Leland Sundries is the mostly solo project of New York based Nick Loss-Eaton. He is re-branding Nashville’s original blues Americana with a touch of indie rock sarcasm.
Although he isn’t the first person to use a resonator guitar (see “Bon Iver”), it is a refreshing sound in a landscape of bands utilizing the same 3 piece set over and over. Leland Sundries has also been known to use a 2 string Cigar Box Guitar made in Memphis, giving his New York audiences the chance to experience something that few city kids even realize exists. Loss-Eaton also uses a megaphone-harmonica set up which captures the vintage-recording-scratchy echo that defines the original Americana sound for modern audiences.
For me, the cigar box was a sound that I had heard many times, but could never actually identify. Played with some hefty slide and nice backing guitars by Dan Kaplan, the Cigar Box was definitely my favorite surprise at the show. The stand out Leland Sundries song was “Giving Up Redheads” which according to insiders might just be Loss-Eaton’s favorite kind of lady. Touching on the classical theme of love-lost man, Leland Sundries takes the twang-y Americana sound and infuses it with a little bit of classic rock styling and extra energy.
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Fri, February 10
Brooklyn, NY - Red Star Bar (w/ Little Insects)
Fri, February 24
Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall (with Dead Fingers)
Sat, February 25
Crozet, VA - Crozet Mudhouse (w/ Jon Hildenstein)
Sun, February 26
Chapel Hill, NC - The Cave (w/ Gina Holsopple, Jon Hildenstein)
Mon, February 27
Atlanta, GA - Wonderroot (w/ Dirty Hotel Sunshine, Jon Hildenstein)
Tue, February 28
Marshall, NC - Good Stuff Grocery (W/ Jon Hildenstein)
Wed, February 29
Johnson City, TN - Acoustic Coffeehouse (w/ Jon Hildenstein, Bluegrass Ambassadors)
Thu, March 01
Durham, NC - Pinhook (W/ Lake and Hennepin, Jon Hildenstein)