Catch the first live concert performance of 2022 by much-loved and respected blues guitarist Tab Benoit, who performs at the Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay St., Friday, January 21. Showtime: 8pm. Tickets: $35.-$45. Info: (865) 522-0832 or visit https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B005B37C70E3B0D?brand=bijouthtr. Opening for Benoit is Whiskey Bayou Records label-mate and fine guitarist in his own right, Alastair Greene, supporting his most recent WBR release, ‘The New World Blues.”
One of Summer 2021’s great touring ensembles was Tab Benoit’s Swampland Jam (pictured above) featuring Louisiana Bayou musical treasures Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, along with Johnny Sansone, Waylon Thibodeaux, and Benoit.
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux was just honored with a 2021-22 Grammy for his “Bloodstains & Teardrops” album on Whiskey Bayou Records, co-produced by Benoit and Williams. Boudreaux incorporates African Rhythms and Mardi Gras Chants into his own original style of Rhythm and Blues. Boudreaux is the Big Chief of the Golden Eagles, a legendary Mardi Gras Indian tribe. He is widely known for his long-time collaboration with Big Chief Bo Dollis in The Wild Magnolias. In 2016, Boudreaux received a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship in Washington, DC.
The Grammy-nominated Tab Benoit, known throughout his thirty-plus -year career for his environmental activism, performed two nights in his hometown of Houma at the memorable 16th Annual Voice of the Wetlands Festival. He also appears prominently in the IMax motion picture Hurricane on the Bayou, a documentary of Hurricane Katrina’s effects and a call to protect and restore the Wetlands, and produced a CD to help restore that state’s Coastal Wetlands. Benoit was inducted into the Louisiana Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists in 2020.an 21 (Fri) BIJOU THEATER Knoxville TN
Jan. 22 (Sat.) THE GREEN TIGER Greensboro NC
Jan. 23 (Sun) NEWBERRY OPERA HOUSE Newberry, SC
Jan. 25 (Tue) CHARLESTON OPERA HOUSE Charleston SC
Jan. 27 (Thur) SAVANNAH CENTER The Villages FL
Jan. 28 (Fri) THE CULTURE ROOM Ft. Lauderdale FL
Jan. 29 (Sat) THE CULTURE ROOM Ft. Lauderdale FL
Jan. 30 (Sun) JANNUS LIVE St. Petersburg FL
Jan. 31 (Mon) KING CTR FOR PERFRMG ARTS Melbourne FL
Feb 2 (Wed) KEY WEST THEATER Key West FL
Feb 4 (Fri) PLAZA LIVE ORLANDO Orlando FL
Feb 5 (Sat) CTR FOR THE ARTS/B SPRINGS BonitaSprings FL
Feb 6 (Sun) CTR FOR THE ARTS/B SPRINGS BonitaSprings FL
Feb 9 (Wed) HARGRAY CAPITOL THEATER Macon GA
Feb 10 (Thur) GEORGIA THEATER Athens GA
Feb. 12 (Sat) DIXIE CARTER PERF. ARTS CTR Huntington TN
March 3 (Thur) THE 04 CENTER Austin TX
March 4 (Fri) DOSEY DOE TheWoodlands TX
March 6 (Sun) THE KESSLER Dallas TX
March 27 (Sun) CTR FOR THE ARTS/HOMER Homer NY
March 29 (Tue) GATEWAY CITY ARTS Holyoke MA
April 3 (Sun) SOUTH ORANGE PERF ARTS CTR South Orange NJ
April 5 (Tue) CITY WINERY Philadelphia PA
April 6 (Wed) BIRCHMERE Alexandria VA
April 7 (Thur) TALLY HO THEATER Leesburg VA
May 6 (Fri) THE FILLMORE New Orleans VA
May 27 (Fri) ROOSTER WALK MUSIC/ARTS FEST Martinsville VA
June 4 (Sat) MICHAEL ARNONE’S CRAWFISH Augusta NJ
Aug 26 (Fri) BIG BLUES BENDER Las Vegas NV
Aug 27 (Sat) BIG BLUES BENDER Las Vegas NV
Aug 28 (Sun) BIG BLUES BENDER Las Vegas NV
(Knoxville TN) – dougdeutschPR