Blues Guitarist Tab Benoit On Tour With The Whiskey Bayou Revue Throughout 2021!
(Sioux Falls SD) – The District proudly presents renowned blues guitarist Tab Benoit and the 2021 Whiskey Bayou Revue Tour, on Sunday, July 11. Showtime: 8pm-11pm. Tickets: $27. (General Admission/Advance) and $42. (Orchestra Pit/Advance); $32. (General Admission/Door) and $47. (Orchestra Pit/Door). All ages. 4521 W. Empire Place. Info: (605) 271-5600 or visit https://ci.ovationtix.com/35786/pr/1063395/pe/10766857?deepLink=true&overlay=false. Opening for Benoit is Whiskey Bayou Records recording artist, Alastair Greene. Presented by the Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Society.
Benoit’s recent “Chicago Takeover” featured the Louisiana-based musician performing for six evenings in June at the famed City Winery. “Tab Benoit residency helps usher in the return of live music in Chicago,” writes the Chicago Sun-Times, who also interviewed Benoit. Read the entire interview, here. Benoit continues to add new dates to the tour, including four consecutive nights at the Big Blues Bender in Las Vegas, September 9-12 (updated itinerary below).
Benoit and guitarist Samantha Fish performed together last November at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium for a live concert streamed worldwide. “This is an artist whose playing speaks to you as much as his lyrics do,” wrote Music Connection magazine, reviewing Benoit’s Ryman show set. “What Tab lacked in theatrics he made up for with a warm and disarming stage presence and heartfelt playing.”
The Grammy-nominated Benoit was selected among the “30 Best Blues Guitarists In The World Today” by Guitar World in 2020 and also co-authored recently-released book, Blues Therapy, about the blues and mental illness.
Benoit, who throughout his thirty-plus career has always been known for his environmental activism, performed two nights in his hometown of Houma at the memorable 16th Annual Voice of the Wetlands Festival. He also appears prominently in the IMax motion picture Hurricane on the Bayou, a documentary of Hurricane Katrina’s effects and a call to protect and restore the Wetlands, and produced a CD to help restore that state’s Coastal Wetlands. Benoit was inducted into the Louisiana Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists in the Spring of 2020.
Whiskey Bayou Records is a partnership between Benoit and his partner and manager, Rueben Williams. The label has thus far released albums by such established and up-and-coming artists as Eric McFadden, JP Soars, Alastair Greene, Damon Fowler, Eric Johanson, Jeff McCarty, and Dash Rip Rock.
TAB BENOIT & THE WHISKEY BAYOU REVUE ON TOUR!
July 2 (Fri) SCULPTURE PARK Denver CO
July 3 (Sat) AVON PERFORMANCE PAVILION Avon CO
July 4 (Sun) MESA THEATER Grand JunctionCO
July 6 (Tues) LOVE FIELD Bozeman MT
July 8 (Thur) PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Rapid City SD
July 10 (Sat) THE HALL AT FARGO BREWING Fargo ND
July 11 (Sun) THE DISTRICT Sioux Falls SD
July 14 (Wed) ROSE PARK@ ROSE MUSIC HALL Columbia, MO
July 15 (Thur) BOURBON THEATER Lincoln NE
July 16 (Fri) WOOLY’S Des Moines IA
July 17 (Sat) OUTLAND BALLROOM Springfield MO
July 20 (Sun) SAM’S BURGER JOINT San Antonio TX
July 21 (Mon) THE KESSLER Dallas, TX
July 22 (Tues) STANLEY’S FAMOUS PIT BBQ Tyler TX
July 23 (Fri) THE 04 CENTER Austin TX
July 24 (Sat) THE HEIGHTS THEATER Houston TX
Aug 7 (Sat) THREE CAVES Huntsville AL
Aug 11 (Wed) BARRYMORE THEATER Madison WI
Aug 12 (Thur) RHYTHM CITY CASINO RESORT Davenport IA
Aug 14 (Sat) BAYFRONT BLUES FESTIVAL Duluth MN
Aug 17 (Tues) THE ACORN Three Oaks MI
Aug 19 (Thur) RIVER CITY CASINO St. Louis MO
Aug 21 (Sat) MADISON RIBBERFEST BBQ Madison IN
Aug 22 (Sun) THE KENT STAGE Kent OH
Aug 24 (Tues) BEACHLAND BALLROOM Cleveland OH
Aug 25 (Wed) JERGELS RHYTHM GRILLE Warrendale, PA
Aug 26 (Thur) LEESBURG THEATER Leesburg VA
Aug 28 (Sat) MICHAEL ARNONES CRAWFISH FEST Augusta NJ
Sept. 9/10/11/12 BIG BLUES BENDER Las Vegas NV
Sept 14 (Tues) RHYTHM ROOM Phoenix AZ
Sept 15 (Wed) RHYTHM ROOM Phoenix AZ
Sept 16 (Thur) BELLY UP TAVERN Solana Beach CA
Sept 17 (Fri) WORLD RECORDS Bakersfield CA
Sept 22 (Wed) FELTON MUSIC HALL Felton CA
Sept 23 (Thur) CORNERSTONE Berkeley CA
Sept 25 (Sat) MYSTIC THEATER Petaluma CA
Oct 19 (Tues) RAMS HEAD ON STAGE Annapolis MD
Oct 20 (Wed) RAMS HEAD ON STAGE Annapolis MD
Oct 21 (Thur) THE BIRCHMERE Alexandria VA
Oct 22 (Fri) ELEVATION 27 Virginia Bch VA
Oct 24 (Sun) PARAMOUNT BRISTOL Bristol TN
Oct 26 (Tues) SELLERSVILLE THEATER Sellersville PA
Oct 28 (Thur) COHOES MUSIC HALL Cohoes PA
Oct 29 (Fri) INFINITY MUSIC HALL Hartford CT
Oct 30 (Sat) CENTER FOR THE ARTS Natick MA
Nov 2 (Tues) CITY WINERY Boston MA
Nov 3 (Wed) BULL RUN Shirley MA
Nov 4 (Thur) SPIRE CENTER/PERFORMING ARTS Plymouth MA
Nov 6 (Sat) BEACON THEATER Hopewell VA
Nov 11 (Thur) MARTIN’S Jackson MS
Nov 12 (Fri) SATURN Birmingham AL
Nov 14 (Sun) TAFT THEATER Cincinnati OH
Tab Benoit Interviews/Promotional Materials/Show Passes Available.
Tab Benoit: Thunderbird Management/Rueben Williams
(985) 688-5258 thunderbird@viscom.net