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BLP sources|date=March 2010Infobox musical artist|name = Tab Benoit|image = Tab Benoit closeup 2008.jpg|caption = Tab Benoit in February 2008|image_size = |background = solo_singer|birth_name =|Born = birth date and age|mf=yes|1967|11|17|mf=y Houma, Louisiana|Houma , Louisiana United States |death_date =|genre = Swamp blues , Soul blues , Chicago blues |occupation = Musician , songwriter |instrument = Human voice|Vocals , guitar |years_active = 1987& ndash;present|label = Justice Records|website = http://www.tabbenoit.com www.TabBenoit.com|Notable instruments= Tab Benoit (born November 17, 1967, Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge , Louisiana ) is an United States|American blues guitarist , musician and singer .cite web|url= http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/artists/Tab-Benoit/ |title=Tab Benoit |publisher=Concord Music Group |date= |accessdate=2010-08-19 He plays a style that is a combination of blues styles, primarily Delta blues . He plays a Fender Telecaster electric guitar and writes his own musical compositions. Benoit graduated from Vandebilt Catholic High School in Houma, Louisiana in May, 1985. In 2003, he formed an organization promoting awareness of coastal wetland s preservation known as "Voice of the Wetlands."
A guitar player since his teenage years, he appeared 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, Louisiana|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.cite web|url= http://thegramophonelive.com/tab-benoit-2/ |title=Tab Benoit & #124; The Gramophone |publisher=Thegramophonelive.com |date=2010-03-18 |accessdate=2010-08-19
He was featured in the IMAX film, Hurricane on the Bayou .cite web|url= http://www.hurricaneonthebayou.com/logo.html |title=A MacGillivray Freeman Film |publisher=Hurricane On The Bayou |date= |accessdate=2010-08-19
On May 16, 2010, at the LMHOF Louisiana Music Homecoming in Erwinville, Louisiana, Benoit was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame .
Career
Benoit landed a recording contract with the Texas-based Justice Records and released a series of recordings, beginning in 1992 with Nice and Warm . These Blues Are All Mine , was released on Vanguard Records|Vanguard in 1999 after Justice folded.
That same year, he appeared on Homesick for the Road , a collaborative album on the Telarc International Corporation|Telarc label with fellow guitarists Kenny Neal and Debbie Davies. Homesick not only served as a showcase for three relatively young musicians, but also launched Benoit’s relationship with Telarc that came to fruition in 2002 with the release of Wetlands .
On Wetlands , Benoit mixed original material such as the autobiographical "When a Cajun Man Gets the Blues" and "Fast and Free" with Professor Longhair ’s “Her Mind Is Gone” and Otis Redding 's "These Arms of Mine".
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 (band)|Double Trouble ; the two-man rhythm section of bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton.
In 2003, Benoit released Sea Saint Sessions , recorded at Big Easy Recording Studio in New Orleans . In addition to Benoit and his regular crew, bassist Carl Dufrene and drummer Darryl White, Sea Saint Sessions included 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 , released in February 2004.
Benoit's 2005 release was Fever for the Bayou , which also included guest appearances by Cyril Neville (vocals and percussion) and Monk Boudreaux|Big Chief Monk Boudreaux (vocals).
In 2006, Benoit recorded Brother To The Blues with Louisiana's LeRoux. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album .
His song Shelter Me is the theme song for the Discovery Channel TV-series Sons of Guns .
In April, 2011 Benoit released Medicine featuring Anders Osborne, Michael Doucet of Beausoleil, and Ivan Neville.
Business ventures and activism
Benoit was owner of Tab Benoit's Lagniappe Music Cafe, situated in the downtown district of Houma, Louisiana .cite web|url= http://www.satchmo.com/nolavl/old18.html |title=New Orleans Music News and Louisiana Music News Archive (#18) Satchmo.com |publisher=Satchmo.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-03
Benoit has also been involved in the conservation of the Louisiana wetlands.cite web|url= http://www.wdef.com/news/riverbend_artist_tab_benoit_works_to_protect_louisiana_coastline/06/2010/ |title=Riverbend Artist Tab Benoit Works to Protect Louisiana Coastline |publisher=WDEF.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-02 He is the founder of 'Voice of the Wetlands,' an organization promoting awareness of the receding coastal wetlands of Louisiana.cite web|url= http://www.voiceofthewetlands.org/ |title=Voice of the Wetlands |publisher=Voice of the Wetlands |date= |accessdate=2010-08-19
2011 - Medicine (Telarc)cite web|url= http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Benoit,+Tab/a/Tab+Benoit.htm |title=Tab Benoit Discography and Music at CD Universe |publisher=Cduniverse.com |date=2010-08-03 |accessdate=2010-08-19cite web|url= http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/albums/tab-benoit/403224 |title=Tab Benoit Albums and Discography - ARTISTdirect Music |publisher=Artistdirect.com |date= |accessdate=2010-08-19
http://www.archive.org/details/TabBenoit Tab Benoit collection at the Internet Archive 's live music archive
Persondata | NAME = Benoit, Tab | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = United States|American blues guitarist , musician and singer | DATE OF BIRTH = November 17, 1967 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Baton Rouge, Louisiana , United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Benoit, Tab Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:People from Baton Rouge, Louisiana Category:American blues guitarists Category:American blues musicians Category:American blues singers Category:Electric blues musicians Category:Cajun people Category:Musicians from Louisiana Category:People from Houma, Louisiana Category:Swamp blues musicians Category:Live Music Archive artists
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