Audio CD review:
Sonny Landreth - Grant Street

Sonny Landreth - Grant Street

Band: Sonny Landreth Title: Grant Street Rating: Release Date: 25 January, 2005 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Native Stepson 2: Broken Hearted Road 3: Gone Pecan 4: Port Of Calling 5: Blues Attack 6: Z. Rider 7: U.S.S. Zydecoldsmobile 8: Wind In Denver 9: All About You 10: Pedal To Metal 11: Congo Square

Editoral Review As this live set recorded on his home turf attests, few guitarists combine such power with such precision. Just as Muhammad Ali once boasted that he could "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee," Louisiana's Sonny Landreth can make his slide guitar roar like a rocket ship and dance like a ballerina. Landreth’s veteran rhythm section of bassist David Ranson and drummer Kenneth Blevins provides whipcrack support on a set of supercharged instrumentals ("Native Stepson," "Z. Rider," "Pedal to Metal") and original blues ("Broken-Hearted Road," "Wind in Denver"), building to a climax with the guitarist’s signature tune, "Congo Square. " Though Landreth established himself as an ace sideman from his apprenticeship with zydeco kingpin Clifton Chenier through his extended stint with John Hiatt, he really cuts loose with his own trio, generating a dynamic propulsion that threatens to levitate this Lafayette dancehall. --Don McLeese .. You can see a complete list of all Sonny Landreth discography, or go back to the Sonny Landreth tabs