Prodigal Son: Collection

Sonny Landreth | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 22, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Music Club
• ASIN: B000040JD2
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #338,366 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Good Enough for Me

2. Rise Shining

3. Baby Ain't That Love

4. Lazy Boy

5. The Only One

6. You're Why I'm So Lonely

7. Lookin' for a Good Time

8. I Know You Rider

9. Country Blues

10. Don't Cry for Me

11. She Left Me a Mule

12. Forever Lillie Mae

13. That's the Way It's Gonna Be

14. Sunrise

15. Prodigal Son

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yes this one, at least if you like guitar playing, June 13, 2003

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Good enough for now (middle of the United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prodigal Son: Collection (Audio CD)

This is one of those cases where I can't understand why people are putting down this CD. It's not the type of CD that everyone will love, but it seems to me that Sonny Landreth fans would love to hear his great guitar playing, so I don't see what they are objecting to in this case. This is great playing from the start of the disc to the end. It has country influences at times, but in a Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler, Dickey Betts, J.J. Cale, kind of way. Most serious guitar players see right through style in nothing flat anyway, so it doesn't really matter if it's rock, country, blues, jazz, or bluegrass. Some of these songs would sound right in place on an Allman Brothers album. Many of the actual licks could fit onto the Layla album. I'm not going to claim that this is a five star classic, but Sonny was 22 when he cut most of these songs and he laid them down in a day. Only a handful of people around could have done better at that age, and those people are all great, so give Sonny a break and give him more credit.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not this one, March 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Prodigal Son: Collection (Audio CD)

Sonny Landreth is wonderful. He's done some fine solo stuff and great work with John Hiatt. But this CD contains nferior cuts from earlier in his career. Buy it after you become a big fan of his and have everything else. But get his other stuff first.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing beginnings of a fantastic player!!, September 3, 2001

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mark worster "markw" (seattle, wa USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prodigal Son: Collection (Audio CD)

This is recent roots music...not straight blues or country, but somewhere in between. Something akin to the Allman Brothers or Lynyrd Skynyrd, with a little more blues and slide thrown in. The key is that you can see Sonny's evolution as a player. This album is for Sonny what 'In The Beginning' was for Stevie Ray Vaughan, an excellent record of where he started and what led him to where he is today. The music is all great, there is some beautiful slide, some solid jammin'. Heartily recommended for anyone who likes to see the wider view of an artist, and appreciates a look into his roots.