News: Sonny Landreth

Le guitariste américain Sonny Landreth annonce la parution de son prochain album pour début 2008. Il a choisi une formule de "duets", avec des invités prestigieux. Ci-dessous l'extrait du mail qu'il m'a envoyé personnellement (ainsi qu'à tous les membres de sa mailing-list...) New album of Landreth collaborations nearly complete Sonny’s new album is due April 20, and it’ll feature guest appearances by Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Vince Gill, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford, Dr. John and Jimmy Buffett. “The guest thing/duet approach has already been done to no end,” Sonny says. “My hope was to make this different by writing songs specifically for each artist. Because I’m so familiar with their styles, and they’ve all had such an impact on me, I used that connection to make these collaborations have chemistry. I didn’t want this to sound like an album of ‘sit ins,’ I want it to sound more like these friends are in the band.” The ideas behind this project have been ge...