Tab Benoit has gone the live route before on his recordings, and he's smart to keep reminding listeners every so often that that's where he's at his best. Which is not to take away from Benoit's studio recordings, all of which -- including last year's excellent Power of the Pontchartrain -- are admirable showcases for his consistently solid blues guitar chops and gritty vocalizing. As on the last effort, Benoit is backed here by the New Orleans fixture Louisiana's Leroux, who provide the kind of muscular foundation that makes Benoit's funk that much funkier. They're all most at home when churning out a basic boogie like "Muddy Bottom Blues," one of a trio of songs on which Benoit and band are joined by Wet Willie's Jimmy Hall, and "Too Sweet for Me," which spotlights Kim Wilson of the Fabulous Thunderbirds on harp. But on the occasions when they lay low, like "Fever for the Bayou," with guest Jumpin' Johnny Sansome sailing on the accordion, Benoit finds a deeper connection with the soul of New Orleans, a soul that, in this post-Katrina age, we all need to connect with more than ever.
The 2008 Blues Music Awards were announced in the Mississippi Delta on Thursday, May 8. For the second year in a row the winner for best Contemporary Blues Male Artist is Tab Benoit. Now - I just went out and heard him live and in person myself last Friday, at FTC in Fairfield, CT and this man is not only an awesome live performer who can wail on his vintage fenders, but he is a great ambassad...
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The 2008 Blues Music Awards were announced in the Mississippi Delta on Thursday, May 8. For the second year in a row the winner for best Contemporary Blues Male Artist is Tab Benoit. Now - I just went out and heard him live and in person myself last Friday, at FTC in Fairfield, CT and this man is not only an awesome live performer who can wail on his vintage fenders, but he is a great ambassad...
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| 1 Night Train |
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| 2 Solid Simple Things |
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| 3 Darkness |
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| 4 Too Sweet for Me |
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| 5 Moon Comin' Over the Hill |
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| 6 Lost in Your Lovin' |
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| 7 Rendezvous with the Blues |
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| 8 Fever for the Bayou |
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| 9 New Orleans Ladies |
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| 10 Muddy Bottom Blues |
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| 11 Stackolina |
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