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Cornbread
 Sonny
Landreth – Grant Street
{Recorded April 23 & 24, 2004, released
1/25/05 | Sugar Hill}
Sonny
Landreth has been busy, very busy. In 2004 he
performed at Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar
Festival, Jazz de Montreal, New Orleans Jazz
Festival, performing with Jimmy Buffett at Fenway
Park and a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary
Blues. Landreth has had seven solo albums, this
is his eighth CD and first live recording.
Landreth’s
live performance at Grant Street in Lafayette,
Louisiana with Dave Ranson on bass and Kenneth
Blevins on drums is fantastic. Way back in the
day I avoided live recordings – I  was
young. Now I love them, you get the artist raw
with full intensity, you can hear the audience.
This live CD is no exception, it’s made
me a fan, I’ll add the rest of Landreth’s
CD’s to my collection. I suggest y’all
do the same.
From
the start of the first song you’ll realize
that Landreth is master of his domain, a combination
of Jimi Hendrix with the precision of Santana.
Need proof, check out song 2 (my favorite track).
Broken Hearted Road has more guitar than vocals.
Gone Pecan is a fast paced tune with a southern
flair to it.
This CD has plenty of hard core guitar playin’.
I liked the mix of vocals and instrumentals.
Vocals get a bit rooty on Blues Attack. Congo
Square has a solid beat, distorted guitar in
excess, for me the highlight was the bend finale’
– that note seemed to hold on and not
let go. Rating 4.013.
Check
out Sugar
Hill Records and Sonny
Landreth’s sites for more information.
Ciao'
for now, peace.
Peter 'Cornbread'
Cohen, CBP
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