Tab Benoit receives top honors including “B.B. King Entertainer of the Year,” “Contemporary Blues Male Artist“ and “Contemporary Blues Album” for Medicine at the Blues Foundation’s 2012 Blues Music Awards in Memphis, TN.
The Big Easy Awards is New Orleans’ premier event honoring the musical talent of a city world renowned for its performing arts. Honorees are nominated by a designated committee in 24 categories with up to four nominees in each category. In addition, there are several awards chosen by the Executive Producer with the advice of an advisory committee, the nominating committee and the editorial staff at Gambit.
Louisiana-born guitarist and singer Tab Benoit is 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.
Read the entire review on All About Jazz.
On Saturday March 31 Tab Benoit joins the Royal Southern Brotherhood for an electrifying set at Mid City Rock-n-Bowl in New Orleans for a Blue Star Connection event that will benefit Children’s Hospital. The Blue Star Connection is non profit organization that brings music into the lives of children and young adults who are fighting cancer and other life challenging situations. Join us for a great evening of music also featuring the Bart Walker Band feat Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Double Trouble Keyboardist Reese Wynans, and Lil Red and Big Bad.
Legacy: The Best of Tab Benoit will be released on April 3, 2012 and will include guest appearances by Jimmy Hall, Cyril Neville, Billy Joe Shaver, Jimmy Thackery, Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne, Louisiana Leroux and others.
For a full writeup on the release, head over to Anti Music.
On Friday July 27th Offbeat Magazine readers and Tab Benoit’s fans were heard when Tab received three of the awards that he was nominated for at the 2012 BEST OF THE BEAT Awards.
The categories include “Best Blues Band”, “Best Blues CD” for his 2011 release “Medicine” and “Songwriter of the Year”. The Voice of the Wetlands organization also received the award for Best Festival Outside Of New Orleans.
When accepting his awards Tab expressed what an honor it is to receive these wins from the city and state where all American music was founded and even though it wasn’t his first the honor does not go unappreciated.
Thank you Offbeat and and all of the fans who voted for us.
Read more here…..http://www.offbeat.com/2012/01/28/best-of-the-beat-2011-music-awards-the-winners/
