSION @ BBC2 July 2009

Sonny Landreth-FULL Discografie-122 tracks!Discover Sonny! Click the play button or scroll & select a track by your own!

Discover SONNY LANDRETH

Zydeco Shuffle

WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT SONNY LANDRETH? LISTEN Sonny Landreth-Etown Sessions Listen special versions of tracks from Sonny Landreth very interesting background interviews! Really Worth to Listen! Listen the interviews between the tracks to know MORE about Sonny! Nice is also the way of interviewing(with humor!) :-)and the interesting stuff you can hear from Sonny! Between the interviews you hear never heard before versions of some songs Sonny will Play!: So Mouse over& Click The PLay! Button!

About Etown Etown is a Really Nice (US) Web-CastRadio station! Many Artist Perform overthere such as: Ani Di Franco,Graham Nash,David Crosby James Taylor,Irma Thomas,Tom Morello etc (see also The Video belowe the Etown-Player !) Sonny Likes to play there often. Also because of the Mission of E.Town! Etowns Mission : -- is to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience, through music and conversation, to create a socially responsible and environmentally sustainable world.--

Content-Player: From His CD--from the REACH-- (2008): -Blue Tarp Blues -The Milky Way Home(instrumental) From His CD --The Road We're On--(2003): -All About You -Natural World -Hell at Home From His CD--Levee Town--(2001): -Spider gris (instrumental) -This River As bonus a very nice song called: --Morning Down-- from Michellle Shocked where Sonny plays the guitar!: Listen the interviews between the TracksTo Know MORE about Sonny! Such as The interview tracka-In the Track--Interview --About His cd From the REACH-- -The project and his guest for this record. -About the influence /roll Mark Knopfler has @--Blue Tarp Blues-- b-In the track: Interview--About His Guitar technic and Lafayette Tradition-- -About the "Ghost Notes" and the Story behind the track--Natural world--(about the petro-chemie who dumpt The rubbish at Sonnys Backyard in de Mississippi River!) c-Interview about His Cd Levee town and about his modified guitar!- Sonny vtells the story about his special modifiede to get his specific sound the "GHOST NOTES"! EnJoy It WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT SONNY LANDRETH? LISTEN:Sonny Landreth's Ghost Notes-Interview with Sonny Landreth by John Burnett NPR.

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LISTEN:SONNY LIVE! @ RADIO BREMEN (april 2001)

PLAYER: SONNY LIVE! @ RADIO BREMEN (april 2001)THNXS SilentWay for this SUPERTIP! & voodoowagon for sharing this with the Sonny Fans! Really GREAT! NOTE! After/Before each track Sonny Tells The story behind the track! REALLY Nice! For The Guitarist among us: "He played a Les Paul with a built-in multiple auto-tuning device.This was definitely no hipshot multiple tuning bridge.The device has an extra pickup that measures the frequency(pitch)of each individual string.Sonny could select a specific tuning from an interface on top of his guitar & then little electric servo-motors inside the guitar tuned the strings to pitch" Listen/select track . 7 VID-BOX-GUITAR MASTER Sonny Landreth-Guitar Lessons You can with the >> Skippen from 1 to 7 Vids & Back<< Vid01-Intro,Vid-02-Next To Kindred Spirit, Vid03-Zydeco Shuffle,Vid04-Zydeco Shuffle(Other Version),Vid05-THE GUITAR LESSON,Vid06-Lesson & Next to Kindred Spirit(Other Version),Vid07-Common On Love Louisiana slide master Sonny Landreth offers a backstage slide guitar lesson at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, Aug. 1st 2008, as a companion video for his cover story in Guitar Player Magazine! Filmed by (c)Jude Gold(iRawk) for Sonny Landreth's Slide Secrets for Guitar Player Magazine: http://www.guitarplayer.com/ Thanks (c)Jude SONNY LANDRETH-LIVE!- VID-BOX with > 70 VIDS of the SUPREME SLIDE MASTER! CHECK IT OUT!

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Comment by Marco Maenza on April 21, 2009 at 12:35pm: Great page! Sonny slide master.....after Eric! :)

Comment by mark scott on April 20, 2009 at 12:00am: Thanks William, for a great page. Sonny is one of the greatest guitarist on the planet.

Comment by WorldofBlues.com on March 28, 2009 at 7:59pm: Sonny should get much more recognition. There are many articles by and about Sonny regarding his unique guitar style. Anyone reading this - check into Sonny - he is one of kind - see http://worldofblues.com/Blog/?p=517 and of course Williams site at at http://sonny-landreth.hyves.nl is incredible!

Comment by Suzanne Swanson on March 28, 2009 at 12:43am: Dear William...I am so pleased at what you are doing with this site. If you do not mind, for those that have not already read my review of the gig in Vancouver, Canada, that Sonny gave recently I will post it below. Bless you for your work here.

The Magic of Sonny Landreth & His Band Mates

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There are few times when I have been totally mesmerized by extraordinary artists. Yes, there are those with amazing talent and "feel"....a term that we use in the business to describe if a performer really plays 'in the moment'...with his/her heart and soul. Such a night was this, recently, when I was fortunate enough to be stage-side taking in the SONNY LANDRETH BAND. My goodness, it did my heart good to be watching and listening to some real Southern gentleman who actually play as a unit! Every tune was a seamless performance. Bassist, DAVE RANSON, longtime member of the band, and drummer, MIKE BURCH, originally from "Southern Rain", supplied the heartbeat and bottom end to what has been described as the "tightest, best band that is out there today."....

There have been more than enough highfalutin adjectives used to describe what the ears hear and the eyes see with this trio. As one musician friend said to me that night, (the place was full of them); "This isn't just a trio. It is an orchestra!".

It is the touching of the heart that matters. It is the emotion of the music as it swells, drips, soars, and sometimes takes your breath away, that tells all within the circle that has been drawn around the walls of the venue, that you have been given a taste of nirvana.

Sonny's latest release, "from the REACH", is on his own label. It contains some heartfelt tunes that speak volumes of the man, and our times. From "BLUE TARP BLUES", to "UNIVERSE"...we are treated to every range of emotion, from there and back, with artists like Jimmy Buffett, Eric Clapton, Robben Ford, Vince Gill, Dr. John, Eric Johnson, Mark Knopfler, and Nadirah Shakoor, adding their distinctive touch into the mix.

Those of us who have never stopped loving 'Levee Town", released in 2000, are in for a treat here and eagerly look forward to Sonny's next release, which I am told he has been recording.

"Oberesso", an homage piece dedicated to one of our favorite beverages, is an example of what a true artist can create using harmonics, dynamic use of slide, fingering, "ghost notes", and special vibrations and tremolo that only Sonny seems to be able to achieve. Mike and Dave drive this piece to perfection so that we are all left gasping for air when the last note resonates.

In the tune, "Howlin' Moon", with b/g's by Dr. John, & Jimmy Buffett, Sonny's lyrics say it all:

"Heavenly bodies....Illuminate...Feel the pull...Gravitate...Make you loosen a tie...At the drop of a hat...Make you weak in the knees...Knock you flat on your back."....

Yes Sir, I was made weak in the knees and knocked flat on my back, and most thankful for the privilege of it. Plus, being able to photograph this group in
action...yet again. Just call me a puddle on the floor. (I'm smiling here). Trust me; this is one marvelous adventure that I shall never forget! ....

Hopefully.....you won't either........

..Suzanne Swanson.....

"It's The Music: History of the Yale Hotel" © (copyright)....

Comment by Magic Mike on March 4, 2009 at 8:41pm: Not much too say. Sonny should be more recognized, he's one of the best.

Comment by WIlliamNL on March 4, 2009 at 3:54am: Suzanne LOVE Your story about Überesso !!
Sonny Landreth's - Überesso (LIVE @ Cross Roads 2007)

Comment by Suzanne Swanson on March 4, 2009 at 1:28am: Ok, let us start with something that I wrote regarding one of Sonny's new tunes on "FROM THE REACH"....""Oberesso", an homage piece dedicated to one of our favorite beverages, is an example of what a true artist can create using harmonics, dynamic use of slide, fingering, "ghost notes", and special vibrations and tremolo that only Sonny seems to be able to achieve. Mike and Dan drive this piece to perfection so that we are all left gasping for air when the last note resonates."