Between the time bluesman Tab Benoit released his first solo album, Nice and Warm, in 1992, until Medicine dropped in 2011, he kept his foot on the accelerator, putting out new collections of original ...

It can sometimes be anti-climactic when artists make announcements of announcements, but in the case of electric guitar icon Slash, it's different: an upcoming announcement due Friday will reveal the ...

Material from Houma blues musician Tab Benoit’s first five albums is now out in a new best-of CD. Fresh on the heels of Benoit’s first-ever Blues Music Association award in May, California-based ...

Tab Benoit performing at Nashville’s The Ryman Auditorium in November 2020. (Photo by Jean Frank) On Saturdy April 2, Tab Benoit will be performing at Landmark on Main Street. The respected blues ...

The mixture of minor scale notes with the notes of dominant 7 chords will give you an edgy, bluesy bite to your solos. Nearly every player from Buddy Guy and Albert King to John Mayer and Joe ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Blues guitarist Tab Benoit is bringing his year-long tour to Fargo this weekend. He’ll be at The Hall at Fargo Brewing Company on Saturday, July 10. Alastair Greene is ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. With its ‘hand me down’ tradition of learning, each generation of blues guitarists is influenced ...

He told The Beat not to confuse it with a greatest hits record. "I don't have any hits," the Louisiana bluesman said. "I guess it would be better to have all hits, because I wouldn't want to be a ...

The blues take on different flavors in different places. There’s Delta blues and Piedmont blues, big city blues, country blues, etc. Tab Benoit plays what you might call bayou blues. His music is ...

In my last column, I demonstrated a Jimmy Reed-inspired eight-bar rhythm figure played with a funky, syncopated half-time feel, moving from the I (one) chord, A7, to the V (five) chord, E7, and back ...