Brother To The Blues

Tab Benoit | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: April 25, 2006
• Label: Telarc
• Total Length: 55:02
• Genres: Blues/Regional Blues
• ASIN: B00150G954
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,202 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)
  • #64 in MP3 Downloads > MP3 Albums > Blues > Regional Blues

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tab Reaches New Heights, April 28, 2006

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Rayman (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brother to the Blues (Audio CD)

Tab fans know that his blues is rooted in country and cajun. His signature Telecaster Thinline tone often sings like a fiddle. This collection of tunes taps his country side while bringing out at more disciplined, chops-oriented approach to some well-crafted songs. Backed superbly by Louisiana's LeRoux band, he delivers 13 great tracks. The production is first-rate, as is the song sequencing.

The first 3 tunes take you through 3 styles: Freddie King' "Pack It Up", Sam Cooke's "Bring it on Home To Me", and the title track, "Brother To the Blues." This one may rattle some Tab fans heads as a straight country ballad. But it's solid and sincere, and it works. (Bring It On Home is one chorus too long - especially as track 2 - but that's minor nit.)

Guessing that most Tab fans have seen his live shows, the Hank Williams' "I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow" will recall his between-set solo section, as will the original fingerpicked "Moon Coming over the Hill"

The highlight is the original "Somehow" - a slow blues burner that channels Ronnie Earl and some tasty chords over soulful vocals.

I have just about everything this guy has recorded and see him live as often as I can. He's the real deal, and this record makes it clear. This CD delivers!

19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Warning: This is not a blues CD, May 10, 2006

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Somebody (KCMO) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Brother to the Blues (Audio CD)

Don't let the title confuse you. This is not a blues CD. Its country. Tab Benoit writes in the liner notes this is a "special project" of all of his "early musical influences" "especially early country music."

It's well recorded. It has some nice music. It has fiddles, banjos and pedal steel guitars. But it isn't a "brother to the blues." It's only a distant cousin.

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, if not misleading title!, June 1, 2006

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deepbluereview "deepbluereview" (SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brother to the Blues (Audio CD)

Tab Benoit is one of my favorite blues artists and I particularly like it when he mixes the blues with a little Cajun flavor from the Bayou. That being said, I was taken by surprise at the lack of blues on this release. The CD consists of mostly hillside country music complete with pedal steel, banjo and fiddle. Something tells me that if he titled this recording to reveal its true contents, sales would be somewhat dismal. Tab's tip of the hat to the songs which he knew as a child will be better appreciated by some country fans but, it is sure to leave blues fans a little unsatisfied. Especially knowing that we may have to wait another year or two for a suitable new release.