Mississippi Blues

Sonny Landreth (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 19, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fuel 2000
• ASIN: B002ZTQVDY
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,306 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #73 in Music > Blues > Delta Blues

Track Listings

1. I Know You Rider

2. Prodigal Son

3. Country Blues

4. Don't Cry For Me

5. M'sippi Blues

6. Lady Come Lately

7. She Left Me A Mule

8. Forever Lillie Mae

9. That's The Way It's Gonna Be

10. Good Enough For Me

11. Sunrise

12. Rise Shining

13. Baby Ain't that Love

14. Ain't Gonna Worry

15. Lazy Boy

16. The Only One

17. Think It Over (Lazy Boy)

18. You're Why I'm So Lonely

19. Lookin' for a Good Time

20. Lazy Boy (Reprise)

Editorial Reviews

Long before winning fame as one of the most distinctive slide guitarists in Louisiana or anyplace else, a 22-year-old Sonny played guitar, mandolin and piano on these mid-'70s cuts. This goes down as his long-lost early album: Prodigal Son; Sunrise; Lazy Boy; Only One; Country Blues 20 tracks!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very dissapointing, February 4, 2010

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Jazzbo Clinker (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mississippi Blues (Audio CD)

I purchased this CD expecting a new CD from Sonny Landreth, but this is a collection of really old tracks, and some of it is pretty boring. A lot of acoustic meandering and very early recordings, no liner notes to explain where it came from or dates. Save your money - this is just a mistake.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars watch out for this cd, April 23, 2010

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Keith B. Rogers - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mississippi Blues (Audio CD)

This cd exists as prodigal son. it seems that fuel records likes to rerelease old cds under new titles and with new art and sells them as new cds. I have had this happen a couple of times from fuel records and find them decieving for not advertising them as such.watch out for any releases from this lable.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Be Fair, Lads, August 20, 2010

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Mr. Mambo (Burnsville, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mississippi Blues (Audio CD)

A previous reviewer expressed disappointment in both Fuel Records for releasing this compilation of early Landreth stuff as "new", AND in the material itself. If Fuel were trying to foist this off on the unsuspecting public as new material, then they should rightly be ashamed. Regardless of their intent, all we can do is evaluate the material.

If you consider Sonny to be one of the true slide guitar masters--which I do, certainly--then you would be wise to check this out. Yes, these recordings are fifteen or twenty years old, and more, which means they were done before Sonny "became Sonny": that gigantic, innovative, stunning and inimitable electric slide technique he demonstrates on recordings such as Grant Street is nowhere to be found here. Yet, we do get to hear some very, very nice tunes, largely acoustic, which are the bedrock of his playing. Tossed in are some good early examples of his electric style at the time. For those who love the sound of the National Steel Standard guitar, there are at least four numbers here which display Sonny coaxing beautifully bluesy notes out of that unique instrument. There is a nice mix of vocals and instrumental numbers, and the cuts which do feature a band sound pretty good to me. The aural quality throughout is very good, as well.

For Sonny Landreth completists, this one would be a "must". For other SL fans, or for those who like country-flavored acoustic blues, don't automatically dismiss this as an "inferior" record. I wanted to give it 3.5 stars, but didn't know how to do the half star.