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Tab Benoit at Indianapolis, IN in The Vogue 2024
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The
October 17th 2024
With a brand new CD out that is the #1 blues album and has received a Grammy nomination already. I expected to hear more new songs than old, but we were pleasantly surprised. Tab and band played 4 off the new album, and he went deep into the back catalogue and played songs that I haven’t heard live in over 20 years. This was my 35 Tab Benoit concert so I’ve seen and heard everything as he has played in Indy since 1997… it was great to hear the songs that he hasn’t played (for good reasons) since those CD’s came out. He interacted a lot with the audience and dealt with the drunks who wouldn’t stop yelling… it was an electrifying night. I was glad to talk with him for about a hour before the show, and after. Tab is a class act and by far a touring beast. The new CD is a true masterpiece, and it’s truly “Tab Benoit” when someone asks, who is he, what’s he about, have them pick up I HEAR THUNDER, as that album IS him! He and Corey LOVED that explanation and said they’re going to use that going forward. If you have the opportunity to see Tab, don’t miss it, you are in the presence of true blues greatness! Definitely going to travel to catch a few more shows on this tour as if he’s within 8 hours we going!
Indianapolis, IN@
The Vogue
Sean
October 12th 2024
First time to see Tab Benoit. GREAT show. He played about five different styles of music, but you can put them all under Swamp Blues/Rock. I've been watching bands since '60's and he moves into Top 10 of the best guitarists I've seen. Kind of a shredder like Bonamassa but with a different style; kind of a BB King with his control of the strings; and kind of a Stevie Ray in terms of speed and I don't know how to describe it. He's a fun, low-key entertainer but when he talks it's pretty hilarious. Asking how many had never seen him, he looked and said, "Well, that's why I'm here." Kind of a Steven Wright humor! Great opening act by Amy (?) with fiddle. Even if you don't like Cajun music, you'll like her, trust me. Overall, most music appreciation fans will love Tab's concert!!
Nashville, TN@
City Winery Nashville
Terry
September 16th 2024
Some confusion on door times and disappointment re: Anders Osborne canceling. Opening act was surprisingly good although the sound mix was not as good as it should have been. Tab and band were excellent and I love hearing Tabs stories. Sound much improved for this band. Staff are always very nice. Bar choices as expected.
Colorado Springs, CO@
Stargazers Theatre & Event Center
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About Tab Benoit

Tab Benoit (born November 17, 1967 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States) is a blues guitarist, musician and singer. He plays a style that is a combination of Swamp blues, Soul blues and Chicago blues. He plays Fender guitars and writes his own music compositions. Benoit graduated from Vandebilt Catholic High School in Houma, Louisiana in May, 1985. In 2003, he formed an organization promoting awareness of coastal wetlands preservation known as "Voice of the Wetlands."

A guitar player since his teenage years, he hung out at the Blues Box, a music club and cultural center in Baton Rouge run by guitarist Tabby Thomas. Playing guitar alongside Thomas, Raful Neal, Henry Gray and other high-profile regulars at the club, Benoit learned the blues first-hand from a faculty of living blues legends. He formed a trio in 1987 and began playing clubs in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. He began touring other parts of the south two years later and started touring more of the United States in 1991- and he continues to this day.



Benoit landed a recording contract with the Texas-based Justice Records and released a series of well-received recordings, beginning in 1992 with Nice and Warm, an album that prompted comparisons to blues guitar heavyweights like Albert King, Albert Collins and even Jimi Hendrix. Despite the hype, Benoit has done his best over the years to maintain a commitment to his Cajun roots— a goal that often eluded him when past producers and promoters tried to turn him and his recordings in a rock direction, often against his better instincts. These Blues Are All Mine, released on Vanguard in 1999 after Justice folded, marked a return to the rootsy sound that he’d been steered away from for several years.

That same year, he appeared on Homesick for the Road, a collaborative album on the Telarc label with fellow guitarists Kenny Neal and Debbie Davies. Homesick not only served as a showcase for three relatively young but clearly rising stars, but also launched Benoit’s relationship with Telarc that came to fruition in 2002 with the release of Wetlands —arguably the most authentically Cajun installment in his entire ten-year discography.

On Wetlands, Benoit mixes original material like the autobiographical “When a Cajun Man Gets the Blues” and the driving “Fast and Free” with little-known classics like Li’l Bob & the Lollipops’ “I Got Loaded,” Professor Longhair’s “Her Mind Is Gone” and Otis Redding’s timeless “These Arms of Mine” (Tab’s vocal style has long been influenced by Redding).

Later in 2002, Benoit released Whiskey Store, a collaborative recording with fellow guitarist and Telarc labelmate Jimmy Thackery as well as harpist Charlie Musselwhite and Double Trouble—the two-man rhythm section of bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton that backed Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Benoit, in 2003, released Sea Saint Sessions, recorded at Big Easy Recording Studio (better known among musicians in the region as Sea Saint Studio) in New Orleans. In addition to Benoit and his regular crew—bassist Carl Dufrene and drummer Darryl White—Sea Saint Sessions includes numerous guest appearances by Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Cyril Neville, Brian Stoltz and George Porter.

That same year, Benoit and Thackery took their dueling guitar show on the road and recorded a March 2003 performance at the Unity Centre for Performing Arts in Unity, Maine. The result was Whiskey Store Live, a high-energy guitar fest released in February 2004.

Benoit's 2005 release is Fever for the Bayou,which also includes guest appearances by Cyril Neville (vocals and percussion) and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux (vocals).

An interview with Tab Benoit:
http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/interviews/tab_benoit.html
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Genres:
Blues

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Fan Reviews

The
October 17th 2024
With a brand new CD out that is the #1 blues album and has received a Grammy nomination already. I expected to hear more new songs than old, but we were pleasantly surprised. Tab and band played 4 off the new album, and he went deep into the back catalogue and played songs that I haven’t heard live in over 20 years. This was my 35 Tab Benoit concert so I’ve seen and heard everything as he has played in Indy since 1997… it was great to hear the songs that he hasn’t played (for good reasons) since those CD’s came out. He interacted a lot with the audience and dealt with the drunks who wouldn’t stop yelling… it was an electrifying night. I was glad to talk with him for about a hour before the show, and after. Tab is a class act and by far a touring beast. The new CD is a true masterpiece, and it’s truly “Tab Benoit” when someone asks, who is he, what’s he about, have them pick up I HEAR THUNDER, as that album IS him! He and Corey LOVED that explanation and said they’re going to use that going forward. If you have the opportunity to see Tab, don’t miss it, you are in the presence of true blues greatness! Definitely going to travel to catch a few more shows on this tour as if he’s within 8 hours we going!
Indianapolis, IN@
The Vogue
Sean
October 12th 2024
First time to see Tab Benoit. GREAT show. He played about five different styles of music, but you can put them all under Swamp Blues/Rock. I've been watching bands since '60's and he moves into Top 10 of the best guitarists I've seen. Kind of a shredder like Bonamassa but with a different style; kind of a BB King with his control of the strings; and kind of a Stevie Ray in terms of speed and I don't know how to describe it. He's a fun, low-key entertainer but when he talks it's pretty hilarious. Asking how many had never seen him, he looked and said, "Well, that's why I'm here." Kind of a Steven Wright humor! Great opening act by Amy (?) with fiddle. Even if you don't like Cajun music, you'll like her, trust me. Overall, most music appreciation fans will love Tab's concert!!
Nashville, TN@
City Winery Nashville
Terry
September 16th 2024
Some confusion on door times and disappointment re: Anders Osborne canceling. Opening act was surprisingly good although the sound mix was not as good as it should have been. Tab and band were excellent and I love hearing Tabs stories. Sound much improved for this band. Staff are always very nice. Bar choices as expected.
Colorado Springs, CO@
Stargazers Theatre & Event Center
View More Fan Reviews

About Tab Benoit

Tab Benoit (born November 17, 1967 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States) is a blues guitarist, musician and singer. He plays a style that is a combination of Swamp blues, Soul blues and Chicago blues. He plays Fender guitars and writes his own music compositions. Benoit graduated from Vandebilt Catholic High School in Houma, Louisiana in May, 1985. In 2003, he formed an organization promoting awareness of coastal wetlands preservation known as "Voice of the Wetlands."

A guitar player since his teenage years, he hung out at the Blues Box, a music club and cultural center in Baton Rouge run by guitarist Tabby Thomas. Playing guitar alongside Thomas, Raful Neal, Henry Gray and other high-profile regulars at the club, Benoit learned the blues first-hand from a faculty of living blues legends. He formed a trio in 1987 and began playing clubs in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. He began touring other parts of the south two years later and started touring more of the United States in 1991- and he continues to this day.



Benoit landed a recording contract with the Texas-based Justice Records and released a series of well-received recordings, beginning in 1992 with Nice and Warm, an album that prompted comparisons to blues guitar heavyweights like Albert King, Albert Collins and even Jimi Hendrix. Despite the hype, Benoit has done his best over the years to maintain a commitment to his Cajun roots— a goal that often eluded him when past producers and promoters tried to turn him and his recordings in a rock direction, often against his better instincts. These Blues Are All Mine, released on Vanguard in 1999 after Justice folded, marked a return to the rootsy sound that he’d been steered away from for several years.

That same year, he appeared on Homesick for the Road, a collaborative album on the Telarc label with fellow guitarists Kenny Neal and Debbie Davies. Homesick not only served as a showcase for three relatively young but clearly rising stars, but also launched Benoit’s relationship with Telarc that came to fruition in 2002 with the release of Wetlands —arguably the most authentically Cajun installment in his entire ten-year discography.

On Wetlands, Benoit mixes original material like the autobiographical “When a Cajun Man Gets the Blues” and the driving “Fast and Free” with little-known classics like Li’l Bob & the Lollipops’ “I Got Loaded,” Professor Longhair’s “Her Mind Is Gone” and Otis Redding’s timeless “These Arms of Mine” (Tab’s vocal style has long been influenced by Redding).

Later in 2002, Benoit released Whiskey Store, a collaborative recording with fellow guitarist and Telarc labelmate Jimmy Thackery as well as harpist Charlie Musselwhite and Double Trouble—the two-man rhythm section of bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton that backed Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Benoit, in 2003, released Sea Saint Sessions, recorded at Big Easy Recording Studio (better known among musicians in the region as Sea Saint Studio) in New Orleans. In addition to Benoit and his regular crew—bassist Carl Dufrene and drummer Darryl White—Sea Saint Sessions includes numerous guest appearances by Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Cyril Neville, Brian Stoltz and George Porter.

That same year, Benoit and Thackery took their dueling guitar show on the road and recorded a March 2003 performance at the Unity Centre for Performing Arts in Unity, Maine. The result was Whiskey Store Live, a high-energy guitar fest released in February 2004.

Benoit's 2005 release is Fever for the Bayou,which also includes guest appearances by Cyril Neville (vocals and percussion) and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux (vocals).

An interview with Tab Benoit:
http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/interviews/tab_benoit.html
Show More
Genres:
Blues

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