Tab Benoit - Power of the Ponchartrain
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Album:Power of the Ponchartrain
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Hey now, my lil sis loves live music just like I do, and last year she told me that I needed to check out Tab Benoit and GO GO GO to the show he doing in NH. Well, I did check him out briefly and liked what I heard, but Life got in the way of Good Music, and I didn't make it. Digging a little deeper now, I see what a missed opportunity that was.Tab Benoit has been around for a while and is a musicians' musician putting out his CD's and forever touring and playing the festival circuit. Much like my favorite band you might have caught a post about - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. Now, if these two were ever to "grace" a stage together - I can assure you I'd be there.Check out the video from the Blues Cruise 2006 of Tab with J Thackery - getting WARM - yeah - it's winter in VT I could do with getting warm.Here's an excerpt from his myspace page:Guitarist-singer Tab Benoit is the real deal. Born and raised on the Louisiana bayou, this self-proclaimed “new kid from the old school” has been the standard bearer for a new generation of Cajun blues musicians – a traditionalist and an innovator at the same time, grafting elements of rock and soul to the indigenous sounds of the bayou. And if dedicating his life to his musical roots weren’t enough, Benoit has also been a tireless crusader in recent years – prior to the devastation of hurricane Katrina but even more so since – for the preservation of the rapidly vanishing wetlands of his native region.Benoit unleashes his passion for his homeland and its music in Power of the Pontchartrain, a new Telarc recording that he co-produced with veteran producer David Z (Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Prince). Also on board for the 11-track ride is LeRoux, the enduring Louisiana-based blues/rock/pop collective that has been a regional mainstay since the late ‘70s.
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