Sonny Landreth

[Shadow of the Sun]

Hey, folks.

Anyone here a fan of Sonny Landreth? I've only been listening to him recently, and I've been using him as a basis for some slide playing I've been doing. Man, the stuff Sonny can do with a slide is amazing.

[ECross]

I have listened to one of his newer albums, but I can't remember which one. I recall his lyrics and song structure to have a little more substance than a lot of blues music.

I liked it for sure though.

[Shadow of the Sun]

Yeah, his stuff is brilliant.

He manages to play more than one chord shape with a slide thanks to his 'fretting behind the slide' technique.

[ECross]

I have never heard of that, do explain?

[Shadow of the Sun]

Basically, Sonny tunes his guitars to an open tuning- usually open E.

Then, if he wants to play a minor E chord at the twelfth fret, he'll slide the slide up to the twelfth fret, and fret the third string at the 11 fret- he has the action set up so that you can fret behind the slide without the slide touching the string, giving you more than one chord shape.

[FatJeff]

Love his right hand!

[ECross]

Ah I see, that sounds pretty decent.

[Shadow of the Sun]

I'd say this is one of my favourite guitar solos ever.

YouTube Video

[ECross]

That's cool. I think slide guitar is really under appreciated these days.