Track Listing

1. Night Train - Tab Benoit, Louisiana's Leroux
2. Solid Simple Things - Tab Benoit, Louisiana's Leroux
3. Darkness - Tab Benoit, Louisiana's Leroux
4. Too Sweet for Me - Tab Benoit, Louisiana's Leroux, Kim Wilson
5. Moon Comin' Over the Hill - Tab Benoit, Jim Lauderdale, Louisiana's Leroux
6. Lost in Your Lovin' - Tab Benoit, Louisiana's Leroux
7. Rendezvous with the Blues - Tab Benoit, Jimmy Hall, Louisiana's Leroux
8. Fever for the Bayou - Tab Benoit, Louisiana's Leroux, Jumpin' Johnny Sansone
9. New Orleans Ladies - Tab Benoit, Jimmy Hall, Louisiana's Leroux
10. Muddy Bottom Blues - Tab Benoit, Louisiana's Leroux
11. Stackolina - Tab Benoit, Louisiana's Leroux, Waylon Thibodeaux, Kim Wilson

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3076 in Music
• Released on: 2008-04-22
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live

Album Description
Following the release of "Brother to the Blues" in the spring of 2006, the Blues Foundation convened in Memphis on May 10, 2007, for their annual Blues Music Awards ceremony and honored guitarist Tab Benoit with the dual awards of B.B. King Entertainer of the Year and Best Contemporary Male Performer of 2006.

For anyone who saw Benoit play a two-night stand in Nashville at The Place On Second Street just prior to the 2007 Blues Music Awards ceremony, the reasons for the accolades were crystal clear. Backed by Louisiana's LeRoux and a handful of high-profile guest performers representing a range of roots music styles, Benoit reaffirmed his reputation as a force to be reckoned with on the blues landscape in ways that no trophy ever could.

For the millions of fans unable to witness this electrifying performance first-hand, "Night Train To Nashville," Benoit's sixth solo release on Telarc, is the next best thing. The 11-track live recording, set for April 22, 2008, captures the magic and intensity of Benoit in a live setting, joined by his faithful backup unit and New Orleans mainstay, Louisiana's LeRoux, and a series of guests representing some of the most talented voices on the current blues, Cajun and country scenes: harpist/vocalist Jimmy Hall (Wet Willie), guitarist/vocalist Jim Lauderdale, harpist/accordionist Johnny Sansone, fiddler/washboard player Waylon Thibodeaux and harpist/vocalist and Fabulous Thunderbirds frontman Kim Wilson.

From the Artist
"All the guests on this record - Kim Wilson and Jimmy Hall and all the rest - make this a lot different from what I normally do on stage every night," says Tab Benoit. "These aren't guys who come to every show I play. They're all legends, and it's a real honor to have them come and play at my show. And to hear them sing my songs is a really great experience."

About the Artist
Tab Benoit is a Cajun man who's definitely got the blues. Born November 17, 1967, he grew up in Houma, Louisiana. A guitar player since his teenage years, he hung out at the Blues Box, a ramshackle music club and cultural center in nearby Baton Rouge run by guitarist Tabby Thomas. Playing guitar alongside Thomas, Raful Neal, Henry Gray and other high-profile regulars at the club, Benoit learned the blues first-hand from a faculty of living blues legends.

The nightly impromptu gigs were enough to inspire Benoit to assemble 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.

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, and he appeared prominently in "Hurricane on the Bayou," a 2006 documentary by filmmaker McGillivray Freeman that chronicles life in Louisiana after Katrina. "Hurricane on the Bayou" played in IMAX theaters in the U.S., Canada and Europe throughout 2007.

Customer Reviews

Another Great Album Even Live!
Tab Benoit once again proves why he is in such high demand at the blues shows that he plays all over the country. I have been a fan of tab since I was first introduced to his music back in 1998. I'm not really a fan of live albums but for those of you who have seen Tab live you know that its a good thing. This albums has all the heart and soul that tab pours into each and every one of his albums. I'm also glad to see that Lousianna Leroux also got be on this album as well. Listening to it makes me wait with anticipation for his next show at the Fargo Bluesfest this coming August. The choice of songs for this album creates a perfect flow for this album as well with the introductory Night Train to the soulful Darkness to the upbeat Lost in Your Lovin to the old school sounds of Stackolina which closes out the album. Overall I rate it right up there with the rest of his albums and a must have for any fan.

Live Benoit
Great blues and R&B from a super guitar slinger with excellent backup and guests. A great listen.

I love this cd!
I am so glad I bought this cd. Tab Benoit was recently intoduced to me and I was vey happy to find this cd on Amazon. If you love the blues, you will certainly want this cd in your library!I love "Night Train to Nashville" and I highly recomend it!