Tab Benoit in Athens

Tab Benoit is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter from Houma, Louisiana, who plays swamp blues and blues rock. His catalog includes the albums Nice and Warm, Fever for the Bayou, Brother to the Blues and Medicine, built around his electric-guitar playing and Southern soul vocals. In 2004, he founded Voice of the Wetlands and became a central performer at the organization’s festival in Houma. The project also put him onstage with the Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars, whose members have included Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne and George Porter Jr. He has toured extensively with a guitar-led trio and performed at the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.