Tab Benoit with Lightnin' Malcolm
Tuesday, Aug. 09 | 7:00pm ET (6:00pm CT)
Award-winning blues artist Tab Benoit returns to the Acorn. Benoit is a superb guitar player who takes his audience for a joyride with his gritty and soulful Delta swamp blues.
About the Artist:
Tab Benoit is a Grammy nominated singer, songwriter and guitarist who has built a remarkable 30+ year career in music. His gritty and soulful Delta swamp blues has attracted a devoted legion of fans along the way. He is a recipient of 5 Blues Music Awards, including BB King Entertainer of the Year (twice), and he has been inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
He has recorded and performed with greats such as Junior Wells, George Porter Jr, Dr. John, Willie Nelson, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Billy Joe Shaver, Maria Muldaur, James Cotton, Cyril Neville, Kenny Aronoff, Allen Toussaint, Kim Wilson, Jimmy Thackery, Charlie Musslewhite, Kenny Neal, Chris Layton, Ivan Neville, Jimmy Hall, Jim Lauderdale, Anders Osborne and Alvin Youngblood Hart to name a few.
Tab's accomplishments as a musician are matched only by his devotion to the environmental health of his native Louisiana wetlands. Benoit is the founder and driving force behind Voice of the Wetlands, an organization working to preserve the coastal waters of his home state. In 2010, he received the Governor's Award for Conservationist of the Year from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation.
Benoit also starred in the iMax motion picture 'Hurricane on the Bayou,' a documentary about Hurricane Katrina's effects on the environment and different methods used to protect and restore the wetlands.
Opening the show will be Lightnin’ Malcolm.
Cutting edge Mississippi Bluesman Lightnin Malcolm, a charismatic and energetic guitarslinger with a deep soulful voice, has taken his irresistible dance grooves from Juke Joint teen years to World Stages with mainstream artists such as Robert Plant, Jimmy Buffett, Robert Cray, The Black Keys, Widespread Panic, Big Head Todd, North Mississippi Allstars, Lucero and Gary Clark Jr.
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