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Article: Sonny Landreth. (slide guitarist)
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- Guitar Player
- Article date:
- April 1, 1995
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Listen to Sonny Landreth's soaring, groaning slide, and you'll hear echoes of a Cajun band rocking a roadhouse on Friday night. "When the fiddle, accordion, triangle, and rub board all work together," says Landreth, "it's like one instrument. I'll close my eyes and it becomes a sound--I can't explain it any other way. I try to capture that with my guitar."
Landreth's new album South OfI-10 [Praxis/Zoo] is bursting with high-octane slide. Pulsing chords, ringing riffs, and fat, whining leads permeate each track, creating a swirl of goodtime grooves and memorable melodies. His deft touch and full-tilt tone are enough to humble the most adroit slidester. Yet Sonny's ...