(SOUTH ORANGE, NJ) -- Blues guitarist-vocalist and storyteller extraordinaire, Tab Benoit, has launched an ambitious 2022 Spring-Summer National Tour with the Whiskey Bayou Revue. Locally, Tab performs in concert at SOPAC (South Orange Performing Arts Center), in the Jennifer & Tony Leitner Performance Hall on Sunday, April 3 at 7:30pm.
Tickets range from $35 to $45 and are available for purchase online. South Orange Performing Arts Center is located at One Sopac Way in South Orange, New Jersey.
Benoit is one of the featured musicians in Sony Picture Classics 2022 movie JazzFest: A New Orleans Story, Frank Marshall & Ryan Suffern’s documentary on the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
"With a grin on his face and sparkle in his eye from all the love he was receiving he grabbed his trusty Thinline Telecaster and without a seconds hesitation ripped into an absolutely blistering introduction to “Why Are People Like That”, wrote Splice Magazine in a recent live review of Benoit's live show. "His band laid out a perfect beat for Tab to weave his six string magic. Tab’s vocal delivery was spot pn, but his playing was otherworldly. There was no denying who was the master guitar player on tonight’s bill."
One of last Summer's memorable touring ensembles was Tab Benoit's Swampland Jam featuring Louisiana Bayou musical treasures Big Chief Monk Boudreaux (recently honored with a 2021-22 Grammy Nomination for his "Bloodstains & Teardrops" album on Whiskey Bayou Records), plus Johnny Sansone, Waylon Thibodeaux, and Benoit. The Grammy-nominated Tab Benoit, renown throughout his thirty-plus-year career for his passionate environmental activism, performed two nights in his hometown of Houma at the 16th Annual Voice of the Wetlands Festival.
Benoit 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.
One of the most impressive guitarists to emerge from the rich Bayous of Southern Louisiana in recent years, Tab Benoit’s guitar tone can be recognized before his Otis-Redding-ish voice resonates from the speakers. He doesn’t rely on any effects and his setup is simple. It consists of a guitar, cord, and Category 5 Amplifier. The effects that you hear come from his fingers.
March 25 (Fri) - Buffalo NY @ The Tralf
March 26 (Sat) - Buffalo NY @ The Tralf
March 27 (Sun) - Homer NY @ Center For The Arts of Homer
March 29 (Tue) - Holyoke MA @ Race Street Live at Gateway City Arts
March 30 (Wed) - Fall River MA @ Narrows Center For The Arts
March 31 (Thur) - Fall River MA @ Narrows Center For The Arts
April 1 (Fri) - Tarrytown NY @ Tarrytown Music Hall
April 2 (Sat) - Port Washington NY @ Landmark On Main St.
April 3 (Sun) - South Orange NJ @ South Orange Performing Arts Center
April 5 (Tue) - Philadelphia PA @ City Winery
April 6 (Wed) - Alexandria VA @ The Birchmere
April 7 (Thur) - Leesburg VA @ Tally Ho Theater
April 9 (Sat) - Hopewell VA @ Beacon Theater
April 10 (Sun) - Annapolis MD @ Rams Head Onstage
April 11 (Mon) - Annapolis MD @ Rams Head Onstage
April 13 (Wed) - Asheville NC @ The Grey Eagle
April 14 (Thur) - Greer SC @ The Spinning Jenny
April 15 (Fri) - Savannah GA @ District Live
April 16 (Sat) - Ponte Vedra Beach @ Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
April 27 (Wed) - New Orleans LA @ Wednesdays at The Square
April 30 (Sat) - New Orleans LA @ New Orleans Jazz Festival
May 1 (Sun) - New Orleans LA @ New Orleans Jazz Festival
May 2 (Mon) - New Orleans LA @ NOLA Crawfish Festival at The Broadside
May 6 (Fri) - New Orleans LA @ The Fillmore
May 20 (Fri) - Baton Rouge LA @ Chaelsea's Live
May 25 (Wed) - Greenville NC @ State Theater
May 26 (Thur) - Virginia Beach VA @ Elevation 27
May 27 (Fri) - Martinsville VA @ Rooster Walk Music & Arts Fest
May 29 (Sun) - Cape May NJ @ Exit Zero Ferry Park
June 1 (Wed) - Derry NH @ Tupelo Music Hall
June 2 (Thur) - Hartford CT @ Infinity Hall
June 3 (Fri) - Fairfield CT @ The Warehouse at FTC
June 4 (Sat) - Augusta NJ @ Michael Arnone's Crawfish
June 6 (Mon) - Harrisburg PA @ Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center
June 7 (Tue) - Warrendale PA @ Jergel's Rhythm Grille
June 8 (Wed) - Cleveland OH @ House Of Blues
July 1 (Fri) - Wichita KS @ The Cotillion
July 29 (Fri) - Fargo ND @ Fargo Blues Fest
Aug 4 (Thur) - Findlay OH @ Marathon Center for the Performing Arts
Aug 26 (Fri) - Las Vegas NV @ Big Blues Bender
Aug 27 (Sat) - Las Vegas NV @ Big Blues Bender
Aug 28 (Sun) - Las Vegas NV @ Big Blues Bender
Aug 30 (Tue) - Solana Beach NV @ Belly Up Tavern
Sept 16 (Fri) - Telluride CO @ Telluride Blues & Brews Festival
Sept 17 (Sat) - Telluride CO @ Telluride Blues & Brews Festival
