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South of 1-10 [Us Import] | ![South of 1-10 [Us Import]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G0e-pQZ-L._SL500_.jpg)
| Artist: Sonny Landreth
Label: Volcano
Category: Music
List Price: £17.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 70951
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 31070
UPC: 614223107028
EAN: 0614223107028
ASIN: B00000099K
Release Date: March 27, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | Shooting for the Moon | | • | Creole Angel | | • | Native Stepson | | • | Orphans of the Motherland | | • | Congo Square | | • | Turning Wheel | | • | South of I-10 | | • | Cajun Waltz | | • | Mojo Boogie | | • | C'Est Chaud | | • | Great Gulf Wind |
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From Amazon.com
Sonny Landreth is a special guitarist. He has combined the idiosyncratic rhythms of his home state, Louisiana, with the intricate finger-picking of Chet Atkins, and the blues-rock slide of Duane Allman, into a distinctive style entirely his own. When he was backing up John Hiatt, John Mayall, or Beausoleil, his astonishing guitar licks were all Landreth needed, but now, as a bandleader himself, he has to rely on his songwriting and singing skills, which are considerably less impressive. On his 1996 solo album, South of I-10, Landreth does his best job yet in shoring up his weaknesses and showcasing his strengths. Landreth's best-known composition, a 1985 tribute to New Orleans called "Congo Square," has been recorded by Mayall, the Neville Brothers, Tom Principato, and Landreth himself, who re-records it for this album with help from guitarist Mark Knopfler and pianist Allen Toussaint. Landreth's vocal is much better this time, sticking close to the notes and timbres he can control and staying away from those he can't. With the help of his guest soloists and his producer R.S. Field (Webb Wilder), Landreth has his voice set the scene and then lets his guitar provide the eloquence. The new album features similar tributes to the music and weather of Louisiana: the title track, "Cajun Waltz," "Mojo Boogie," "C'est Chaud," and "Great Gulf Wind." These simple reflections of subjects close at hand are far more successful than Landreth's attempts at poetry and sweeping commentary. Most successful of all are Landreth's dazzling guitar fills and solos that express far more than his voice ever could. --Geoffrey Himes
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| Customer Reviews:
Not as dazzling as 'Outward Bound', but still excellent February 25, 2002
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
OK, so Sonny Landreth doesn't have the strongest singing voice in rock - as some of his critics like to point out - but his singing is prefectly serviceable, the tunes are mostly strong and his slide guitar playing is outrageously brilliant. Listen to the guitar solo on 'Creole Angel' - no one else has ever made a guitar sound like that! Previous album 'Outward Bound' had even more dazzling guitar playing (maybe it was just the first time I had heard Landreth in his own right, rather than as John Hiatt's sideman) but this is a more than adequate follow-up. If you like slide guitar then you probably already own this: if you haven't heard Sonny Landreth yet you're missing out.
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