Music Review

Down in Louisiana

Sonny Landreth
Reviewed by Alanna Nash | May 28, 1993
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Lead Performance: Sonny Landreth; Genres: Blues, World

As the former guitarist for John Hiatt, Sonny Landreth administered the salve and sting to Hiatt's songs of bittersweetness. Now on his own, he celebrates his Louisiana roots with deep-dish renditions of blues, funk, and Cajun/zydeco, putting the gumbo to Sonny Boy Williamson, the harmonica to Clifton Chenier, and the voodoo to everything else on Down in Louisiana.

Originally posted May 28, 1993 Published in issue #172 May 28, 1993 Order article reprints

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