Standing on the Bank

Tab Benoit | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 20, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vanguard Records
• ASIN: B00000IIZE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,010 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #37 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Electric Blues Guitar
  • #98 in Music > Blues > Regional Blues > New Orleans Blues

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Stuff!, April 9, 2001

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

This review is from: Standing on the Bank (Audio CD)

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.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What the blues is all about!, February 14, 2004

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This review is from: Standing on the Bank (Audio CD)

This is the first review I've ever written so I'll be brief. If you don't like music don't buy this album, that is the only excuse I can think of not to buy this album or any of Tab's stuff for that matter.

Mr. Himes needs to spend more time in New Orleans contemplating why he is wasting everyones time writing reviews. I'm sure he doesn't like Stevie Ray Vauhn, Cool John Ferguson or BB King either. What an idiot! If you don't like the blues don't review the blues. This album is awsome.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tab's third, April 8, 2003

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CS "As long as there is music" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Standing on the Bank (Audio CD)

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!