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Sep
14
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Sep
14
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Music :: Concerts also Music :: Blues
Tab Benoit
7:30 PM
Stargazers Theatre and Event Center
Tab Benoit Description:
Tab Benoit is a Cajun man who's definitely got the blues. Growing up in Louisiana, Benoit assembled his own band - a stripped down bass-and-drums unit propelled by his solid guitar skills and leathery, Cajun-spiced vocal attack. He took his show on the road in the early '90s and hasn't stopped since.

In 2002, Benoit released his album, Wetlands, which is arguably the most authentically Cajun installment in his entire ten-year discography. Later in 2002, Benoit released Whiskey Store, a collaborative recording with fellow axemaster and Telarc labelmate Jimmy Thackery. In 2007, Benoit won the dual awards of B.B. King Entertainer of the Year and Best Contemporary Male Performer at the Blues Music Awards (formerly the W.C. Handy Awards) in Memphis.

An environmental activist as well as a stellar blues musician, Benoit has made the preservation of the endangered delta wetlands his personal crusade. He serves as president of Voice of the Wetlands, an environmental organization he co-founded in 2003. In 2010, Benoit received the Governor's Award for Conservationist of the Year from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation.

Medicine, Benoit's latest release on Telarc, successfully joins two gifted guitarists/songwriters in a session that proves greater than the sum of its very talented parts. The 11-track recording features seven new Benoit originals co-written with ace songwriter Anders Osborne. Engineered by David Z, Medicine spotlights the work of keyboardist Ivan Neville, drummer Brady Blade and bassist Corey Duplechin. Fiddler/singer Michael Doucet of BeauSoleil makes a special appearance on three tracks. Get your tickets now as this event always sells out!
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Age Group: All Ages
Venue: Stargazers Theatre and Event Center
Address: 10 South Parkside Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80910
Phone: 719-476-2200

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