The Road We're On

• Artist: Sonny Landreth
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• Release Date: 2003 01
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Blues

Review

Following a few years after Levee Town, an album tightly focused on a specific place and time, Landreth dedicates The Road We're On to the more intangible magic of the blues. The music this time scans a vast panorama, from the Texas shuffle of "All About You" and zydeco pulse of "Gone Pecan" through the tub-thump beat of some Bayou dive on "Juke Box Mamma." Aside from a couple of cuts on which he plays standard guitar, Landreth fills this album with wizardly slide work: A shimmering lick at the end of "A World Away" provides the most gorgeous sonic moment, though his extended jam on the environmental call to arms "Natural World" sustains a high level of intensity through several choruses. On most of these tracks Landreth performs in a raw trio setting, almost all the time recording live; on "Hell at Home" he even keeps the scratch vocal, rather than overdub a fresh version, because the four-beat groove, reminiscent of "Walking Blues" on Paul Butterfield's East-West, is so in-the-pocket. With more focus on the playing and less on studio polish than he's shown in years, Landreth affirms his mastery in all the feels of The Road We're On and, more importantly, reminds listeners that bottomless power still lives in the body of the blues. ~ Robert L. Doerschuk, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
True Blue	Sonny Landreth	Sonny Landreth	(4:26)
Hell at Home	Sonny Landreth	Sonny Landreth	(3:41)
All About You	Sonny Landreth	Sonny Landreth	(3:45)
A World Away	Sonny Landreth	Sonny Landreth	(4:44)
Gone Pecan	Sonny Landreth	Sonny Landreth	(3:18)
Natural World	Sonny Landreth	Sonny Landreth	(4:59)
The Promise Land	Sonny Landreth	Sonny Landreth	(3:22)
Fallin' for You	Sonny Landreth	Sonny Landreth	(4:31)
Ol' Lady Luck	Sonny Landreth	Sonny Landreth	(4:33)
Gemini Blues	Sonny Landreth	Sonny Landreth	(3:31)
The Road We're On	Sonny Landreth	Sonny Landreth	(3:03)
Juke Box Mama	Sonny Landreth	Sonny Landreth	(4:05)

Credits

Doug Brown (Executive Producer), Sonny Landreth (Guitar), Sonny Landreth (Vocals), Sonny Landreth (Producer), Jeffrey Bowen (Technical Assistance), Jeffrey Bowen (Equipment Assistant), Mike Burch (Drums), Steve Conn (Keyboards), Tony Daigle (Percussion), Tony Daigle (Producer), Tony Daigle (Engineer), Tony Daigle (Mixing), Jim DeMain (Mastering), R.S. Field (Percussion), R.S. Field (Producer), R.S. Field (Mixing), David Rachou (Technical Assistance), David Rachou (Equipment Assistant), David Ranson (Bass), Mike Kennedy (Technical Assistance), Mike Kennedy (Equipment Assistant), Brian Brignac (Drums), Larry DiMarzio (Technical Assistance), Larry DiMarzio (Equipment Assistant), Steve Blucher (Technical Assistance), Steve Blucher (Equipment Assistant), Jim Dunlop (Technical Assistance), Jim Dunlop (Equipment Assistant), Joseph "Zydeco Joe" Mouton (Rubboard), Megan Barra (Design), Mike Feigler (Technical Assistance), Mike Feigler (Equipment Assistant), Danny Kimball (Rubboard), Jason Soileau (Technical Assistance), Jason Soileau (Equipment Assistant), Jack Spencer (Photography), Steve Lobmeier (Equipment Assistant), Marc Broussard (Vocals (Background)), Troy Primeaux (Technical Assistance), Troy Primeaux (Equipment Assistant), Billy Gosser (Technical Assistance), Billy Gosser (Equipment Assistant), Mark Sampson (Technical Assistance), Mark Sampson (Equipment Assistant), Bob Cooney (Executive Producer)