Renowned Louisiana Cajun-blues guitarist Tab Benoit is on tour, with a socially-distanced, local performance in St. Petersburg at Jannus Live, 200 First Avenue North, Sunday, January 31. Gates: 6pm. Show: 7pm. Tickets $50. (21 and over). Info: (727) 565-0550 or visit https://www.jannuslive.com/event/tab-benoit/.
In other Tab news, Benoit was selected a "30 Best Blues Guitarist In The World Today" by Guitar World in 2020 and also co-authored recently-released book, Blues Therapy, about the blues and mental illness.
Benoit, who's always been known for his environmental activism, performed two nights in his hometown of Houma at the 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 recently inducted into the Louisiana Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists in the Spring of 2020.
Benoit has launched his own imprint, Whiskey Bayou Records, with partner and manager, Rueben Williams. The label has thus far released albums by such established artists as Eric McFadden, JP Soars, Alastair Greene, Damon Fowler, Eric Johanson, Jeff McCarty, and Dash Rip Rock.
~TAB BENOIT ON TOUR! WINTER-SPRING 2021 ITINERARY~
Jan. 31 (Sun.) JANNUS LIVE St. Petersburg, FL
Feb. 1 (Mon.) THE FUNKY BISCUIT Boca Raton, FL
Feb. 2 (Tue.) THE FUNKY BISCUIT Boca Raton, FL
Feb. 4 (Thur.) THE MOON Tallahassee, FL
Feb. 5 (Fri.) SOUL KITCHEN MUSIC HALL Mobile, AL
Feb. 6 (Sat.) MARTIN'S Jackson, MS
Feb. 11 (Thur.) THE KESSLER Dallas, TX
Feb. 12 (Fri.) THE KESSLER Dallas, TX
Feb. 13 (Sat.) DOSEY DOE The Woodlands TX
Feb. 14 (Sun.) DOSEY DOE The Woodlands TX
March 23 (Tues.) THE VOGUE Indianapolis, IN
March 24 (Wed.) THE KENT STAGE Kent, OH
March 25 (Thur.) TAFT THEATER Cincinnati, OH
March 26 (Fri.) BEACHLAND BALLROOM/TAVERN Cleveland, OH
March 27 (Sat.) JERGEL'S RHYTHM GRILLE Warrendale, PA
March 28 (Sun.) RAMS HEAD ONSTAGE Annapolis, MD
March 29 Mon.) RAMS HEAD ONSTAGE Annapolis, MD
March 31 (Wed.) BEACON THEATER Hopewell, VA
April 1 (Thur.) TALLY HO THEATER Leesburg, VA
April 2 (Fri.) ELEVATION 27 Virginia Beach, VA
April 3 (Sat.) HARVESTER PERFORMANCE CTR. Rocky Mount, VA
April 6 (Tue.) S. ORANGE PERFOM. ARTS CTR. South Orange, NJ
April 8 (Thur.) COHOES MUSIC HALL Cohoes, NY
April 9 (Fri.) BULL RUN Shirley, MA
April 10 (Sat.) INFINITY HALL Hartford, CT
April 11 (Sun.) CITY WINERY Boston, MA
April 13 (Tue.) SELLERSVILLE THEATER Sellersville, PA
April 15 (Thur.) THE BIRCHMERE Alexandria, VA
April 17 (Sat.) ORPHEUM THEATRE Sioux City, IA
April 18 (Sun.) HOMER CENTER FOR THE ARTS Homer, NY
May 6 (Thur.) PLAZA LIVE Orlando, FL
May 7 (Sat.) CULTURE ROOM Ft. Lauderdale, FL
May 8 (Sun.) CENTERS FOR THE ARTS Bonita Springs, FL
May 25 (Tue.) GATEWAY CITY ARTS Holyoke, MA
May 27 (Thur.) THE TRALF Buffalo, NY
June 2 (Wed.) MOONTOWN BREWING CO. Whitestown, IN
June 6 (Sun.) CITY WINERY Chicago, IL
June 7 (Mon.) CITY WINERY Chicago, IL
June 11 (Fri.) KNUCKLEHEADS SALOON Kansas City, MO
June 26 (Sat.) FIRST FINANCIAL MUSIC HALL El Dorado, AZ
June 30 (Wed.) STARGAZERS THEATER Colorado Sprngs CO
July 3 (Sat.) AVON PERFORMANCE PAVILION Avon, CO
Aug. 7 (Sat.) THREE CAVES Huntsville, AL
Aug. 20 (Fri.) RIVER CITY CASINO St. Louis, MO
Sept. 6 (Mon.) THE RHYTHM ROOM Phoenix, AZ
Sept. 7 (Tue.) THE RHYTHM ROOM Phoenix, AZ
Sept. 16 (Thur.) BELLY UP Solano Beach, CA
Oct. 24-31 LEGENDARY R&B CRUISE Ft. Lauderdale, FL
