TAB BENOIT - Count de Hoernle Amphitheater Mizner Park 590 Plaza Real Boca Raton, FL - Saturday, January 18, 2014

Tab Benoit

Count de Hoernle Amphitheater
Mizner Park
590 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL
Saturday, January 18, 2014


Source: AKG C460b ck22 > Sound Devices MP-2 > Sony PCM-M10  (24/44.1)

Mastering: (24/44.1) WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0.1 > (16/44.1) WAV > Totalrecorder 8.5 >
           (16/44.1) WAV > Trader's Little Helper 2.7 > FLAC


Set: (49:05)

101. Intro >    1
102. Medicine
103. Hot Tamale Baby
104. Darkness
105. Shelter Me
106. Little Girl Blues
107. Nothing Takes the Place of You >
108. Night Train


NOTES:

Day 1 of the 2nd Annual Sunshine Music & Blues Festival, January 18-19, 2014
Locations: Boca Raton & St. Petersburg, FL

Tedeschi Trucks Band, Leon Russell, Hot Tuna (acoustic), Stanley Clarke, Galactic,
JJ Grey, Tab Benoit, The Ringers, Bobby Lee Rodgers Duo, & Oli Brown.

1. Intro by Andy Preston, DJ from WKGR-FM 98.7 The Gater

Taped, edited, and transferred by Spyder9 Studios(dnolanjr@yahoo.com)
Released March 19, 2014

Location: Stage 2, Lawn, at the SBD, ROC


The Band:

Tab Benoit - vocals, guitar
Corey Duplechin - bass, vocals
Terrence Higgins - drums, vocals
http://fp.io/be2c918a/

TAB BENOIT - Legacy: The Best of Tab Benoit

Tab Benoit – Legacy: The Best of Tab Benoit (2012)

Louisiana-born guitarist and singer Tab Benoit from so deep in the wetlands that it’s almost all ocean. Hailing from Houma, the seat of Terrebonne Parish, Benoit has indisputable bayou bona fides and the exposure to that musical and cultural melting pot called the Gulf Rim that comes with it. Telarc’s Legacy: The Best of Tab Benoit demonstrates his expansive musical palette and sure grasp of zydeco, creole, blues, R&B, and rock as viewed through the NOLA prism. Selected from Benoit’s Telarc catalog, Legacy features 14 songs recorded over 10 years that give a fair accounting of his very fine career.
The blues is central to the Benoit aesthetic. Benoit’s “Nice and Warm” is a slow blues that was almost went unrecorded. Nevertheless, this piece was the title track on Benoit’s first recording for Vanguard in 1999. The guitarist explains that he had been thinking of the song during the first recording sessions and did not decide to try it out until the rest of the album was in the can. It turned out so well that it titled the album. Benoit reprised the piece with Nighthawks guitarist Jimmy Thackery on Whiskey Store (Telarc, 2002). With Reese Wynans driving the Hammond B3, “Nice and Warm” becomes appropriately greasy and soulful. Benoit provides a searing introduction before launching into his plight of being cold far from home. The band allows plenty of room for Benoit to execute his ideas, providing spot-on dynamics in one of the harder musical genres to play well.
Benoit’s solo is the first climax of the song; the crescendo builds to a dramatic breaking point before being brought back down for Reese Wynans’ mellower organ solo. Another blues wave builds for guitarist Jimmy Thackery’s solo before the song winds its way down like all blues: to that expected coda of resolution. If the United States gave the world nothing but the blues, that would have been enough. Had Benoit not recorded another note, “Nice and Warm” would remain a fitting legacy.
1. Shelter Me ( 5:07)
2. Night Train ( 4:18)
3. I Put a Spell On You ( 4:54)
4. For What It’s Worth ( 5:19)
5. Nice and Warm ( 7:41)
6. Muddy Bottom Blues ( 4:22)
7. Darkness ( 4:42)
8. Comin’ On Strong ( 3:27)
9. The Blues Is Here to Stay ( 6:04)
10. Medicine ( 5:51)
11. These Arms of Mine ( 4:18)
12. Whiskey Store ( 3:31)
13. New Orleans Ladies ( 5:40)
14. Bayou Boogie (10:00)
http://fp.io/1b4ee8fe/

TAB BENOIT - LIVE: SWAMPLAND JAM

This is by far the best album this Louisiana blues/swamp-rocker has come up with to date. Benoit is playing with basically a three-piece, with Doug Therrien on bass and Allyn Robinson on drums. The rest of the sound is filled in by various guests, some exceedingly strong Louisiana players. Therein lives both the problem and the strength of this disc the sound is a bit thin when there's no guest taking up some space. Only on the slow burner "Heart of Stone" and "Gone Too Long" does the basic band fill up the airwaves. The music is good, but without that fourth player, it doesn't have enough density. When there is another player, the sound is as gritty and raw as they come Cajun-based blues with a swampy sensuality. Benoit's singing and guitar playing have taken giant steps forward and are up there with the best. ~ All Music Guide

01. Let Love Take Control
02. Ain'T Gonna Do It
03. Moon Coming Over The Hill
04. Too Many Dirty Dishes
05. Keep On Moving
06. Heart Of Stone
07. Gone Too Long
08. Garbage Man
09. Crawling King Snake
10. Louisiana Style
11. It Takes A Long Time
12. Hot Tamale Baby                                                                                                                         http://fp.io/2566dcf9/

TAB BENOIT, Debbie Davies, Kenny Neal - Homesick for the Road

Artist: Tab Benoit, Debbie Davies, Kenny Neal
Album: Homesick for the Road
Release Date: Mar 23, 1999
Recording Date: Sep 1998
Label: Telarc
Time: 54:17
Styles: Lousiana Blues, Swamp Blues
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TRACKS
       1  Deal with It  (Reale, Tiven, Vivino)  4:41
       2  Down in the Swamp  (Benoit)  5:19
       3  Bop 'Til I Drop  (Walsh)  4:17
       4  So Cold  (Constagno)  4:05
       5  I Put a Spell on You  (Hawkins)  4:51
       6  Money  (Costagno)  4:46
       7  Luberta  (Neal)  4:55
       8  I Can't Afford My Self  (Costagno, Davies)  5:42
       9  I've Been Mistreated  (Neal)  3:26
       10  Night Life  (Breeland, Buskirk, Nelson)  3:59
       11  Still Called the Blues  (Forest, Jackson, Miller)  4:35
       12  Homesick for the Road  (Costagno)  3:41
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MUSICIANS
 Tab Benoit Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals
 Rod Carey Bass
 Debbie Davies Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals
 Per Hanson Drums
 Bruce Katz Organ
 Kenny Neal Guitar, Harmonica, Guitar (Electric), Vocals
 Raful Neal Harmonica, Vocals
http://fp.io/16f7e467/

TAB BENOIT - Jazzbones Tacoma, WA - November 1st 2008

Tab Benoit
Jazzbones
Tacoma, WA
November 1st 2008


Taper: fubb
Lineage: "On The Fly" matrix (SBD/AUD mix) via Edirol UA-5>Edirol R-09 (16bit, 44.1)>HD>Adobe Audition/cues split via Goldwave
          SP C4 Cardiod Mics used/located from a secure spot, achieving the highest possible results.

Please enjoy! But don't gain from my efforts, share freely and support the artist by buying his official stuff and seeing him live.

Several local musicians joined on the 2nd set.

Disc One.
101. Intro
102. I Got Loaded
103. Night Train
104. These Arms Of Mine
105. Pack It Up
106. Sac-au-lait Fishing
107. New Orleans Ladies
108. We Make A Good Gumbo
109. For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)
110. Too Many Dirty Dishes
111. Muddy Bottom Blues
112. When A Cajun Man Gets The Blues

Disc Two:
201. Stackolina
202. Why Are People Like That?
203. One Foot in the Bayou
204. The Blues Is Here To Stay
205. Unknown jam
206. Midnight and Lonesome
207. Hot Tamale Baby
208. Jambalaya
209. Bayou Boogie
http://fp.io/9efbfd4f/

JIMMY THACKERY & TAB BENOIT / WHISKEYSTORE

http://www.fileserve.com/file/yyAD9Sd

JIMMY THACKERY - WATERFRONT PARK 2002

http://www.fileserve.com/file/ZVR58bM

TAB BENOIT : MEDICINE - 2011

Tab Benoit - Medicine

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 50:18

Size: 115.2 MB

Label: Rounder

Styles: Louisiana blues, Swamp blues

Year: 2011

Art: Front

[5:47] 1. Medicine

[3:45] 2. Sunrise

[5:30] 3. A Whole Lotta Soul

[3:10] 4. Come And Get It

[5:32] 5. Broke And Lonely

[4:33] 6. Long Lonely Bayou

[4:01] 7. In It To Win It

[4:16] 8. Can't You See

[4:01] 9. Nothing Takes The Place Of You

[5:01] 10. Next To Me

[4:36] 11. Mudboat Melissa

Tab Benoit's seventh solo album features 11 tracks -- seven of them co-written by Benoit and Anders Osborne -- recorded with a rock-solid roots band of Benoit on guitar, Brady Blade on drums, Ivan Neville on keyboards, and Michael Doucet of Beausoleil on fiddle.

Recording information: Dockside Studio, Maurice, LA.

Tab Benoit (vocals, guitar); Michael Doucet (vocals, fiddle); Anders Osborne (guitar, background vocals); Ivan Neville (Hammond b-3 organ); Brady Blade (drums).

http://www.fileserve.com/file/APPGd97

TAB BENOIT : WETLANDS

Tab BENOIT - Wetlands

Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Louisiana Blues & Swamp Blues

Recorded: 2001

Released: 2002

Label: Telarc

File: mp3 @ 320 kbps

Size: 134.23 MB

Time: 56:58

Art: Full Covers

1. Fast and Free - 3:11

2. Stackolina - 4:08

3. I Got Loaded - 4:28

4. Muddy Bottom Blues - 4:22

5. When a Cajun Man Gets the Blues - 4:21

6. Too Sweet for Me - 3:07

7. Down in the Swamp - 4:49

8. These Arms of Mine - 4:17

9. Dog Hill - 3:44

10. Her Mind Is Gone - 3:42

11. Loves Lips - 3:13

12. Let Love Take Control - 5:46

13. Georgia - 7:43

Personnel: Tab BENOIT - Guitar, Vocals

Carl Dufrene - Bass; Darryl White - Drums

with:

Anders Osborne - Guitar, Vocals tr.13

Brian Stoltz - Guitar, Vocals tr.13

Notes: Recorded during a month in Louisiana and sounding it, Tab Benoit's sixth album is a swampy example of the best of that state's music. Rocking, bluesy, and filled with soul, guitarist/vocalist Benoit keeps his sound stripped down to just a three-piece, giving his voice and greasy guitar plenty of room to maneuver. From obscure Professor Longhair second-line tunes ("Her Mind Is Gone") to a cover from zydeco king Boozoo Chavis ("Dog Hill") to a version of Otis Redding's "These Arms of Mine" that makes it seem like a lost New Orleans classic, Benoit traverses a lot of territory over this hour of music. Like his influences, Benoit never overdoes his approach, preferring to keep the focus on his gritty voice, lean guitar, and stark accompaniment of his backing duo. This is music caught between rootsy rock, funk, R&B, and blues, but far from sounding schizoid, it revels in its multiple inspirations. Benoit is in wonderful voice and spirits throughout, sounding loose yet in control regardless of what style he's playing. His guitar solos are taut and succinct, capturing the essence of the atmosphere without reverting to needless showboating. This is music from the heart, played with class, subtlety, and a reverence for its past squeezed into every spirited groove. Thirteen songs and not a misstep, Wetlands is not only Tab Benoit's best album, it's the one most representative of his upbringing and style. Like the autobiographical "Down in the Swamp," those who have never made it to Louisiana need only play this to understand how the area - and Benoit - oozes with the ambience of the muggy air, rich food, and spirits of musicians who have passed.~~by Hal Horowitz.

http://www.fileserve.com/file/MxBgNMz

TAB BENOIT : NICE AND WARM

Tab BENOIT - Nice And Warm

Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Louisiana Blues, Swamp Blues

Recorded: 1992

Released: 1993

Label: Justice Records

File: mp3 @ 320 kbps

Size: 135.87 MB

Time: 58:42

Art: Full Covers

1. Nice And Warm - 7:18

2. Open Book - 3:01

3. So High - 3:58

4. I Put A Spell On You - 5:34

5. Bone Pickin' - 3:12

6. Shining Moon - 4:50

7. The Killing Floor - 4:03

8. Up And Gone - 3:02

9. She's Out There Somewhere - 3:49

10. Drownin' On Dry Land - 6:41

11. Down In The Swamp - 4:38

12. Voodoo In The Bayou - 3:21

13. Ramblin' On My Mind - 5:09

Personnel: Tab BENOIT - Guitars, Vocals, Harmonica; Steve Bailey - Bass; Gregg Bissonette - Drums; Paul English - Hammond B-3, Piano and Dr.John - Piano; Douglas Potter - Bass

Notes: Born in Baton Rouge and raised in Houma, Louisiana, where he still lives, Benoit was schooled in the local blues scene by men like Tabby Thomas and Raful Neal. Temperamentally an old-school musician, he has a taste for uncomplicated recording situations which create the same effect as live performance. This is his first solo recordings for small independent Justice Records from Houston, Texas. This debut, is a startingly fresh. The guitarist has a gutsy, fuel-injected style that adds real spice to his swampy blues. Benoit draws equally from the Louisiana and Texas traditions and 'Nice & Warm' proves it; not only does he carry on the tradition, he offers a fresh take on it as well.

http://www.fileserve.com/file/DyhsgyT

TAB BENOIT : Jazzbones Tacoma, WA November 1st 2008

Tab Benoit

Jazzbones

Tacoma, WA

November 1st 2008

Taper: fubb

Lineage: "On The Fly" matrix (SBD/AUD mix) via Edirol UA-5>Edirol R-09 (16bit, 44.1)>HD>Adobe Audition/cues split via Goldwave

SP C4 Cardiod Mics used/located from a secure spot, achieving the highest possible results.

Please enjoy! But don't gain from my efforts, share freely and support the artist by buying his official stuff and seeing him live.

Several local musicians joined on the 2nd set.

Disc One.

101. Intro

102. I Got Loaded

103. Night Train

104. These Arms Of Mine

105. Pack It Up

106. Sac-au-lait Fishing

107. New Orleans Ladies

108. We Make A Good Gumbo

109. For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)

110. Too Many Dirty Dishes

111. Muddy Bottom Blues

112. When A Cajun Man Gets The Blues

Disc Two:

201. Stackolina

202. Why Are People Like That?

203. One Foot in the Bayou

204. The Blues Is Here To Stay

205. Unknown jam

206. Midnight and Lonesome

207. Hot Tamale Baby

208. Jambalaya

209. Bayou Boogie

http://www.fileserve.com/file/EdgEVud

TAB BENOIT : Night Train To Nashville (2008)

TAB BENOIT - Night Train To Nashville (2008)

This recording was captured on May 9, 2007 in Nashville, Tennessee the night before The Blues Music Association would award Tab Benoit the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year and Best Contemporary male Performer of 2006. This recording captures Tab Benoit live on stage for an all-star jam session at a pinnacle moment in time that begins the prime years in Tab Benoit's career.

01. Night Train (with Louisiana's Leroux)

02. Solid Simple Things (with Louisiana's Leroux)

03. Darkness (with Louisiana's Leroux)

04. Too Sweet For Me (with Kim Wilson and Louisiana's Leroux)

05. Moon Comin Over The Hill (with Jim Lauderdale and Louisiana's Leroux)

06. Lost In Your Lovin (with Louisiana's Leroux)

07. Rendezvous With the Blues (with Jimmy Hall and Louisiana's Leroux)

08. Fever For The Bayou (with Jumpin' Johnny Sansone and Louisiana's Leroux)

09. New Orleans Ladies (with Jimmy Hall and Louisiana's Leroux)

10. Muddy Bottom Blues (with Louisiana's Leroux)

11. Stackolina (with Kim Wilson, Louisiana's Leroux and Waylon Thibodeaux)

http://www.fileserve.com/file/SksxjKj

TAB BENOIT - Power of the Pontchartrain - Swampland Jam (1997)

Artist: Tab Benoit

Album: Power of the Pontchartrain

Release Date: Jun 26, 2007

Recording Date: Jan 2007

Label: Telarc

Genre: Blues

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TRACKS

1 Don't Make No Sense (Faulkner, Smith) 4:23

2 Good to Ya, Baby (Egan, Flett) 4:43

3 Shelter Me (Miller, Miller) 5:06

4 Power of the Pontchartrain (Diefender, Medica, Rowell, Teekell, Wall) 6:07

5 For What It's Worth (Stills) 5:19

6 Midnight and Lonesome (Miller) 5:05

7 Sac-au-Lait Fishing (Benoit) 3:56

8 Somebody's Got to Go (Johnson) 4:19

9 I'm Guilty of Lovin' You (Parker, Williams) 4:18

10 Addicted (Roddy) 4:59

11 One Foot in the Bayou (Egan) 4:21

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MUSICIANS

Tab Benoit - Guitar, Vocals, Producer

Nelson Blanchard - Piano, Keyboards, Vocals (bckgr)

Leon Medica - Bass, Leader

Jim Odom - Guitar

David Peters - Drums

http://www.fileserve.com/file/NprbwAP

TAB BENOIT, DEBBIE DAVIES, KENNY NEAL - HOMESICK FOR THE ROAD

Artist: Tab Benoit, Debbie Davies, Kenny Neal

Album: Homesick for the Road

Release Date: Mar 23, 1999

Recording Date: Sep 1998

Label: Telarc

Time: 54:17

Styles: Lousiana Blues, Swamp Blues

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TRACKS

1 Deal with It (Reale, Tiven, Vivino) 4:41

2 Down in the Swamp (Benoit) 5:19

3 Bop 'Til I Drop (Walsh) 4:17

4 So Cold (Constagno) 4:05

5 I Put a Spell on You (Hawkins) 4:51

6 Money (Costagno) 4:46

7 Luberta (Neal) 4:55

8 I Can't Afford My Self (Costagno, Davies) 5:42

9 I've Been Mistreated (Neal) 3:26

10 Night Life (Breeland, Buskirk, Nelson) 3:59

11 Still Called the Blues (Forest, Jackson, Miller) 4:35

12 Homesick for the Road (Costagno) 3:41

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MUSICIANS

Tab Benoit Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals

Rod Carey Bass

Debbie Davies Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals

Per Hanson Drums

Bruce Katz Organ

Kenny Neal Guitar, Harmonica, Guitar (Electric), Vocals

Raful Neal Harmonica, Vocals

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http://www.fileserve.com/file/6SPgK2A

TAB BENOIT - Live - Swampland Jam (1997)

This is by far the best album this Louisiana blues/swamp-rocker has come up with to date. Benoit is playing with basically a three-piece, with Doug Therrien on bass and Allyn Robinson on drums. The rest of the sound is filled in by various guests, some exceedingly strong Louisiana players. Therein lives both the problem and the strength of this disc the sound is a bit thin when there's no guest taking up some space. Only on the slow burner "Heart of Stone" and "Gone Too Long" does the basic band fill up the airwaves. The music is good, but without that fourth player, it doesn't have enough density. When there is another player, the sound is as gritty and raw as they come Cajun-based blues with a swampy sensuality. Benoit's singing and guitar playing have taken giant steps forward and are up there with the best. ~ All Music Guide

01. Let Love Take Control

02. Ain'T Gonna Do It

03. Moon Coming Over The Hill

04. Too Many Dirty Dishes

05. Keep On Moving

06. Heart Of Stone

07. Gone Too Long

08. Garbage Man

09. Crawling King Snake

10. Louisiana Style

11. It Takes A Long Time

12. Hot Tamale Baby

http://www.fileserve.com/file/w35mHYt