Johnny A. & Sonny Landreth - Live!

BlueMDPicker
BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
edited November 2005 in Music & Movies
We just came in from a live gig at our favorite haunt, the Ram's Head, featuring Johnny A. and Sonny Landreth. Sweet Jesus what a guitar clinic these two put on!

This has been a fantastic week for us -- seeing Chris Vachon (Roomfull of Blues), Robben Ford, Buddy Whittington (Blues Breakers), Johnny A., and Sonny Landreth. My head is spinning and I have to hit the sack, but I'll write more later about these excellent artists. For now, I'll just leave it with a quote (shouted by my lovely wife) when Johnny A. finished his set: "UN-*UCKING BELIEVABLE!!" :D
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,717
    edited November 2005
    That's it, I'm not going out in public with your wife. ;)
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited November 2005
    Not being familiar with Johnny A., we actually went expecting him to be "filler material" for Landreth. He instantly became the proverbial "hard act to follow". This guy has such range (country to classical) and TOUCH. There's no journey on a guitar neck he can't take you on.

    One of the many things I enjoy about this club is the fact you nearly always have an opportunity to talk with the artists. One of my stock questions is "what are your musical roots?" Johnny closed his set with Chuck Berry's "Memphis" and seamlessly morphed it into a medley featuring Les Paul, the Beatles, Hendrix, the Stones, LZ, BB, SRV, Chet Atkins, and back. It was riveting. When we spoke with him, I laughingly told him he took all the mystery out of my stock question. He laughed and said "yeah man, I pay homage to my roots." Sandy repeated what she said after the set, which really gave him a grin. He told her "UFB is good enough for me" and signed the jacket of a CD she bought with those same words.

    Landreth was his usual pedal to the metal self. His slide work is without peer, with his unique open tunings and offbeat picking techniques. No mystery why Clapton has called him "the most under-rated guitarist on the planet" and why he was nominated for a Grammy for best contemporary blues act.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited November 2005
    Sonny Landreth is one of my favorites...but relatively unknow outside of "The Blues" circle of enthusiasts. "South of I-10" and "Levee Town" get a spin quite often in my rig. If you like Landreth you might also want to check out C. C. Adcock - "Lafayette Marquis". Another Zydeco Blues-Rocker from LA (that's Louisiana ;) ).
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited November 2005
    Thanks, I'll checkout C. C. Adcock.

    Sonny is an original, isn't he?! I've never seen anyone use the slide technique he's developed. I laughed outloud when I heard Clapton's assesment of him. EC, in the early years, was notorious for telling everyone else "you're not doing it right" when it came to blues. I love the guys who "don't do it right". They keep the blues alive and moving forward.
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