Landreth, Sonny Bound By The Blues

2015, The recordings mark a return to the slide guitarist's musical roots, presenting a bold, big-sounding collection of tracks that swagger like the best of classic rock, climb to stratospheric heights of jazz informed improvisation, and inevitably remain deeply attached to the elemental emotional and compositional structures that are at the historic core of the blues. With Landreth's mountainous guitar tones and nuanced singing leading the way on its ten songs, BOUND BY THE BLUES is a powerful tribute to the durability and flexibility of the genre, and to his own creative vision. It's also a radical departure from his previous two albums, 2012's classical/jazz fusion outing ELEMENTAL JOURNEY and 2008's guest-star-studded FROM THE REACH. The lean Mississippi native, who grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana, has enjoyed a prolific career for decades, dating back to his solo debut album BLUES ATTACK in 1981.