[Slowhand] sonny landreth

[sam mangano]

Went to see Sonny Landreth last nite in Cleveland. On my walk into the 
venue, i noticed him unloading his guitar in the back parking lot. 
Figuring I would try and see him before the show instead of having to 
wait until after, so I headed back to the minivan. He and his band were 
walking in the back door by the time i got back there, so I walked in 
with them as well (not realizing at the time that i just saved $20 on a 
concert ticket to boot)!

A couple people stopped him to sign their concert tickets. I waited my 
turn, introduced myself, and told him I wanted him to have my dvd of 
pics and videos from Crossroads from last summer, telling him I was 
looking forward to him playing a full set of his music. He thanked me 
and graciously signed a sweet 8x10 of him that I took at Crossroads.

He played 90 minutes (14 songs), and was a wizard on the fretboard with 
his glass slide and unique finger picking/banjo picking style. He did 
Key to the Highway, as well as Uberesso and Hell at Home (which he did 
at Xroads, the latter which EC joined him on in Chicago). Since I saved 
on the concert ticket, i bought his new CD they were selling in the 
lobby. EC plays on 2 songs with some of his best recorded soloing on 
record in awhile (his solo on winwoods "dirty city" nonwithstanding). 
Other contributions by vince gill, knopfler, eric johnson, dr john, 
jimmy buffet (background vocals) make this a highly recommended 
acquistion.

He is also doing some mad touring this summer, even playing on some of 
buffet's tour dates. check out www.sonnylandreth.com, you will not be 
disappointed!

l8r
sammy