What better way to ring in the New Year than spending New Year’s Eve with much-loved and respected blues guitarist Tab Benoit’s Swampland Jam, performing at the venerable House of Blues, Foundation Room, Friday, December 31. Show: 10pm. Tickets: $45.-$110. Must be 18 and over. 225 Decatur St. Info: (504) 310-1971 or visit https://www.houseofblues.com/neworleans/EventDetail?tmeventid=0&offerid=135922. Also performing: Whiskey Bayou Records recording artist, guitarist Alastair Greene.
One of Summer 2021’s great touring ensembles was Tab Benoit’s Swampland Jam (pictured above) featuring Louisiana Bayou musical treasures Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, along with Johnny Sansone, Waylon Thibodeaux, and Benoit.
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux was just honored with a 2021-22 Grammy for his “Bloodstains & Teardrops” album on Whiskey Bayou Records, co-produced by Benoit and Williams. Boudreaux incorporates African Rhythms and Mardi Gras Chants into his own original style of Rhythm and Blues. Boudreaux is the Big Chief of the Golden Eagles, a legendary Mardi Gras Indian tribe. He is widely known for his long-time collaboration with Big Chief Bo Dollis in The Wild Magnolias. In 2016, Boudreaux received a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship in Washington, DC.
TAB BENOIT’S SWAMPLAND JAM & TAB BENOIT BAND ITINERARY
Dec. 31 (Fri) HOUSE OF BLUES New Orleans LA
Jan. 21 (Fri) BIJOU THEATRE Knoxville TN
Jan. 22 (Sat.) THE GREEN TIGER Greensboro NC
Jan. 23 (Sun) NEWBERRY OPERA HOUSE Newberry, SC
Jan. 25 (Tue) CHARLESTON OPERA HOUSE Charleston SC
Jan. 27 (Thur) SAVANNAH CENTER The Villages FL
Jan. 28 (Fri) THE CULTURE ROOM Ft. Lauderdale FL
Jan. 29 (Sat) THE CULTURE ROOM Ft. Lauderdale FL
Jan. 30 (Sun) JANNUS LIVE St. Petersburg FL
Jan. 31 (Mon) KING CTR FOR PERFRMG ARTS Melbourne FL
Feb 2 (Wed) KEY WEST THEATER Key West FL
Feb 4 (Fri) PLAZA LIVE ORLANDO Orlando FL
Feb 5 (Sat) CTR FOR THE ARTS/B SPRINGS Bonita Springs FL
Feb 6 (Sun) CTR FOR THE ARTS/B SPRINGS Bonita Springs FL
Feb 9 (Wed) HARGRAY CAPITOL THEATER Macon GA
Feb 10 (Thur) GEORGIA THEATER Athens GA
Feb. 12 (Sat) DIXIE CARTER PERF. ARTS CTR Huntington TN
March 3 (Thur) THE 04 CENTER Austin TX
March 4 (Fri) DOSEY DOE The Woodlands TX
March 6 (Sun) THE KESSLER Dallas TX
March 27 (Sun) CTR FOR THE ARTS/HOMER Homer NY
March 29 (Tue) GATEWAY CITY ARTS Holyoke MA
April 3 (Sun) SOUTH ORANGE PERF ARTS CTR South Orange NJ
April 5 (Tue) CITY WINERY Philadelphia PA
April 6 (Wed) BIRCHMERE Alexandria VA
April 7 (Thur) TALLY HO THEATER Leesburg VA
May 6 (Fri) THE FILLMORE New Orleans VA
May 27 (Fri) ROOSTER WALK MUSIC/ARTS FEST Martinsville VA
June 4 (Sat) MICHAEL ARNONE’S CRAWFISH Augusta NJ
Aug 26 (Fri) BIG BLUES BENDER Las Vegas NV
Aug 27 (Sat) BIG BLUES BENDER Las Vegas NV
Aug 28 (Sun) BIG BLUES BENDER Las Vegas NV
(New Orleans LA) – dougdeutschPR