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song: Soldier of Fortune
artist: Sonny Landreth
album: Outward Bound
released: 1992length: 4:35
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Burning with a passion turning into greed
The wandering fever caught ahold of me
Breaking out across the ocean to far away lands
Where people speak in tongues I don't understand
Coming and going
Going till I was gone
I never meant to hurt you, baby
I never meant you wrong
Rambled like a story
In a tug boat captain's song
The delta took me winding off
From where I once belonged
Choking buses
Risky planes
Last look exit off the Pontchartrain
If searching for treasure
I'd know what to do
Be a soldier of fortune and fight for you
Some folks are easy
To settle down real nice
Some will cut corners
For a notch in this life
Others they are driven
By a restless need
I guess that's the thing that sits next to me
On...
Choking buses, risky planes
Last look exit off the Pontchartrain
If searching for treasure I'd know what to be
A soldier of fortune and fight for thee
Choking buses
Risky planes
Last look exit off the Pontchartrain
If searching for treasure
I'd know what to do
Be a soldier of fortune and fight for you
Burning with a passion turning into greed
The wandering fever sure caught ahold of me
Rambled like a story
From a tug boat captain's song
The delta took me winding off
From where I once belonged
Sonny Landreth

Clide Vernon "Sonny" Landreth (born February 1, 1951) is an American blues musician from southwest Louisiana who is especially known as a slide guitar player. He was born in Canton, Mississippi, and settled in Lafayette, Louisiana. He lives in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana.

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Comments ( 112 )
Posted 8 years ago by idiot_wind:
If you ever get a chance, see this guy play live. He's freakin great. 
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Posted 13 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly:
rabbi_phil wrote:


There's an 8 minute video on the net of Sonny and John Hiatt just killin'  "Riding with the King". It's Hiatt at his very best and Landreth just slidin' along.It's really most extremely very excellent.
 
To save you searching. . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_CUzuitxSI 

I can confirm it is well worth watching. I had not realised how much I dance like John Hiatt. Splendid.

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Posted 4 years ago by cc_rider:
Man, this guy just smokes it. The live version of 'Congo Square' will work you into a lather...
c.
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Posted 6 years ago by slowchair:
Love the new Lossless player. Awesome. A definite 10.
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Posted 9 years ago by jbuhl:
One of the only rock and roll dudes who picks with all five fingers.
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Posted 7 years ago by :

He makes me feel so good ! Pick those strings ,make them squawk.
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Posted 17 years ago by sdn:
Lyle Lovett called -- he wants his voice back. ;-)
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Posted 1 year ago by joejennings:
 cc_rider wrote:

Man, this guy just smokes it. The live version of 'Congo Square' will work you into a lather...
c.


I  Agree!   Big time!
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Posted 2 years ago by Greyerwrit:
 sfoster66 wrote:

Bill G, as a generality, loves artists that sound like this.  Blues, slide guitar...you know the sound.  We get lots of it here on RP.   And I see that many of my fellow listeners enjoy it as well.  But for me, I find it all very direvative and so very similar.  Just like some folks find reggae like that.  

Anyways, as a genre, I simply can't dig the blues.  I've tried over the years to appreciate it, but my ears/brain just refuses to hear anything other than the same song played 10 different ways.  Whether its pasty white English kids or straight outta the bayou...its all the same.  I'd rather some more jazz (which can really challenge me) or some jangle pop or some straight up driving have-to-turn-that-shit-up rock.  I've even gone to a couple of blues concerts and left thinking that it was some of my least favorite music experiences of my life.  And I've seen just about every type of music perfomed in settings grand and intimate.  But it's always been the blues that has eluded me.

So, all this to say...what is it that you guys like about this?  I don't get it.  Am I missing something or is it cultural?  What do you hear here other than a guy showing that he owns a guitar?  And rather than smashing the down thumb to disagree with my luddite comment, give me something to consider...thanks...

I came at the blues backwards, first Cream and Led Zeppelin, then Bonnie Raitt, back when she played a lot of straight up blues.  The first time I saw her,  Junior Wells and Buddy Guy opened for her and the second time it was Muddy Waters.  Anyhow, you're somewhat right about it's limits.  There are only a few basic rhythms in traditional blues.  The thing about the blues is the feeling of it.  For me, the feeling is that we're all in this together, whether we like it or not.  Perhaps a suggestion.  I probably have less in common with Howlin' Wolf than any other American male, but his music is some of the most accessible blues for me.  Not very happy with my answer, but your question deserved something.

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Posted 4 years ago by mjbaumann:
Definitely South of I-10. Go Sonny Go!
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Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea:
Speaking in tongues, sounds like a friend at the door.
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Posted 9 years ago by jim1964:
Had the opportunity to see him here in Vancouver last week, best show I've seen in a long time. The man sure can play that slide guitar!
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Posted 17 years ago by Pyro:
Brestois wrote:
I discovered this amazing guy years ago while still living in the homecountry of the smelly cheese. South Of I-10 was just out and you could listen to it at the shop (man, my local shop was something. Beats all those HMV and co. that line the streets of Dublin). Been hooked since then. But to echo some of the previous comments, I never ever found someone who knows Sonny's music. They will all be:"Hey, that's good, what is it?" Sonny Landreth "Who?" Sonny Landreth "Don't know him" The French can't even pronounce it, that bleeding "th" sound you see. One day I'd like to book a trip to get to see him play Grant Street.
If you book that trip, let me know. I'm in Louisiana, and I've never seen him live. Lafayette (Grant Street location) is a 4 hour drive, but I'd do it if you come across the pond!! Landreth is best known among recording artists for his studio work, but I really enjoy his solo stuff, as well. Congo Square is played a little too much here, and I think there are better examples of Sonny's incredible talent available. This is not one of his best.
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Posted 17 years ago by Brestois:
I discovered this amazing guy years ago while still living in the homecountry of the smelly cheese. South Of I-10 was just out and you could listen to it at the shop (man, my local shop was something. Beats all those HMV and co. that line the streets of Dublin). Been hooked since then. But to echo some of the previous comments, I never ever found someone who knows Sonny's music. They will all be:"Hey, that's good, what is it?" Sonny Landreth "Who?" Sonny Landreth "Don't know him" The French can't even pronounce it, that bleeding "th" sound you see. One day I'd like to book a trip to get to see him play Grant Street.
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Posted 19 years ago by Shesdifferent:
If your gonna play this style then get out some David Bromberg!
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Posted 20 years ago by WonderLizard:
IndyDoug wrote:
SL is one of the best slide guitarists around. I highly recommend his album "South of I-10".
Also, "Levee Town" and the new live disc "Grant Street"--'e got blistahs on 'is fingahs...
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Posted 21 years ago by bigpomp:
All's I know is, South of I-10 is one of the most innovative slide guitar showcases I've ever heard and a great album to boot. I should give this album a listen. Hiatt is lucky to have him.
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Posted 3 years ago by sfoster66:
Bill G, as a generality, loves artists that sound like this.  Blues, slide guitar...you know the sound.  We get lots of it here on RP.   And I see that many of my fellow listeners enjoy it as well.  But for me, I find it all very direvative and so very similar.  Just like some folks find reggae like that.  

Anyways, as a genre, I simply can't dig the blues.  I've tried over the years to appreciate it, but my ears/brain just refuses to hear anything other than the same song played 10 different ways.  Whether its pasty white English kids or straight outta the bayou...its all the same.  I'd rather some more jazz (which can really challenge me) or some jangle pop or some straight up driving have-to-turn-that-shit-up rock.  I've even gone to a couple of blues concerts and left thinking that it was some of my least favorite music experiences of my life.  And I've seen just about every type of music perfomed in settings grand and intimate.  But it's always been the blues that has eluded me.

So, all this to say...what is it that you guys like about this?  I don't get it.  Am I missing something or is it cultural?  What do you hear here other than a guy showing that he owns a guitar?  And rather than smashing the down thumb to disagree with my luddite comment, give me something to consider...thanks...
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Posted 7 years ago by rocklandlove:
Damn! For a second I thought we were about to hear "Black Dog"!!
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Posted 7 years ago by TerryS:
He doesn't look like that any more, but he surely does still sound like that.
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