Article: Former sideman Landreth brings his own songs to FitzGerald's this weekend.(Time Out!) (concert review)

Byline: Mark Guarino Music critic

Sonny Landreth and the Goners with Mark Selby, 10 p.m. today and Saturday at FitzGerald's, 6615 Roosevelt Road, Berwyn. $15/$12.50. (708) 788-2118.

You've heard the distinctive slide guitar work of Sonny Landreth if you own records by John Hiatt, Bonnie Raitt, the Neville Brothers, Beausoleil, Marshall Crenshaw and others. But the 49- year-old sideman waited until the '90s to make his own records. His second, 1995's "South of I-10," actually wielded a hit ("Congo Square") and it's not every day you'll hear funky swamp pop on modern-day radio. His new album, "Levee Town" (Sugar Hill), features guest spots by some ...

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