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Sonny Landreth - A Slide Style All His Own

Sonny Landreth has a slide style all his own. Which is decribed in this great podcast.

Here is an awesome video showing this style

And here is a lesson given by Sonny that shows a few of his secrets.

I used to live in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana where Sonny is from. I bet Sonny was there at the same time. I’m going back to Louisiana next month but it seems Sonny will be in Moscow Russia. So much for my theory on Canjuns never wanting to leave home.

I just found the Museum of Making Music on Myspace has an exhibit on slide guitar and what else would they feature ontheir Myspace page than this wonderful tune by Sonny Landreth.

Thanks Sonny for Ghost notes and taking blues guitar to the next level for us all.

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Snooks Eaglin 1936-2009

The world lost Snooks Eaglin this week. Hearing Snooks brought back memories of a time when I lived in Louisiana and spent many a weekend in Naw’lens. They have their own way of doing things things in Louisiana and they step that up another notch in New Orleans. Check this and I think you’ll see exactly what I mean - and watch those magic fingers!

I’m have a suspicion why not Snooks is not a name known to all blues fans and why Louisiana, being right between Texas and Mississippi, does not get mentioned nearly as often when blues are being mentioned. The reason, I suspect, is that people from Louisiana like to stay in Louisiana. I met a lot of people down there who never left the state and never wanted to. Ahh, Louisiana the dream state. Luckily we have the internet and we can get a little taste of Louisiana thanks to one man too good to be kept a secret. Thanks Snooks.