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| Tab Benoit - Standing on the Bank Band: Tab Benoit Tracks: - Make Your Mind Up - Me and My Guitar - Downtown - Standing on the Bank - Match Box Blues - Rainy Day Blues - You Got What I Want - Seventh Son - If I Could Quit You - Laundromat Blues - Going Down - Still Going Down the Road Tab's third One of My Favorite Tab albums. His own material is great, and he covers the "Alberts" to a T. This guy (from Houma, LA by the way) has with "Standing on the Bank" recorded a master piece. But he is even better live. Catch him at the Rock-N-Bowl on a Saturday night, and get blown away. He plays really hard - usually pops at least 4-5 strings per show. And on home turf he doesn't want to quit, and will go as long as they let him. Go see him when he comes to your town! Great Stuff! I don't generally comment on other peoples reviews but after reading Mr. Geoffery Himes review, I avoided this cd and opted for "These Blues Are All Mine" instead. Then, Tab Benoit came to town and put on a little show. Not only was he a fantastic performer, but I realized that several of the tunes he was playing, and which had the Audience in a frenzy, were all songs off of this cd. In fact, at the show, Benoit sold every copy of this cd that he had brought with him. Shortly after the show, I came back to this cd and reread Himes review. What is this guy smoking? The cd is excellent and may well be the best that Benoit has produced. Benoit's mastery of the fret board is astonishing and, as one writer commented, "the man knows more chords than Six Figures Mandel and is able to make them all sound like Uncle Paul could play them". Oddly, and again contrary to Himes comments, Benoit's least likeable song on this cd is "Rainy Day Blues" with Willie Nelson. Not that it is a bad song, but it just doesn't fit with the rest. Don't make the same mistake I did and rely on Mr. Himes, buy this cd today. Gooffy Himes review earns less than 1 Star! Pay no attention to Mr. Himes' Blues Snob review! Tab Benoit delivers great, gritty blues guitar and vocals throughout this CD. This IS the blues Geoffy! Don't believe it? Just catch Tab's Live show some Saturday night in New Orleans and watch him pack'em in. If the blues is about energy & passion...Tab is a Five STAR BLUESMAN! Buy Tab Benoit Standing On The Bank at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.comJamster - the latest ringtones for your phone! |
