Event Listing - Clubs, Music
Mon Dec 14

KPIG presents

An evening with Tab Benoit @ Slim's


Tel. 4152550333
Email An evening with Tab Benoit @ Slim's
Website
$20
Tickets
Box Office: 4152550333

Location
Date and Time
Slim's
333 11th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103 map
cross street: between Folsom & Harrison
district: SoMa

Mon Dec 14 (Doors 7:30pm, Show 8:00pm)

Description
With all the makings of an American music icon, Tab Benoit has become one of the premiere roots stylist of the century. Tab has paid his dues as a road troubadour playing 250 nights a year performing at venues across North America, honing his guitar chops and becoming part of Louisiana folklore and legend.

For the past several years he's been performing his own brand of cajun rock 'n blues, night after night, while watching the size of his audience steadily increase. This grueling tour schedule has paid off, as he now plays for standing room only crowds across the country, from major music cities to small town blues bars.

Born in Baton Rouge in November 1967 and raised in the oil and fishing town of Houma, Louisiana (where he lives to this day), Benoit barely remembers learning to play guitar. "I had a book that showed you how to play chords," he said. "After I learned the first three, I got rid of the book."

Since that time, the music has seemed to come naturally to him. He began playing gigs around town -- weddings, local Cajun festivals, and rock and roll shows – anything to make a living and get the chance to play music. For Tab there was a natural progression from rock 'n roll to the '70s to the Cajun rock 'n blues he now plays since all of these genres are firmly rooted in the blues.

Everything Tab does, he does on the spot. He rarely rehearses, making each performance a new experience for both the band and the audience. He likes things simple, and approaches life with a laid-back reverence. Whether it's his uncanny ability to fix things (he's been known to repair a tour bus with a Swiss Army Knife), his winning performances racing dirt track stock cars, or his emotional, yet restrained, approach to playing music, Benoit believes in spontaneity and the importance of the moment. Benoit just does what comes naturally.