Audio CD review:
Sonny Landreth - Prodigal Son: The Collection

Sonny Landreth - Prodigal Son: The Collection

Band: Sonny Landreth Title: Prodigal Son: The Collection Rating: Release Date: 22 February, 2000 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Good Enough For Me 2: Rise Shining 3: Baby Ain't That Love 4: Lazy Boy 5: The Only One 6: You're Why I'm So Lonely 7: Lookin' For A Good Time 8: I Know You Rider 9: Country Blues 10: Don't Cry For Me 11: She Left Me A Mule 12: Forever Lillie Mae 13: That's The Way It's Gonna Be 14: Sunrise 15: Prodigal Son

Customer Reviews still not this one But this is still inferior to his later work. Only a handful of people around could have done better at that age, and those people are all great, so I give Sonny a break and give him more credit. Yes this one, at least if you like guitar playing It's not the type of CD that everyone will love, but it seems to me that Sonny Landreth fans would love to hear his great guitar playing, so I don't see what they are objecting to in this case. This is one of those cases where I can't understand why people are putting down this CD. This is great playing from the start of the disc to the end. It has country influences at times, but in a Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler, Dickey Betts, J. J. Cale, kind of way. Most serious guitar players see right through style in nothing flat anyway, so it doesn't really matter if it's rock, country, blues, jazz, or bluegrass. Some of these songs would sound right in place on an Allman Brothers album. Many of the actual licks could fit onto the Layla album. I'm not going to claim that this is a five star classic, but Sonny was 22 when he cut most of these songs and he laid them down in a day. Only a handful of people around could have done better at that age, and those people are all great, so give Sonny a break and give him more credit. Not this one He's done some fine solo stuff and great work with John Hiatt. Sonny Landreth is wonderful. But this CD contains nferior cuts from earlier in his career. Buy it after you become a big fan of his and have everything else. But get his other stuff first. . You can see a complete list of all Sonny Landreth discography, or go back to the Sonny Landreth tabs