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Fever for the Bayou | 
 enlarge | Artist: Tab Benoit
Label: Telarc
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
Buy New: $11.12
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 21389
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 83622
UPC: 089408362224
EAN: 0089408362224
ASIN: B0007QJ1IO
Release Date: March 22, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Night Train - Tab Benoit, Benoit, Tab | | • | Little Girl Blues - Tab Benoit, Neville, Cyril | | • | I Smell a Rat - Tab Benoit, Guy, Buddy | | • | Fever for the Bayou - Tab Benoit, Benoit, Tab | | • | Lost in Your Lovin' - Tab Benoit, Benoit, Tab | | • | Golden Crown - Tab Benoit, Boudreaux, Monk | | • | I Can't Hold Out - Tab Benoit, James, Elmore | | • | The Blues Is Here to Stay - Tab Benoit, Neville, Cyril | | • | Got Love If You Want It - Tab Benoit, Moore, James H. | | • | Blues So Bad - Tab Benoit, Glover, Henry | | • | My Bucket's Got a Hole in It - Tab Benoit, Williams, Clarence |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Houma homeboy Tab Benoit may have snuck up on some blues fans, but his status as the best and brightest of modern Louisiana bluesmen is now too obvious for any to ignore. His swamp-saturated sound and incisive Telecaster attack, also heard on the Whiskey Store and Whiskey Store Live dueling-guitar albums with Jimmy Thackery, easily personalizes classics, such as Elmore James's "I Can't Hold Out," featured here with saxist Jimmy Carpenter. But Benoit's at his best with the bayou beat. As on 2003's The Sea Saint Sessions, Benoit spotlights the musical heritage of New Orleans by using two guest vocalists who are Crescent City icons: Mardi Gras Indian "Big Chief" Monk Boudreaux and dynastic percussionist/vocalist/composer Cyrille Neville. Boudreaux vocally parades through "Golden Crown" at a fittingly funky Mardi Gras tempo, while Neville provides two songs: the percussion-embellished "Little Girl Blues" and the history lesson "The Blues Is Here to Stay," on which he vocally duets with Benoit between some of the album's best guitar work. Buddy Guy's "I Smell a Rat" is the album's longest track as Benoit, beginning with a tasty intro, takes his most extended guitar workout, conjuring up a late-night blues club feel in the process. Benoit also contributes three originals, including the zydeco-tinged title track, an anthem of Cajun pride that serves him well as a signature song. Also his is the swamp stomper "Night Train," the album opener. At the other end is a surprise finale, a sublime front-porch, finger-picking acoustic rendition of "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It". --Michael Point
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| Customer Reviews:
Great album - continuing the tradition of southern blues August 24, 2007
Patrick E. Erdner (Mankato, MN)
Tab once again continues to provide blues the way it should be. His down south style and him pouring his heart and soul into his music is what makes me a true fan of his. I've seen him on multiple occassions and he has never disappointed me in the least. One thing he does do is leave me in awe every time I see him. This album I never bought when it first came out and regret that now. I ordered it along with his newest album and am glad that I did. He is a real class act and loves his fans as much as he loves them.
Awesom July 16, 2007
Blues Maven (Tennessee)
Words don't say enough about this bluesman. He makes a guitar sing and dance. I agree with another review "give him a grammy".
Very pleasantly surprised May 13, 2007
Dean F. Kennedy (Chandler, AZ)
I had never heard of Tab Benoit until I heard him on Sirius Channel 74. I decided to explore and settled on this CD. Let's just say I wasn't disappointed, this is a great disc.
hear him in person! February 14, 2007
Cornelia S. Torres
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Oh my gosh, he took the audience away. We are Califorians and maybe we get to see the best. Coach House performance was unbelieveable........
 Gumbo blues October 2, 2005
Scott M. Mishoe (Denver, CO)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Tab gives one of his best album performances with raw edged blues, Louisiana-style.
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