Landreth is known as "the King of Slydeco" and plays with a strong zydeco influence. Guitarist Eric Clapton has said that Landreth is one of the most advanced guitarists in the world and one of the most under-appreciated.
Landreth is best known for his slide guitar playing, having developed a technique where he also frets notes and plays chords and chord fragments by fretting behind the slide while he plays. Landreth plays with the slide on his little finger, so that his other fingers have more room to fret behind the slide. He is also known for his right-hand technique, which involves tapping, slapping, and picking strings, using all of the fingers on his right hand. He wears a special thumb pick/flat pick hybrid on his thumb so that he can bear down on a pick while simultaneously using his finger-style technique for slide.
Sacred means revered due to sanctity, is in general the state of being holy (perceived by religious individuals as associated with divinity) or sacred (considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspiring awe or reverence among believers).
From an anthropological or atheistic perspective, the religious view of the sacred is an emic perspective on a culture's collection of thoughts and practices that function as a basis for the community's social structure.
Objects are often considered holy or sacred if used for spiritual purposes, such as the worship or service of gods. The property is often ascribed to people ("a holy man", a "holy prophet" who is venerated by his followers), objects (a "sacred artifact" that is venerated and blessed), times ("holy days"), or places ("holy places", "sacred ground").
Etymology
The word "sacred" descends from the Latinsacrum, which referred to the gods or anything in their power, and to sacerdos and sanctum, set apart. It was generally conceived spatially, as referring to the area around a temple.
A second version was recorded three years later by the country band McBride & the Ride. Released in 1992, that version would become the group's highest-charting hit, reaching a peak of #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts.
Content
"Sacred Ground" is a mid-tempo ballad centralizing on a male narrator, who is talking to another man with whom it is implied that his wife had an emotional (and possibly physical) affair. In the first verse, the singer tells of how he married at an early age, and had to work various jobs to sustain his family. In the second chorus, he expresses his intention to reconcile with his wife and asks the other man to not interfere (possibly out of concern that the wife may continue the affair or at least not discourage his continued attention). He defends his relationship with his wife in the chorus: "We were joined in the eyes of the Lord in the eyes of our hometown / Why don't you leave her alone / You're treadin' on sacred ground".
Sonny Landreth & Eric Clapton - Promise Land [Crossroads 2010] (Official Live Video)
Watch the official live video for "Promise Land" by Sonny Landreth and Eric Clapton, performed at the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010. Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 collection captures nearly four hours of highlights recorded live last year at the acclaimed charity music festival founded by the legendary guitarist. Get your copy here: https://rhino.lnk.to/Crossroads2019
Eric Clapton, one of the world’s pre-eminent blues/rock guitarists, once again summoned an all-star team of six-string heroes for his fifth Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2019. Held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, the two-day concert event raised funds for the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, the chemical dependency treatment and education facility that Clapton founded in 1998.
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Sonny Landreth - The Ultimate Slide Guitar Lesson
Louisiana slide-guru Sonny Landreth came by the Guitar World studio to teach a less on some of his incredible, unconventional slide techniques. Check it out!
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Sonny Landreth - Full set - Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival (2019)
Sonny Landreth's full set at the 2019 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival
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Watch the official live video for "Promise Land" by Sonny Landreth and Eric Clapton, performed at the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010. Eric Clapton's Crossroads...
Watch the official live video for "Promise Land" by Sonny Landreth and Eric Clapton, performed at the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010. Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 collection captures nearly four hours of highlights recorded live last year at the acclaimed charity music festival founded by the legendary guitarist. Get your copy here: https://rhino.lnk.to/Crossroads2019
Eric Clapton, one of the world’s pre-eminent blues/rock guitarists, once again summoned an all-star team of six-string heroes for his fifth Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2019. Held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, the two-day concert event raised funds for the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, the chemical dependency treatment and education facility that Clapton founded in 1998.
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Eric Clapton, one of the world’s pre-eminent blues/rock guitarists, once again summoned an all-star team of six-string heroes for his fifth Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2019. Held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, the two-day concert event raised funds for the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, the chemical dependency treatment and education facility that Clapton founded in 1998.
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Louisiana slide-guru Sonny Landreth came by the Guitar World studio to teach a less on some of his incredible, unconventional slide techniques. Check it out!
Louisiana slide-guru Sonny Landreth came by the Guitar World studio to teach a less on some of his incredible, unconventional slide techniques. Check it out!
Louisiana slide-guru Sonny Landreth came by the Guitar World studio to teach a less on some of his incredible, unconventional slide techniques. Check it out!
Watch the official live video for "Promise Land" by Sonny Landreth and Eric Clapton, performed at the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010. Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 collection captures nearly four hours of highlights recorded live last year at the acclaimed charity music festival founded by the legendary guitarist. Get your copy here: https://rhino.lnk.to/Crossroads2019
Eric Clapton, one of the world’s pre-eminent blues/rock guitarists, once again summoned an all-star team of six-string heroes for his fifth Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2019. Held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, the two-day concert event raised funds for the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, the chemical dependency treatment and education facility that Clapton founded in 1998.
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Louisiana slide-guru Sonny Landreth came by the Guitar World studio to teach a less on some of his incredible, unconventional slide techniques. Check it out!
Landreth is known as "the King of Slydeco" and plays with a strong zydeco influence. Guitarist Eric Clapton has said that Landreth is one of the most advanced guitarists in the world and one of the most under-appreciated.
Landreth is best known for his slide guitar playing, having developed a technique where he also frets notes and plays chords and chord fragments by fretting behind the slide while he plays. Landreth plays with the slide on his little finger, so that his other fingers have more room to fret behind the slide. He is also known for his right-hand technique, which involves tapping, slapping, and picking strings, using all of the fingers on his right hand. He wears a special thumb pick/flat pick hybrid on his thumb so that he can bear down on a pick while simultaneously using his finger-style technique for slide.
Congo Square Sonny Landreth, Mel Melton, Dave Ranson might be superstition but some kind of somethin' goin' on down there it might be superstition but some kind of somethin' goin' on down there it's an old time tradition when they play their drums at night in Congo Square you can hear 'em in the distance and the old folks up the bayou say a prayer you can hear 'em in the distance and the old folks up the bayou say a prayer that's when the voodoo people gather and they play their drums at night in Congo Square ... voodoo people my eyes were not believin' what I seen there but I could not turn away my eyes were not believin' what I seen there but I could not turn away they had that mojo in motion and I seen 'em dance in trance with that snake ... snake dance it might be superstition but when I hear 'em in the night I say a prayer yeah it might be superstition but when I hear 'em in the night I say a prayer because I respects tradition like the kind they carry on in Congo Square