Narrows Center for the Arts host Tab Benoit for two nights of concerts, March 30 and 31

FALL RIVER — Respected blues guitarist-vocalist and storyteller extraordinaire Tab Benoit has launched a 2022 spring-summer national tour with the Whiskey Bayou Revue.

Locally, Tab Benoit performs in concert for two nights at the Narrows Center For The Arts March 30 and 31.

"With a grin on his face and sparkle in his eye from all the love he was receiving he grabbed his trusty Thinline Telecaster and without a seconds hesitation ripped into an absolutely blistering introduction to 'Why Are People Like That',” writes Splice Magazine in a recent live review of Benoit's live show. "His band laid out a perfect beat for Tab to weave his six string magic. Tab’s vocal delivery was spot on, but his playing was otherworldly. There was no denying who was the master guitar player on tonight’s bill."

One of last summer's memorable touring ensembles was Tab Benoit's Swampland Jam featuring Louisiana Bayou musical treasures Big Chief Monk Boudreaux (recently honored with a 2021-22 Grammy Nomination for his "Bloodstains & Teardrops" album on Whiskey Bayou Records), plus Johnny Sansone, Waylon Thibodeaux, and Benoit. The Grammy-nominated Tab Benoit, renown throughout his thirty-plus-year career for his passionate environmental activism, performed two nights in his hometown of Houma at the 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 2020. One of the most impressive guitarists to emerge from the rich Bayous of Southern Louisiana in recent years, Tab Benoit’s guitar tone can be recognized before his Otis-Redding-ish voice resonates from the speakers. He doesn’t rely on any effects and his setup is simple. It consists of a guitar, cord, and Category 5 Amplifier. The effects that you hear come from his fingers.

The Narrows Center For The Arts is located at 16 Anawan St. The shows will be held Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31 at 9 p.m. Tickets: $53. (advance), $55. (door). For more information, call 508-324-1926 or visit https://www.narrowscenter.org.

This article originally appeared on The Herald News: Tab Benoit will performs at the Narrows Center in Fall River