Sonny Landreth - Live At Grant Street [320k MP3]

Recorded Live at Grant Street Dancehall, Lafayette, LA, April 23 & 24, 2004, Grant Street is a searing live set featuring songs from Sonny Landreth's first, out-of-print 1981 solo release all the way up to his last release, 2003's Best Contemporary Blues Grammy-nominated The Road We're On. This time, the studio sheen is absent ... & the electricity is omnipresent!

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. As this live set recorded on his home turf attests, few guitarists combine such power with such precision. 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.



Track Listing [320k MP3]
01. Native Stepson
02. Broken Hearted Road
03. Gone Pecan
04. Port Of Calling
05. Blues Attack
06. Z. Rider
07. U.S.S. Zydecoldsmobile
08. Wind In Denver
09. All About You
10. Pedal To Metal
11. Congo Square