Audio CD review:
Sonny Landreth - Crazy Cajun Recordings

Sonny Landreth - Crazy Cajun Recordings

Band: Sonny Landreth Title: Crazy Cajun Recordings Rating: Release Date: 1999-06-22 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: I Know You Rider - Sonny Landreth, Traditional 2: Prodigal Son - Sonny Landreth, Wilkins, Robert 3: Country Blues - Sonny Landreth, 4: Don't Cry for Me - Sonny Landreth, 5: M'Sippi Blues - Sonny Landreth, 6: Lady Come Lately - Sonny Landreth, 7: She Left Me a Mule - Sonny Landreth, Williamson, John Le 8: Forever Lillie Mae - Sonny Landreth, Donley, Jimmy 9: That's the Way It's Gonna Be - Sonny Landreth, Donley, Jimmy 10: Sunrise - Sonny Landreth, 11: Good Enough for Me - Sonny Landreth, Donley, Jimmy 12: Rise Shining - Sonny Landreth, Donley, Jimmy 13: Baby Ain't That Love - Sonny Landreth, Charles, Ray 14: Ain't Gonna Worry - Sonny Landreth, Donley, Jimmy 15: Lazy Boy - Sonny Landreth, Meaux, Huey P. 16: The Only One - Sonny Landreth, 17: Think It over (Lazy Boy) - Sonny Landreth, Meaux, Huey P. 18: You're Why I'm So Lonely - Sonny Landreth, Donley, Jimmy 19: Lookin' for a Good Time - Sonny Landreth, Landreth, Vernon Cl 20: Lazy Boy (Reprise) - Sonny Landreth, Meaux, Huey P.

Note re =Outward Bound= Just based on the 30-sec samples, I gave it 5 stars because these 32-y-o recordings are surely in the upper 20 percent of all recordings! Not in the upper 20 percent of all Sonny recordings, but very interesting nevertheless. I don't have this album yet, but it'll be mine one day, I know. (I stress: These opinions are based only on the samples!) Most of the cuts are far more country, and the blues more rustic, than we think of Sonny today. However, they do give an indication of an unconventional artistic sensibility and sparkling manual ability that have grown into a deep musical vision and phenomenal technique. I could go on with observations based on these samples and what I know of Sonny's subsequent history, but all I really wanted to say was this: Anybody who knows Sonny's =Outward Bound= CD should listen to sample 14, "Ain't Gonna Worry. " . Buy This CD and You'll Be Glad Some very, very good tracks and playing, all very interesting to hear for those starved for "new" Sonny Landreth material (anyone know where to get a copy of "Blues Attack" nowadays?). If you like South of I-10 or Outward Bound, or have some of his other stuff, you'll want to know where it all came from, and this CD is a good indication. Buy it; it's worth the money. You can see a complete list of all Sonny Landreth discography, or go back to the Sonny Landreth tabs