Sonny Landreth owns the cover of this month's Guitar Player magazine. In an interview that spans 15 pages (with an additional 6-page "master lesson"), Lafayette's native stepson and Breaux Bridge resident talks about his new highly acclaimed album, From The Reach, on his own Landfall Records label. Guitar Player writes:
Driven by Landreth's otherworldy bottleneck playing, the new album nails all points on the coolness curve with its inspired songwriting, lyrical depth, and abundance of great guitar from this all-star cast. It's no secret that Landreth has elevated the state of rock guitar via his amazing slide technique, which involves fingering notes and generating harmonics on the "left side of the glass."
Guitar enthusiasts will love Landreth's thorough explanation of not only his playing techniques but also his gear. There's also insight from Landreth's musical guests on the album - like Eric Clapton, Eric Johnson, Vince Gill, Mark Knopfler and Robben Ford. Clapton says of Landreth, "Sonny's technique is astonishing and totally unique, but even with all that, he still delivers everything with elegance and great care. Sonny is a great player and a great guy."
Landreth also recounts seeing B.B. King at Leo's Rendezvous in New Iberia when he was only 16 yars old, as well as seeing Clifton Chenier for the first time at the Blue Angel in Lafayette. There's also the story of a younger Sonny meeting a sleepy Jimi Hendrix in the gift shop of a Baton Rouge hotel.
The current October issue of Guitar Player is on newsstands now.
David Calhoun and Elizabeth “EB” Brooks are the first two employees of Lafayette Central Park Inc., the nonprofit charged with turning Lafayette Consolidated Government’s 100-acre Johnston Street Horse Farm property into a passive public park. Calhoun was named executive director, and Brooks is director of planning and design.
At Thursday's State of the Economy luncheon, LEDA President and CEO Gregg Gothreaux said PXP has already quietly hired 180 people for its Broussard expansion.
There will soon be a whole lot of shakin’ going on at Benny’s Sportshack Supplement Depot, a new concept by Opelousas native Benny Nele. Located at 2002 Johnston St., the supplement shop, smoothie bar and café, featuring hot off the press paninis and wraps, plans to open in late May.
This year’s Cool Town issue is all about people who are not native to South Louisiana but made a conscious decision to be here, to be among us, to participate in our culture and contribute to it.
A shelved ordinance transferring $200,000 from a northside drainage project to a south Lafayette development may not break any laws, but it stinks to high heaven.
An effort to restore a shuttered dancehall and document other vacant or razed honky-tonks could serve as a model for saving an endangered species of entertainment.
Lafayette’s gene pool has been host to a long line of eccentric characters who have blurred the lines between crazy, genius, disturbed and curiously entertaining.
Sonny Landreth owns the cover of this month's Guitar Player magazine. In an interview that spans 15 pages (with an additional 6-page "master lesson"), Lafayette's native stepson and Breaux Bridge resident talks about his new highly acclaimed album, From The Reach, on his own Landfall Records label. Guitar Player writes:
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