Format: CD Release Date: 4/21/2009 UPC: 88162691852 Item ID: 1092325 Studio: LANDFALL ProductID: LFAL2.2 Bonnie Raitt (Vocals (Background)) Cary Butler (Engineer) Ciáran Cahil (Engineer) Cliff Audretch (Management) Danny Kimball (Rubboard) David Ranson (Bass) Dennis Lord (Management) Dwight Wiles (Management) Ed Rogers (Engineer) Errol Verret (Accordion) Herb Pedersen (Vocals (Background)) Jack Spencer (Photography) Jason Soileau (Technical Assistance) Jennifer Warnes (Vocals (Background)) Jim DeMain (Mastering) Joe Glaser (Technical Assistance) John Hiatt (Vocals (Background)) Jon Smith (Horn Arrangements, Sax (Tenor)) Joseph "Zydeco Joe" Mouton (Accordion, Rubboard) Justin Niebank (Engineer) Kye Kennedy (Technical Assistance) Marce Lacouture (Vocals (Background)) Mark Ellison (Assistant Engineer) Megan Barra (Design) Michael Doucet (Fiddle) Michael Organ (Drums) Mike Feigler (Technical Assistance) Mike Kennedy (Technical Assistance) Mike Post (Horn Arrangements, Keyboards, Producer) Paul Wight (Engineer) R.S. Field (Chant, Mixing, Percussion, Producer) Sonny Landreth (Guitar, Horn Arrangements, Main Performer, Mixing, Producer, Songwriter, Vocals) Stephen Bruton (Guitar (Leslie)) Steve Conn (Keyboards) Steve Howard (Horn Arrangements, Trumpet) Tom Murphy (Technical Assistance) Tony Daigle (Engineer, Mixing, Percussion)
1. Levee Town - 6:28 2. This River - 4:20 3. The U.S.S. Zydecoldsmobile - 5:20 4. Love and Glory - 4:16 5. Broken Hearted Road - 4:40 6. Spider-Gris - 3:41 7. Godchild - 5:09 8. Turning With the Century - 4:33 9. Rider - 4:05 10. Soul Salvation - 2:56 11. Angeline - 3:59 12. Deep South - 6:26
This is slide guitar wizard, Sonny Landreth's most ambitious work and true to form it comes with no glossy fanfare (even the packaging is sepia tint) just straight ahead well crafted songs played with his usual intelligent, heart felt playing. Like the photos, that are easily passed over due to the quiet subtly of the sepia tones, the intricacy of his guitar work can easily be overshadowed by the flash that is inherent in the slide guitar. He takes the time here to do a number of acoustic songs and show that there is more to him than the loud flash and that there is a guitarist that knows how to play without noise to disguise mistakes. Give a listen to Love and Glory, in which he is helped out by Jennifer Warnes and Herb Pederson doing background vocals, Errol Verret on accordion, and some stunning fiddle work by Michael Doucet. He wrote all the songs except Angeline, which he co-wrote
This is slide guitar wizard, Sonny Landreth's most ambitious work and true to form it comes with no glossy fanfare (even the packaging is sepia tint) just straight ahead well crafted songs played with his usual intelligent, heart felt playing. Like the photos, that are easily passed over due to the quiet subtly of the sepia tones, the intricacy of his guitar work can easily be overshadowed by the flash that is inherent in the slide guitar. He takes the time here to do a number of acoustic songs and show that there is more to him than the loud flash and that there is a guitarist that knows how to play without noise to disguise mistakes. Give a listen to Love and Glory, in which he is helped out by Jennifer Warnes and Herb Pederson doing background vocals, Errol Verret on accordion, and some stunning fiddle work by Michael Doucet. He wrote all the songs except Angeline, which he co-wrote with Will Jennings, and his sophistication as a story teller is becoming more fully developed.This is a disc that shows his true maturity as a songwriter. He has a tight band working with him, and he employs his friends that help out to best advantage. There is plenty of straight ahead high voltage Zydeco here, and there is also that quieter more introspective song that serves as a peak inside the man. A well realized and balanced piece of work that truly reflects his Zydeco/Louisiana roots. ~ Bob Gottlieb, All Music Guide