Topic: Sonny Landreth
Any reccomendations on a good starting CD of Sonny Landreth?
- Kyle
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South of I-10 is a personal favorite of mine. Not that recent, but a strong effort with lots of great slide work.
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- Kyle
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Thanks, Ill look into that one. Do you know Grant Street at all?
- Donna
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Kyle wrote:
Thanks, Ill look into that one. Do you know Grant Street at all?
Hey Kyle....your question got me to look at the CD by Sonny that I picked up at my library. It's "Grant Street!" But I haven't listened to it yet.... I'll have to get back to you on that...! But I love my library's huge CD collection for trying out new artists or just grabbing something off the shelf after browsing the blues or jazz sections.
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Grant Street is AWESOME! It sounds really close to how he sounded, last time I saw him live. And the CD is recorded really well. I think he's using the same 2 amp rig, a Dumble and a Matchless. Beautiful tones.
I really dug his CD that I think is called "Outward Bound".
If you EVER get the chance to see the Austin City Limits episode with John Hiatt & The Goners, you'll hear SL just rip it up! He goes from playing like an Accordian on some tunes, to just blazing slide on Memphis In The Meantime.
I think Sonny is THE slide guitarist. There are quite a few others that I like. But, Sonny has got to be at the top of my list. He does new things with his technique, that are really a big leap forward.
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- cathysiler
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Here I go again, but Sonny is another of my favorites. At least he's in my age group. He was John Hiatt's guitar player for a while. I love Grant Street. Wind out of Denver is my favorite song. I call it the "stripper song". He is currently on tour and playing some new songs that soar. He is a MUST SEE. His hands are all over his guitar! And, he's another really nice guy!! Now, if he'd just make a live DVD!...Many pictures of Sonny by Bluzgirl at www.fullmoonblues.com. I'm the one with him in the tan jacket/feather necklace.
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That's me and Albert Castiglia. The Sonny one is somewhere in there. You know I don't really like to see my pictures Jane cause they look like me! Where's the airbrush?
Re: Sonny Landreth
Kyle wrote:
Any reccomendations on a good starting CD of Sonny Landreth?
Grant Street
- Kyle
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Thanks so much for all the replys. Its sounding like Grant Street would be a great one to get. From what I've seen of him on things before, his touch on the guitar seemed just incredible.