Eric Clapton called Sonny Landreth the most underestimated guitarist on the planet and probably the most advanced, lauded for his slide guitar and picking techniques alike. The King of Slydeco has ...

Slide guitar maestro Sonny Landreth's latest album, 'Recorded Live in Lafayette', was nominated for a Grammy and just recently made his fifth... Sonny Landreth Announces A New Album And Shares Stories ...

Sonny Landreth has been playing gigs around Louisiana since he was 16. He started touring professionally at 20. At 71, he is looking back on more than 50 years of making music. "I used to think about ...

Sonny Landreth fans should prepare for a special treat at his local concerts this week. Now working on his first all-instrumental recording, the Louisiana-born king of the slide guitar will play some ...

One of my favorite Sonny Landreth moments was hearing him perform the instrumental “Z Attack” at a Wednesday at the Square concert, as the raw electricity of his sound and the percussive nature of his ...

Don’t be fooled by those who might hint there’s a new Sonny Landreth album out. Although “Mississippi Blues” isn’t described as a re-release, it is, says the man himself who doesn’t have anything to ...

There is Eric Clapton, one of the greatest guitar players on the planet, standing on the 2007 Cross Roads Guitar Fest stage amazed at how Sonny Landreth plays guitar ...

“I don’t know if I remember the very first album I bought, but I remember some of the early ones. And some singles, too. I remember when I moved from Mississippi to Louisiana, and I was going to my ...

Lafayette, La., is one of the few cities in the United States where people over age 30 still go out dancing on a regular basis. How could they resist, what with the city's rich gumbo of Cajun, zydeco, ...

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