Roy's Hall: Sonny Landreth Trio

Acclaimed guitarist Sonny Landreth and his trio perform at Roy's Hall with opening act The Atlanta Cafe Band. Sonny has worked and performed with Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler and many other artists throughout his career.

After a dozen acclaimed albums, the virtuoso slide guitarist and bandleader found himself at an artistic crossroads. He wanted to finally create the full length acoustic collection his fans had long requested. But he was also itching to capture the sound of his stalwart electric trio augmented by a couple of his favorite collaborators. And the time was certainly right for an elastic, career spanning double live album.

So Landreth and his longtime friends decided to do it all. Recorded Live in Lafayette is a 16 song opus that covers more musical ground than any single album ever could, as the singer and songwriter’s work stretches and twists across 93 minutes of full band acoustic and electric bottleneck lightning.

Landreth has collaborated with the very top names in guitar over the years: Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Eric Johnson, Derek Trucks – the list goes on. The noted slideman cut his musical teeth in The Red Hot Louisiana Band of zydeco king Clifton Chenier, and Landreth has since recorded and toured with artists ranging from John Mayall to John Hiatt. Recorded Live in Lafayette adds another major chapter to his tale, as new vocal and instrumental colors emerge.

Meanwhile, The Atlanta Cafe Band consists of four well-traveled vets of the blues/southern/country rock scene who have been together for the past decade playing hundreds and hundreds of shows while at the same time receiving very respectable airplay and sales of their CD Waiting All Night. Their own compositions of blues/southern rock styled tunes along with a different take on selected covers has garnered them a dedicated following in the New York tri-state area. Over the years the members have been in bands with players from or in concert/festivals with many many national acts including: Blackfoot/Skynryd, Vanilla Fudge, George Porter, Jon Cleary, Tab Benoit, Marcia Ball, Anthony Gomes, The Good Rats, Mickey Gilley, Hank Williams Jr., Buck Owens, Willie Nile, Garland Jefferies, Tedeshi Trucks, Brewer and Shipley, From Good Homes and many, many others. They have appeared at the Black Potatoe Fest, The Highlands Fest at Waterloo, WNTI Stage Music Fest, Big Brew Fest, NJ Food and Music Fest, and Michael Arnone's Crawfish Fest where they conducted a masters session and shared the stage with Grammy award winners George Porter, Marcia Ball and Jon Cleary. They also have worked with Homegrown Radio NJ and WNTI at various events and benefits for the stations. Come on out to hear them as their music will put a smile on your face, a stomp in your feet and a boogie in your pocket!