Sonny Landreth is probably one of the best guitarists you’ve
\nnever heard of. Born in Canton, Mississippi, within hailing
\ndistance of the Mississippi bayous, Landreth has become both one of
\nthe most sought after session guitarists of the last twenty years
\nand a unique solo voice. His past work includes work with artists
\nas widely varying as Clifton Chenier and John Hiatt, and his unique
\nstyle of fingering gives his playing a feel all its own.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, Landreth’s unique. So that means in this cookie
\ncutter era, he’s bounced around record labels, gone five or more
\nyears between albums, and generally been overlooked. (I admit to
\nonly having heard one of his songs before, a great rocker called
\n“Congo Square” on one of the few local stations worth listening to,
\nWTTS out of Bloomington.)<\/p>\n
Which means, first off we issue serious kudos to traditional
\nmusic label Sugar Hill Records for putting out
\nLevee Town<\/i>. (I’m growing to appreciate Sugar Hill. Between
\nNickel Creek and Sonny Landreth, it’s been a good year.) Then we
\nrealize
\nLevee Town<\/i> is a damn tasty CD.<\/p>\n
Why, you ask, oh faithful “Daily Vault” readers? Because it
\n
\nrocks<\/i>
\n<\/b> , that’s why. Songs like “Levee Town”, “Broken Hearted Road”,
\n“Turning With The Century”, and “The U.S.S. Zydecoldsmobile” (great
\ntitle, that). The brass on “Angeline” is as bright and forward as a
\ntopless girl on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras, and instrumentals
\nlike “Spider-Gris” and “Z. Rider” showcase Landreth’s monster
\nguitar playing.<\/p>\n
This CD is a perfect harmony of blues, Cajun, zydeco, and rock,
\nstriking a subtle balance between the musical forms. (Sorry for the
\n“Iron Chef” moment there; I taped the entire 24 hour marathon
\nyesterday.) In short, get this CD. Now. Sonny Landreth is one of
\nthe more underappreciated artists out there, and in a world of
\n“rock stars” who are commercial creations or talentless punks, he’s
\nthe real thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":25778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6546],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-36984","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-sonny-landreth","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36984"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=36984"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=36984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}