Sonny Landreth
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Oct 4, 2026
SpinnerHOST
This song was written by Steven Bruton, who came from Texas and has played with many great artists in the music business.
SpinnerHOST
T-Bone Burnett, Bonnie Raitt, Gene Clark, Rita Coolidge, Devil McClinton, Sonny Landreth, Carly Simon, just to name a few.
SpinnerHOST
He died of complications of throat cancer in May of 2009, only 60 years old.
SpinnerHOST
But after he was diagnosed with cancer in 2006, some of his amigos de música suggested that spending time in the studio might be a welcome distraction.
JayHOST
Marcus King, the boy we were talking about.
JayHOST
Sonny Landreth, amazing slide player.
JayHOST
Julian Lodge.
JayHOST
Taj Mahal, John Mayer.
Michael DrummGUEST
That's it.
Adam ChoitHOST
And you can let me know if TTBase missed anything, but I see Sonny Landreth, uh, played Speak of the Devil.
Michael DrummGUEST
Yeah, they had wa- yeah, so-
Leigh MichaelGUEST
Yeah, that was
Jesse JohnsonHOST
And that's what I've been jamming.
Jesse JohnsonHOST
Yesterday it was Sonny Landreth and then John Mayer and Tedeschi Trucks and Phil Anastasio and some other people did some jam out.
Jesse JohnsonHOST
So it was pretty fun if you're into that kind of thing.
Jesse JohnsonHOST
Question, any recommendations for replacement tubes in my Fender Blues Junior? Hey, that's a great question.
Tyler LarsonHOST
Cool.
Tyler LarsonHOST
Sonny Landreth, welcome to the No Cover Charge podcast.
Sonny LandrethGUEST
No cover, you gotta love that.
Sonny LandrethGUEST
[laughs]
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Tyler LarsonHOST
Sonny Boy Williams, I figured it was-
Sonny LandrethGUEST
Yeah
Tyler LarsonHOST
... apt for, uh, Sonny Landreth.
Tyler LarsonHOST
[laughs]
Sylvan GrothHOST
Or do you feel like this song was kind of written in a narrow lane? I guess I wanted to talk about the musicians.
Sylvan GrothHOST
And if you could picture Sonny Landreth all of a sudden putting a wild slide on there or, you know, any of the other musicians he's played with.
Jesse JacksonHOST
Yeah, I don't know if...
Jesse JacksonHOST
If part of this, why we don't have as many covers, is that is there...
David FlammGUEST
I felt like a little bit of an outsider.
David FlammGUEST
We went just one year and it was Eddie Ninevolt played and Sonny Landreth.
David FlammGUEST
Wow.
David FlammGUEST
Like two years ago.
Rene ComanHOST
sure, sure.
Rene ComanHOST
And then I finished that in Fort Collins, Colorado, flew out of Denver the following day and met Sonny Landreth Band up in...
Rene ComanHOST
Now,
Manny ChevroletHOST
who is Sonny Landreth?
Rene ComanHOST
Sonny Landreth is a great Zydeco slide guitar player from Lafayette.
Rene ComanHOST
Now, when
Manny ChevroletHOST
you fly to a gig, do you have to bring your drum sets in the overhead compartments? Or how does that work? Well, this was
RyanHOST
Also in there, Slim Harpo gave us Baby, Scratch My Back.
RyanHOST
And we began this final segment with new music from Sonny Landreth.
RyanHOST
It was Lady on the Rise, and that's the first taste of his new album, which is due out next year.
RyanHOST
As of now, the album is still untitled, and a release date has not been announced.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You make me feel like way back ago When I still had you Remember the bands that played How the music would float across When I still had you You make me feel like way back ago When I still had you
Chris PriorHOST
So here's one of the world's foremost slide players, the Louisiana rocker Sonny Landreth, highly respected by one and all.
Chris PriorHOST
John Hyatt has used him extensively over the years.
Chris PriorHOST
His recording career goes back to the early 80s, made a bunch of records.
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