Sonny Landreth

The State Room Presents SONNY LANDRETH SUN, 6 SEP 2026 at 08:00PM MDT Ages: 21 & Over Doors Open: 07:00PM OnSale: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 at 10:00AM MDT Announcement: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 at 10:00AM MDT BIOGRAPHY Fourteen albums, two Grammy nominations, nearly a dozen major awards and more than four decades into a career like no other, Sonny Landreth is an artist who ’ s found a different way to play guitar and then some. Music journalists have called the singer/songwriter/bandleader/slide guitar virtuoso everything from “ an innovator on the order of Eddie Van Halen ” ( All About Jazz ) to “ one of the fin est guitarists America has ever produced ” ( Rock & Blues Muse ), while artists that include John Hiatt, Jimmy Buffett, Mark Knopfler, Bonnie Raitt and Eric Clapton – who ’ s famously said, “ Sonny Landreth is probably the most underestimated musician on the pla net, and also one of the most advanced ” – consider him an invaluable colleague, collaborator and bonafide guitar hero. For the Lafayette, Louisiana native, it ’ s a journey of remarkable musicianship that began with his first guitar at age 12. By his 20’ s he was sitting in with local Creole and Cajun musicians and would soon become the first white member of Clifton Chenier ’ s legendary Red Hot Louisiana Band. “ Being raised in a community where music is such a huge part of the culture, ” Landreth explains, “ lo ving Robert Johnson and Duane Allman as much as Mozart, I just absorbed every one of those influences and somehow crystallized it into my own style. ” Through it all, Landreth has discovered his music being embraced by fans of blues, rock, jazz, zydeco, c ountry, Americana, world music and more. “ Not being pinned down to any one genre can be a blessing and a curse, ” he laughs. “ But I was always comfortable playing different styles because slide guitar can speak to any audience. ” And as anyone who ’ s witnesse d him as the opening performer for an unprecedented seven of Eric Clapton ’ s Crossroads Guitar Festivals can attest, Landreth ’ s slide wizardry is a consistent highlight of the world ’ s most famous six - string summit. For Landreth, the future is an open road with the top down and the radio turned up. He ’ s currently recording a new album – his first since 2020’ s worldwide Top 5 Blacktop Run – and maintaining a busy touring schedule. But for a one - of - a - kind artist who continues to defy categorization, what keep s him going/growing as an ever innovative yet always down - to - earth performer? “ I still believe that music can possess the same magic that we all felt when we were kids, ” Landreth says. “ You want it to feel personal and be inspiring. Whenever my music commu nicates or resonates with people, it ’ s a great affirmation. ”