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Biography
Refimprove|date=April 2009Infobox musical artist| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | instrument = Guitar | name = Sonny Landreth| image = Landreth.jpg| birth_date = Birth date and age|1951|2|1| genre = Blues | associated_acts = Jimmy Buffett , John Hiatt , The Goners | notable_instruments =| years_active = 1973–present| website = http://www.sonnylandreth.com/ sonnylandreth.com Sonny Landreth (born February 1, 1951) is an United States|American blues musician from southwest Louisiana who is especially known as a slide guitar player. He was born in Canton, Mississippi|Canton , Mississippi , but soon after, his family moved to Jackson, Mississippi , before settling in Lafayette, Louisiana . When he is not touring and performing, he resides in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana .
Technique
Landreth is best known for his slide playing, having developed a technique where he also fret s notes and plays chords and chord fragments behind the slide while he plays. Landreth plays with the slide on his little finger, so that his other fingers have more room to fret behind the slide. He's also known for his right-hand technique, which involves tapping, slapping, and picking strings, using all of the fingers on his right hand.
Landreth has recorded with Jimmy Buffett , and accompanied him on his 2006, 2007 and 2010 summer tours.Citation needed|date=November 2010 Landreth performed at Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival http://www.crossroadsguitarfestival.com/ in 2004, 2007, and 2010.
Discography
Solo
Landreth has released at least eleven albums:
Blues Attack (1981; re-released 1996)
Down in Louisiana (1986; re-released 1993)
Outward Bound (1992)
South of I-10 (1995)
Crazy Cajun Recordings (1999) - source material from 1973 and 1977
Prodigal Son: The Collection (2000) - source material from 1973 and 1977
Levee Town (2000; re-released 2009 with 5 bonus tracks)
''The Road We're On (2003)
Grant Street (2005) - live recording
Sonny Landreth - Live At Jazz Fest 2007 (2007) - live recording
From the Reach (2008)
Guest appearances
with Jimmy Buffett :
"USS Zydecosmobile" and "Mademoiselle (Voulez-Vous Danser)" on Far Side of the World (album)|Far Side Of The World (2002)
License To Chill (2004)
Live at Fenway Park (2005)
Jimmy Buffett's appearances on the Hoot_(film)#Soundtrack| Hoot movie soundtrack (2006)
" When The Levee Breaks " and "The Wrong Side" on Lay Your Burden Down by Buckwheat Zydeco
" Eric Clapton 's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007"
" Eric Clapton 's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010"
" Mark Knopfler 's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Heart Golden Heart 1996"
" Mark Knopfler 's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Night_in_London A Night In London 1996"
" Gov't Mule 's 32/20 Blues
" Little Feat Join The Band 2008" On several tracks of the album.
Honors and awards
Americana Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year: 2005 http://www.americanamusic.org/site.php? content=honors_awards Americana Music Association awardees list
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.sonnylandreth.com/ Official website
http://www.staythirstymedia.com/200911-039/html/200911-sonny-landreth-int.html/ Sonny Landreth Interview with Jarrod Dicker (2009)
http://www.reesefuller.com/content/road-hes "The Road He's On", interview with Sonny Landreth
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