Legacy: The Best of Tab Benoit

by Tab Benoit

Overview

Tab Benoit's brand of sharp Louisiana swamp blues is all his own, and for some 20 years now (his first album, Nice & Warm, was released by Vanguard Records in 1993) he's been putting it down with refreshing commitment and precision. This solid compilation is drawn from his later albums for Telarc Records (he's released ten albums for Telarc, dating back to 1998), and with tracks like the churning and chugging "Muddy Bottom Blues," a live ten-minute version of "Bayou Boogie" (a speed boogie that blazes and then flies like a tidal wave), and a subtly rewritten version of Stephen Stills' "For What It's Worth" that brings it all home to Louisiana, this set makes for a great introduction to one of the best young blues players out there. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	04/03/2012
Label:	Telarc
UPC:	0888072333017
Rank:	53773

Tracks

1. Shelter Me
2. Night Train
3. I Put a Spell on You
4. For What It's Worth
5. Nice and Warm
6. Muddy Bottom Blues
7. Darkness
8. Comin' on Strong
9. The Blues Is Here to Stay
10. Medicine
11. These Arms of Mine
12. Whiskey Store
13. New Orleans Ladies
14. Bayou Boogie

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tab Benoit   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Soloist,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Louisiana's Leroux   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Jimmy Hall   Primary Artist,Vocals,Harmonica,Featured Artist,Featured Artist
Jimmy Thackery   Primary Artist,Guitar,Featured Artist
Leon Medica   Bass
Rod Carey   Bass
Per Hanson   Drums
Jimmy Carpenter   Saxophone
Nelson Blanchard   Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Reese Wynans   Piano
Jim Odom   Guitar
Tony Haselden   Banjo,Guitar
Anders Osborne   Guitar
Kenny Neal   Guitar,Featured Artist
Billy Joe Shaver   Vocals,Featured Artist
Bruce Katz   Organ
Tommy Shannon   Bass
Mark Stutso   Drums
Chris Layton   Drums
Cyril Neville   Vocals,Percussion,Featured Artist
Waylon Thibodeaux   Fiddle,Featured Artist
David Peters   Drums
Mark Duthu   Percussion
Cory Duplechin   Bass
Darryl White   Drums
Carl Dufrene   Bass
Brady Blade   Drums

Technical Credits

Michelle Tremblay   Project Assistant
David Z.   Engineer,Producer
Julie Miller   Composer
Leon Medica   Composer
Hoyt Garrick   Composer
Screamin' Jay Hawkins   Composer
Nick Phillips   Compilation Producer
Randy Labbe   Producer
Otis Redding   Composer
Tab Benoit   Composer,Producer
Stephen Stills   Composer
Anders Osborne   Composer,Producer
Steve Drown   Engineer
Billy Joe Shaver   Composer
Chris Clough   Project Assistant
Joe Tarantino   Mastering
Glenn Worf   Composer
Cyril Neville   Composer
Taj Mahal   Composer
Lincoln Clapp   Engineer
Jerry Moran   Photography
John Swenson   Liner Notes
Rueben Williams   Compilation Producer
Abbey Anna   Project Assistant
Rikka Arnold   Editorial
Norman Caesar   Composer
Andrew Pham   Package Design
Roger Branch   Engineer
Jason Linder   Project Assistant
Philip Gould   Cover Photo
Michael James Henderson   Composer
Stephen P. Miller   Composer