The Bottom Line
This record is a rocker! Great Traditional/Un-traditional blend that is pleasingly distinctive. Like Dave Hole, Sonny pushed the slide guitar envelope.
Pros
- Sonny's unique slide guitar style.
Cons
- Not a con to be found!
Description
- Landreth's distinct slide guitar is the star. His sound is powerfully sweet.
- Sonny does all the songwriting on this release.
- Great use of the National guitar on the rhythm tracks and trademark T-Bird slide on lead.
- Released on Sugar Hill Records.
- Produced by R.S. Field and Sonny Landreth with Tony Daigle
- Born in Canton, Mississippi and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana.
- Sonny played in Zydeco legend Clifton Chenier's Red Hot Louisiana Band.
- Sonny has also played with; Junior Wells, Mark Knopfler, Dolly Parton, John Mayall, and John Hiatt.
Guide Review - Sonny Landreth - The Road We’re On
The Louisiana/Mississippi Delta has never had a problem producing groovy Blues artists. The Delta went one step further when she created Sonny Landreth. This slide guitar master has carved out a refreshingly unique style combining bayou grooves with incomprehensible chops and decent songwriting. "Natural World" is my favorite cut. Combining Delta frontporch rhythm with AC/DC guitar crunch. "Gemini Blues" shuffles with with 12 bar familiarity, yet refreshingly quirky. His first and last cut are acoustic grooves that leave no doubt from where he's come. While most guitarists take the Blues and go out from there, Landreth's guitar work takes the Blues and heads in. He is mining new Blues guitar gold.
