Sonny Landreth News

Louisiana native and slide-guitar master Sonny Landreth came to prominence playing in the band of Zydeco king Clifton Chenier.

Sonny Landreth is at Rock 'n' Bowl on Nov. 6 and 7. Carencro contemporary soul singer-songwriter Marc Broussard visits One Eyed Jacks.

Paul Sanchez celebrates his birthday at Chickie Wah Wah on Friday, Nov. 6. FRIDAY, Nov.

American musician Tony Furtado will be performing at Peel Centenary Centre on Saturday, November 14.

Known for his six string prowess and slide guitar playing, Sonny Landreth's soulful musicianship has led him to perform with some of the most noted musicians in the country including Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Jimmy Buffet and Dr.

Sonny Landreth performs at Water Street Music Hall Friday. Eric Clapton knows a guitar player when he hears one.

SLIDE-GUITAR MASTER: Blues rocker Sonny Landreth performs Sept. 25 at John Ascuaga's Nugget.

Sonny Landreth's 30-plus year career has taken him from sleeping on pool tables at Houston's legendary Gold Star Studios to flights to London to play with Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler.

Buddy Guy, Bobby Rush, Irma Thomas, Sonny Landreth, T-Model Ford and many other greats in blues and R&B will perform at the fourth-annual Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival, a free event presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation.

September's here and I've got a major case of the blues. So do a lot of other people, and I don't mean everyone's walking around depressed.

Strong concerts featuring some of Americana's best modern-day champions arrive in San Juan Capistrano this week, with Michael Ubaldini headlining The Coach House on Thursday, Sonny Landreth displaying his guitar skills at the same venue Friday and the duo of Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen performing at the San Juan Capistrano Regional Library on ...

Mountain Park is open once again. While there are no plans for roller coasters or carousels, at least for the time being, the once venerable summer destination summit will serve up rock'n' roll and crooners of all kinds come this weekend.

There's a whole lot of stylistic rule bending and serendipitous discovery to be had at the 2009 Philadelphia Folk Festival.

Known for his blazing-hot slide guitar playing, Louisiana native Sonny Landreth might be the last person you'd expect to find charged up about performing at a folk festival.

Listening to blues legend Sonny Landreth play slide guitar is a hypnotic experience, with songs such as 'Promised Land' 'Levee Town' and 'Broken-Hearted Town' going down like whisky: the kind of music that burns in your stomach afterward.

Released: May 20, 2008 Genre: Blues Label: Landfall Number Of Tracks: 11 The album features appearances by Jimmy Buffett, Eric Clapton, Robben Ford, Vince Gill, Eric Johnson, Dr.

The area is buzzing with excitement about the tenth annual Roots on the River Music Festival, and a large part of the anticipation is the kick-off concert at the Bellows Falls Opera House featuring 'A Night of Blues' with two of the country's great artists - Sonny Landreth and Chris Smither.

When your slide guitar resume includes playing on records by the likes John Hiatt, Jimmy Buffett, John Mayall, Dolly Parton, Junior Wells, Mark Knopfler and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, you've obviously got major chops.