WOW! this song rocked my world on the Krush yesterday, driving south down 101 through Sonoma County. This was the flood that set the GREAT Ranger Betty Soskin's family in motion to the SF Bay Area, I believe. Bravo to whoever curated the photo montage, this is a stand-alone "cultural program"!
Brought tears too my eyes, our precious, fragile irreplaceable richness. 1st time I hear this one from sonny, and won't be the last. Good job💯💔 how could this song go unheard! Just outright fabulous💥 Beautiful voice and slide💯
Like the guy who runs this channel I have been listening to Sonny for 30+ years but I never heard him do this particular song before. By the way, Martin Simpson, British-born fingerpicker extraordinaire who lived in Nawlins' for a few years, does a great version of this song as well. As it happens, he moved out of New Orleans with his large collection of instruments just a few months before Katrina hit.
The river first broke through the levee at Mounds Landing, Mississippi. The sixty acre lake that is there to this day is the scour hole from that levee break. John Barry's book about the 1927 flood, "Rising Tide", is a masterful work that's hard to put down, a great read.
@whosthere51 I actually tripped across it while listening to Pandora a while back. I could never find it anywhere so I actually had to buy a whole CD for a single song! So I thought I'd post it up to save others from that fate. Hope yall enjoy!
Thanks for your generosity. A local radio station used to play this on weekends but the station is long gone. I was wanting to hear this after Ida hit lousiana.
More hopeful than Randy Newman's elegiac and heart-wrenching original. It is after all, the rhythm of nature what brot tha waters, a natchul thang. So why despair? - get onward with it, go forward Louisiana, sing a tuneful melody. Nature is what shapes the Cajuns, it makes them as resilient as a vine. So Sonny Landreth, a Cajun if ever there was one, sings it hopeful. Cause we all of us get our asses kicked one by one in life, and we gotta pick ourselves up, dust n'all. "As God is my witness, as God is my witness they're not going to lick me. I'm going to live through this and when it's all over,..." I'm goan play my slide guitar.
It's on a Randy Newman tribute album, called Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman. It's on amazon, if you're still interested 13 years later 😅. Few other good songs on there too.
WOW! this song rocked my world on the Krush yesterday, driving south down 101 through Sonoma County. This was the flood that set the GREAT Ranger Betty Soskin's family in motion to the SF Bay Area, I believe. Bravo to whoever curated the photo montage, this is a stand-alone "cultural program"!
Best version of Louisiana I have heard, Sonny hits this baby way out of the park, slide guitar solo gives me goose bumps, its unreal
I also love John Boutte's version, but this is special.
Brought tears too my eyes, our precious, fragile irreplaceable richness. 1st time I hear this one from sonny, and won't be the last. Good job💯💔 how could this song go unheard! Just outright fabulous💥 Beautiful voice and slide💯
Followed Sonny 25 years now and missed this. Thanks!
thank you, Sonny, for interpreting this as an elegant Southland song..only you, bro.
GOD schütze alle , Seine zahlreichen Engel mögen dem Sturm Einhalt gebieten .
Danke !!!
Love this number and this guy is one of the best slide players you'll ever hear.
Damn! That is great.
Outstanding
This is a rare Sonny cut - after experiencing Katrina, this song has a very special meaning to all south Louisiana residents. Thanks for posting.
So right. Pair with Mudcrutch's "Orphan of the Storm."
Love this! Love Sonny!
Like the guy who runs this channel I have been listening to Sonny for 30+ years but I never heard him do this particular song before. By the way, Martin Simpson, British-born fingerpicker extraordinaire who lived in Nawlins' for a few years, does a great version of this song as well. As it happens, he moved out of New Orleans with his large collection of instruments just a few months before Katrina hit.
Thnks for This one!
The river first broke through the levee at Mounds Landing, Mississippi. The sixty acre lake that is there to this day is the scour hole from that levee break. John Barry's book about the 1927 flood, "Rising Tide", is a masterful work that's hard to put down, a great read.
@whosthere51 I actually tripped across it while listening to Pandora a while back. I could never find it anywhere so I actually had to buy a whole CD for a single song! So I thought I'd post it up to save others from that fate. Hope yall enjoy!
Thanks for your generosity. A local radio station used to play this on weekends but the station is long gone. I was wanting to hear this after Ida hit lousiana.
Good work. Thank you.
After listening the 100th or more over a few years, thank you.
Well done
More hopeful than Randy Newman's elegiac and heart-wrenching original. It is after all, the rhythm of nature what brot tha waters, a natchul thang. So why despair? - get onward with it, go forward Louisiana, sing a tuneful melody. Nature is what shapes the Cajuns, it makes them as resilient as a vine. So Sonny Landreth, a Cajun if ever there was one, sings it hopeful. Cause we all of us get our asses kicked one by one in life, and we gotta pick ourselves up, dust n'all. "As God is my witness, as God is my witness they're not going to lick me. I'm going to live through this and when it's all over,..." I'm goan play my slide guitar.
The river broke through clear down to Planquemine.., , , ,
Is this one available somewhere? Where did you find it?
whosthere51 it’s on a Randy Newman tribute album. Great album! This is my favorite cut.
Which cd is this song on?
It's on a Randy Newman tribute album, called Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman. It's on amazon, if you're still interested 13 years later 😅. Few other good songs on there too.