Sonny Landreth

Fri Apr 08 2022 at 08:00 pm

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Sonny Landreth
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SONNY LANDRETH
A percussive burst of acoustic resonator guitar pushes the narrator on a journey “between the life
I left and the edge of next” in the title cut of guitarist, songwriter and bandleader Sonny
Landreth’s 14th album. As the singer feels the wind at his back, a rising bass line intersects
Landreth’s vocalizing to stretch the fingerpicked tune into Far Eastern melodicism.
The south Louisiana artist’s groundbreaking work has long mixed familiarity with
experimentation, and his latest ten-song collection stretches from hard-edged electric
instrumentals to wistful acoustic ballads. The project’s range is the fruit of a renewed
collaboration. Producer RS Field – who helmed Landreth’s trio of breakout albums – joined the
six-stringer and co-producer Tony Daigle to finish the record.
“His brilliance and creative energy recharged us,” Landreth said of reuniting with Field. Most of
the tracks were recorded live at famed Dockside Studios on the Vermilion River south of
Lafayette, La. “We came up with new and better ideas, and that’s what you want,” he added. “It
couldn’t have gone better.”
A quartet of instrumentals highlights the expressive power of bassist David Ranson, drummer
Brian Brignac and multi-talented keyboardist/songwriter Steve Conn. The sultry, slow zydeco
pulse of “Lover Dance With Me” features Landreth trading in his signature glass slide for his
guitar’s tremolo arm and a rotating Leslie speaker cabinet. “Mule” follows, with its tailgate
rhythm bouncing through a his-and-her tale of unrequited love.
“Groovy Goddess” takes the listener into harder-edged jazz-rock territory, showcasing the slide
guitar prowess that has twice landed Landreth on the cover of Guitar Player magazine.
“Honestly, I think the purest form of music is improvised,” the bandleader says. “When it flows,
it’s exhilarating. It just seems to come out of nowhere and connect your heart and soul to your
fingertips.” Blacktop Run comes on the heels of Landreth’s Grammy-nominated double album
Recorded Live In Lafayette, which features an acoustic disc and an electric disc. The new record
brings both sides together without concern for how the layered tracks might be arranged for the
bandstand. “Different approaches can influence one another – and for me, that just makes it more
musical, more interesting,” Landreth explains.
The first of two Conn compositions follows with a new arrangement built around a guitar tuning
Landreth developed but had not yet used in the studio. “Somebody Gotta Make A Move” also
features its composer on Wurlitzer electric piano and Hammond B-3 organ. “I could see this one
becoming a blues standard,” Landreth says. “That’s the mark of a great song.”
“Beyond Borders” picks up the pace and features Conn in a role originally envisioned for Carlos
Santana. Landreth composed the instrumental for From The Reach, his 2008 release featuring
guest artists Eric Clapton, Eric Johnson, Vince Gill and others. “It’s complex,” Landreth says,
“and now seems tailor-made for Steve.” “Don’t Ask Me,” the second Conn cut, delves into
existential mysteries with humor via an acoustic, back porch Delta feel. Brignac played cajón,
Ranson played ukulele bass, and Conn stretches out on accordion.
“The Wilds of Wonder” is a cinematic tribute to the brave folks working on the front lines of our
planet’s environmental crises. And the shape-shifting instrumental “Many Worlds” builds on the
previous number’s rich textures to bring the record to its final cut, “Something Grand,” the first
Landreth recording in years without a guitar solo. That last tune, he says, “is a song of
redemption. And though it’s between two people in a relationship, it also speaks to life’s larger
challenges.”
After two Grammy nominations, multiple appearances at Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival
and wide-ranging acclaim from fellow players and fans worldwide, Landreth is looking forward
to playing the new material live. He’ll continue mixing electric and acoustic settings onstage,
with Daigle bringing the sounds and concepts of the recording studio to venue mixing consoles.
“It’s all about telling the story,” Landreth says, “and as long as I can find my way up that path,
I’m all in.” As the songwriter’s narrator sings in the title number of Blacktop Run, “A new day is
dawning and I have never felt so alive.”


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Jamie McLean Band will release their eagerly awaited new album in 2020. The album was produced by Ken Coomer of Wilco at Nashville’s Cartoon Moon studio and features the band’s strongest and most mainstream songwriting to date. Songs like “Give My Life To Rock and Roll” and “Waiting On You” are dripping with summer festival sweat while “Turn Around” and “Hotels and Cabarets” are ready made for film and television.


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