Between the time bluesman Tab Benoit released his first solo album, Nice and Warm, in 1992, until Medicine dropped in 2011, he kept his foot on the accelerator, putting out new collections of original ...
Some years ago, singer-guitarist Tab Benoit said he had no interest in playing the zydeco music of his native southern Louisiana. He dismissed the style, calling it something like “the chanka-chanka ...
(Benoit released two albums prior to Standing on the Bank — What I Live For in 1994 and Nice and Warm in 1993 — though that was before Billboard launched its Blues Albums chart on Sept. 2, 1995.
Grammy-nominated Bayou Blues guitarist-vocalist Tab Benoit will perform 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29 at the Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. Blues trio GA-20 will open the show. Benoit is ...
Where: The Knitting Factory, 919 W. Sprague Ave. Cost: $39.50 and $48. Info: (509) 244-3279, www.sp.knittingfactory.com Tab Benoit is refreshingly old school. The gritty vocalist, who is a dynamic ...
Tab Benoit performing at Nashville’s The Ryman Auditorium in November 2020. (Photo by Jean Frank) On Saturdy April 2, Tab Benoit will be performing at Landmark on Main Street. The respected blues ...
Blues singer and guitarist Tab Benoit, known for bringing attention to Louisiana's wetland issues, will have a show in Lafayette on Friday as part of his yearlong "Whiskey Bayou" tour. Benoit, a Rock ...
Tab Benoit can always be counted on to release solid Creole blues recordings. That special mix of the Mississippi Delta and Louisiana deep bayou is what makes Benoit stand out from an ever-burgeoning ...
With the holidays over, the blues scene is picking up again. Often we think of the winter weather keeping some of the touring acts away, but that doesn’t stop local talent. The Katharine Hepburn ...
How does a Cajun from Little Caillou, Louisiana get the blues? Tab Benoit lets loose a throaty guffaw when asked this question, fully appreciating the incongruity of who he is and how he got to where ...
Louisiana blues guitarist Tab Benoit is the living embodiment of what you see is what you get, and because of that, what you hear is who he is. Benoit, who headlines the Reading Blues Fest Opening ...
There was a time when blues guitarist Tab Benoit would spend his days as a Cessna pilot making oil deliveries over the marshes of Louisiana. "I had a job as a pilot but people kept asking me to play ...