Fresh Cream (Atco) was released in 1966, at the height of the blues revival that began in the late 1950s with the publication of Samuel Charter's The Country Blues (Rinehart, 1950) and the subsequent ...

ALASKA -- Renowned slide-guitarist Sonny Landreth has worked with the best of 'em: Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, John Hiatt, Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler, Clifton Chenier, Dr. John, Buckwheat Zydeco, Jimmy ...

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 ...

Living blues legend Buddy Guy performs at the Riverside Theater, 116 W. Wisconsin Ave., with John Hiatt & The Goners, featuring guitarist Sonny Landreth, Saturday, July 23 at 8 p.m. Living blues ...

Slide guitar master Sonny Landreth visited the Paste studio on July 27 to perform songs from his career spanning almost 45 years, in honor of his latest release of a live double record, Recorded Live ...

Born in Mississippi, relocated to Lafayette, Louisiana, Sonny Landreth was immersed in the great Swamp-pop and Zydeco music of the area. He picked up a variety of musical styles playing with some of ...

Louisiana slide guitarist Sonny Landreth and former Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters guitarist Hubert Sumlin headline this summer's two-day Fargo Blues Festival. The July 31 lineup features Landreth, ...

Slide guitar master Sonny Landreth visited the Paste studio on July 27 to perform songs from his career spanning almost 45 years, in honor of his latest release of a live double record, Recorded Live ...

On Sonny Landreth’s new album he pays tribute to the music that slides and slithers under the swampy slide guitar sound that made him famous. “…fans have been asking me, ‘When are you going to do ...

While growing up in Louisiana, Mississippi-born Sonny Landreth played a unique combination of zydeco and slide blues guitar. But he became much admired for developing a style that combined ...

Sonny Landreth, the singer, songwriter and slide guitar master from Lafayette, will return to the Baton Rouge area for a Friday performance at the new Freyhan Cultural Center in St. Francisville.