Swampland Jam: Live [Live]

Tab Benoit | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 20, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Vanguard Records
• ASIN: B00000IIZG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,678 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #18 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Electric Blues Guitar
  • #36 in Music > Blues > Regional Blues > New Orleans Blues

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars He's Genuine, January 22, 2004

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Bruce Kendall "BEK" (Southern Pines, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swampland Jam: Live (Audio CD)

I haven't lived in New Orleans in a while, but I did live there long enough to recognize real Tiptinas style cuts, when I hear them. This guy delivers that sound, in grand style. If you are a fan of N'Awlins style soul/blues, as I am, this CD will give you your fix. Blues fans of Keb Mo will hear some similarities. Tab's guitar playing has that similar "fuzzy" quality to it. But Tab is definitely on a tighter track when he kicks out the Albert Collins riffs on "Too Many Dishes." It's almost as if I were put into a Sherman and Peabody wayback machine to a live Tips/Collins gig, via 1983.

Fans of Collins, Professor Longhair, Stevie Ray, The Dirty Dozen, and other performers of the era will be happy to see that Todd Benoit and similar groups are maintaining that kind of quality!

BEK

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this CD!, July 25, 2004

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J. Hill (Xenia, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swampland Jam: Live (Audio CD)

Let me first say that I do NOT generally like "live" albums. But, this is fantastic. I am a huge Tab Benoit fan and this CD is one of his best. According to Tab, he does not try to blow you away; he creates a "feeling" and lets the music flow from that feeling. Thats exactly what happens here. Tab's brand of blues is peppered with cajun hot sauce without sounding campy or silly. The highs are high and the lows are oh so low. All of his CDs have a "live" feel to them; this one also has an audience. Its just great music .

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Solid Jams, January 11, 2003

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Brian Welsch (Spartanburg, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swampland Jam: Live (Audio CD)

Although a fan of Tab's, this CD leaves me wanting. Don't get me wrong its a good listen a well worth purchasing for fans, but it doesn't grab me the way Nice and Warm and Standing on Banks do. If you are a fan and looking at buying it, you won't be disappointed, but if you're new to Tab you'd do better to get one of other CDs first.