Tab Benoit I Hear Thunder
Tab Benoit
I Hear Thunder
Whiskey Bayou Records
Tab Benoit recorded his album debut “Nice and Warm” in 1992. “What I Live For”, “Standing On The Bank”, and “Live: Swampland Jam” followed. In 2002 and again in 2004 Tab recorded as “Whiskey Store” with Jimmy Thackery. In 2006, 2007, and 2008 Tab recorded with Louisiana Leroux. In 2011 Tab recorded “Medicine”. It was during this time that he started to amass his eight Blues Music Awards, winning Contemporary Blues Album in 2006 and 2012 (for “Medicine”); Contemporary Blues Male Artist in 2007 and 2012; Album of the Year (for “Medicine”), and most importantly B.B. King Entertainer of the Year in 2007, and 2012.
Tab Benoit is excited to announce the release of “I Hear Thunder”, his first studio album in thirteen years. The ten solid tracks showcase Tab’s original style and songwriting from him and Anders Osborne. Osborne’s guitar is also added on every song with a delicate touch that enhances the album’s tone and texture. Included is the rhythm section from his touring band, bassist Corey Duplechin and drummer Terence Higgins, although George Porter Jr. from The Meters guests on several tracks.
“I Hear Thunder” was produced at the Whiskey Bayou Studios in Houma, Louisiana where it was recorded, mixed and mastered by Tab. The title track opens the album as Tab sings “I hear thunder, I hear Lightnin’, I hear rain”. “The Ghost of Gatemouth Brown” features the infectious beat of “hand-jive” as Tab croons “smokin’ a pipe and a cowboy hat”. On the ballad “Still Gray” Tab chimes “there is a picture on the wall it’s all faded, don’t look like me, don’t look like her…in my mind I see the colors, in my mind I see the pain, there we we’re so close together, so far, so long, still afraid”. Tab takes a guitar solo. “Inner Child”,Tab chants “what I know is what it takes to make you smile”. “Watching The Gators Roll In” Tab seamlessly intertwines his artistic brillance with a commitment to environmental advocacy.
On “Overdue”, Tab groans “it’s hard to believe you still love me”, while Tab takes another fabulous solo. “Why, Why” “when somebody’s dying, there’s a new baby cryin’…why, why, we have to hit rock bottom before we can see the problem, we gotta’ love one another, we’re all just sisters and brothers”.
On both “Little Queenie” and again on “I’m A Write That Down” bassist George Porter Jr. guests. On the closer “Bayou Man” Tab belts “born and raised on the bayou…you can run baby, you can hide girl…I’ve come along to save you, stay with me baby, hold on tight”.
On “I Hear Thunder” Tab Benoit does more than just play the blues, he defines it’s future while paying homage to it’s rich past.
Richard Ludmerer
Contributing Editor/Making A Scene
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