Sonny Landreth

• Name — Sonny Landreth • Birth Name — Clide Vernon Landreth • Born — 1 February 1951 • Birthplace — Canton, Mississippi, U.S. • Instrument — * Guitar • vocals • Genre — Blues, country blues, zydeco • Years Active — 1973–present • Label — Provogue Records • Website — sonnylandreth.com

Landreth first played in Clifton Chenier's Red Hot Louisiana Band, as the only white member of the band. In 1981, he released his first record, Blues Attack, which also featured C.J. Chenier on saxophone and Mel Melton on harmonica. In 1982, Landreth and Melton formed the band Bayou Rhythm, and eventually added C.J. Chenier to the lineup. The band recorded Way Down in Louisiana in 1985 Landreth also frequently played in John Hiatt's band, and with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers.

Vince Gill stated that "Tell Me Lover" was based in part on Landreth's song, "Congo Square". In 1998, Landreth was involved in the multi-artist project "Begegnungen (Encounters)" mounted by Germany's Rock-Superstar Peter Maffay. They performed together on a new version of Landreth's "C'est chaud" on the album and some more songs in the 30 concerts at the arena tour later the same year, documented on the live album Begegnungen Live, released in early 1999. A further guest of Maffay at the Begegnungen album and tour was Keb' Mo'. Landreth has recorded with Jimmy Buffett, and accompanied him on his 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2010 summer tours. Landreth took the main stage at MerleFest in 2011. Landreth appeared on HBO's Treme, Season 3, Episode 8 Landreth performed at Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2019. In 2014, Landreth was a guest performer on Eli Cook's album, Primitive Son.

Landreth has released at least the following albums: • Blues Attack (1981; re-released 1996) • Way Down in Louisiana (1985; re-released 1993) • Outward Bound (1992) • South of I-10 (1995) • The Crazy Cajun Recordings (1999) - source material from 1973 and 1977 • Prodigal Son: The Collection (2000) - source material from 1973 and 1977 • Levee Town (2000; re-released 2009 with five bonus tracks) • The Road We're On (2003), charted No. 1 on Billboards Blues Album Chart. • Grant Street (2005) - live recording, charted No. 2 on Billboards Blues Album Chart. • From the Reach (2008), charted No. 1 on Billboards Blues Album Chart. • Voices of Americana (2009) • Sunrise (2012) • Elemental Journey (2012), charted No. 4 on Billboards Blues Album Chart. • Bound by the Blues (2015) • Recorded Live in Lafayette (2017) • Blacktop Run (2020)

• Marti Jones, Used Guitars (1988) • Zachary Richard, Manchac (1988) • Marshall Crenshaw, Good Evening (1989) • John Mayall, A Sense of Place (1990) • Alain Bashung, Osez Joséphine (1991) • Kenny Loggins, Outside: From the Redwoods (1993) • Stephan Eicher, Carcassonne (1993) • Alain Bashung, Chatterton (1994) • "Then I'm Gonna Make Love To You" on Selling the Gold (1995) by Elliott Murphy • Mark Knopfler, A Night In London (1996) • Mark Knopfler, Golden Heart (1996) • Gov't Mule, 32/20 Blues (2003) • Gov't Mule, On Your Way Down (2003) • Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival (2007) • Arlen Roth, Toolin' Around Woodstock (2007) with Levon Helm • Little Feat, Join The Band (2008) • "When The Levee Breaks" and "The Wrong Side" on Lay Your Burden Down (2009) by Buckwheat Zydeco • "Don't Wanna Do It" on A Part Of Me (2010) by Tom Principato • "T-Bone Shuffle" on Roots (2011) by Johnny Winter • Eli Cook, Primitive Son (2014) • Arlen Roth, Slide Guitar Summit (2016) • Layla Zoe, Breaking Free (2016) • Beth Hart, Front and Center - Live from New York (2018) • "Wedding Day" and "Break My Heart Gently" on Another World by Erja Lyytinen (2019) • "Gemini Blues" on This Old House by Camile Baudoin (of The Radiators) (2021) • "Too Far To Be Gone" on Done Come Too Far by Shemekia Copeland (2022) with John Hiatt: • Slow Turning (1988) • The Tiki Bar is Open (2001) • Beneath This Gruff Exterior (2003) with Eric Johnson: • Up Close album (2010) track "Your Book" with others: • Marti Jones, Used Guitars (1988) • Zachary Richard, Manchac (1988) • Marshall Crenshaw, Good Evening (1989) • Alain Bashung, Osez Joséphine (1991) • Alain Bashung, Chatterton (1994) • "When the Levee Breaks" and "The Wrong Side" on Lay Your Burden Down by Buckwheat Zydeco • "Then I'm Gonna Make Love To You" on Selling The Gold by Elliott Murphy • Mark Knopfler, Golden Heart (1996) • Mark Knopfler, A Night In London (1996) • Gov't Mule, 32/20 Blues • Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival (2007) • Little Feat, Join The Band (2008) • Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival (2010) • "T-Bone Shuffle" on Roots by Johnny Winter • Eli Cook, Primitive Son (2014). • Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival (2019) • Dion, "I Got the Cure" from Blues with Friends (2020)