StarPolish Interview: Sonny Landreth - Page 3

LANDRETH: I recognized that as well, and I think that's what makes me appreciate it even more, because once upon a time many years ago I lived in a tourist town in the mountains in Colorado, and you would have the local gang who was there all year round, and we'd tough out the winters together. Especially where I lived — you would only work three months out of the year, in the summer. The winters are so harsh, so there is a real common bond that develops between everybody. And like you said, there are the people that have the wealth — they have their houses and businesses there — who only come up there for a portion of the year, and the rest of us are left to deal with things on our own. And the big part of that was having fun and playing gigs, and everybody coming out and supporting [us] anytime we played. I worked two or three jobs during the day just to get through, because you had to get through that nut just to get through to the summer.

Playing with Dave

STARPOLISH: Since the first interview was lost, I had a bit more time to do some research on you, and one thing I found out was that you met your bassist, Dave Ranson, I when you were both pretty young — I think he was 13 and you were 14. And he said in an interview that you were already playing in a band at that point...

LANDRETH: Actually, it was before that. See, he was in a band — he was playing in a band before I did; I was just learning how to play, I think I was 13, and he was a year younger than me. I saw their band one night at a party we used to do — get-togethers at a parent's house — and I guess that's how we met.

STARPOLISH: Since you started so young, I think it would be interesting to ask if, when looking back to when you were 12 or 13 years old and just starting to play, the life, and being on the road, anything like you imagined it would be back then? Did you think that far forward in terms of it being more than just a fun thing and being a career? And if that's not the case, when did you decide that this is what you wanted to do with your life?

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