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  1. 1973–present. Labels. Provogue Records. Website. sonnylandreth .com. Clide Vernon "Sonny" Landreth (born February 1, 1951) [1] is an American blues musician from southwest Louisiana who is especially known as a slide guitar player. He was born in Canton, Mississippi, and settled in Lafayette, Louisiana. [2] [3] He lives in Breaux Bridge ...

  2. Sonny Landreth appeared on "Then I'm Gonna Make Love to You". [10] " Is Fellini Really Dead" is a tribute to the director, for whom Murphy had worked. [11] " Selling the Gold" is about selling a ring to a pawn shop. [12] " Buddy and Peggy Sue" examines a couple on a road trip. [13] Critical reception.

  3. Sonny was born in Canton MS in 1951, and brought up in nearby Jackson, before the family relocated to Lafayette, Louisiana. Trumpet was Sonny's first instrument, but inspired by Scotty Moore's turnarounds on Elvis' records, he took up guitar. In his mid-teens, Sonny was leading his band around the local scene, and when he was 22 years old, he ...

  4. Sep 9, 2008 · Sonny Landreth gets by with a little help from friends Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford, Vince Gill and more on From the Reach. It’s an amazing collaboration of sorts. Although Landreth composed the entire album, each song was written specifically for its special guest musician.

  5. Overview. Selling The Gold is ex-New Yorker Elliott Murphy's eighth studio album of new original material (his 15th release overall) and first in five years. Murphy returned to a style familiar from his first several albums of the 1970s, singing a group of folk-rock songs full of highly literate lyrics that commented on modern life from an ironic perspective.

  6. Nov 4, 1993 · Nov. 4, 1993 12 AM PT. Sonny Landreth makes good on the title of his debut solo album by digging his heels deep into the rich musical soil of his native Louisiana. As a guitarist, he found himself ...

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  8. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1996 CD release of "Selling The Gold" on Discogs.