Sonny Landreth

Biography

1 February 1951, Canton, Mississippi, USA. Being born in the birthplace or thereabouts of Elmore James, did not mean that Sonny Landreth had to play slide guitar, but it certainly makes good copy. In fact, after five years in Jackson, Mississippi, the family moved to Lafayette, Louisiana, and Landreth grew up surrounded by Cajun music and its lifestyle. At the age of 10, he began studying trumpet in school, and three years later took up the guitar. At 20, he left college and, with his band Brer... Read more

Genres

Blues Cajun & Zydeco Music Videos & Concerts Pop / Rock

Tags

blues

blues rock

slide guitar

guitar

singer-songwriter

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