Table of Biography
Tab Benoit is a renowned blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter who hails from Houma, Louisiana, U.S. Tab Benoit formed an organization endorsing awareness of coastal wetlands preservation titled, “Voice of the Wetlands” in the year 2003.
Early Life
Benoit’s birthdate is 17th November 1967, his birthday is Friday, and his birthplace is Houma, Louisiana, United States. His current age is fifty-five, his ethnicity is Cajun, and his zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Likewise, the amazing guitarist holds an American nationality. As for his parents, the names of her parents are Evelyn Benoit and Maurice Benoit.
Tab Benoit – Education
Regarding his educational background, he was a student of Vanderbilt, situated in Houma, Louisiana. The guitarist graduated from there in May 1985. Furthermore, he has been playing guitar since an early age.
Caption: Tab Benoit some years ago (Source: YouTube)
Career and Professional Life
The blues guitarist’s career took off in 1987 and still has been going well. Benoit participated at the Blues Box, a music club and cultural centre managed by Tabby Thomas in Baton Rouge.
Playing guitar together with popular personalities every day, Tab learned the blues from a faculty of live blues champions. In 1987, he formed a trio and started performing in clubs in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
After 2 years, he started going on tours in other parts of the South and began touring more of the US in 1991. At present, the musician has been performing across the country.
In addition, Benoit was seen in the IMAX movie, “Hurricane on the Bayou”. Texas-based Justice Records then offered him a recording contract and he brought out a series of recordings, starting in 1992 with “Nice and Warm”.
In 1999, he released “These Blues Are All Mine” on Vanguard after Justice folded. The same year, he was present on the collaborative album, “Homesick for the Road” on the Telarc label with the guitarists, Kenny Neal and Debbie Davies. It also tossed Tab’s bond with Telarc, which ended in 2002 with the release of Wetlands.
Some more
In 2002, the musician came up with a collaborative recording, named “Whiskey Store”. Likewise, he brought out “Sea Saint Sessions” in 2003 which was recorded at Big Easy Recording Studio in New Orleans.
The guitarist together with his regular group, Carl Dufrene, Darryl White, and Sea Saint Sessions added invitee entrances by Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Cyril Neville, Brian Stoltz, and George Porter Jr.
That same year, Benoit and Thackery procured their duelling guitar show on the road and recorded a March 2003 show at the Unity Centre for Performing Arts in Unity, Maine.
This resulted in Whiskey Store Live which was out in February 2004. In 2005, the musician brought “Fever for the Bayou”. Likewise, he recorded “Brother to the Blues” in 2006 with Louisiana’s LeRoux.
The record got a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. Tab’s cover of Buddy Miller’s “Shelter Me” was kept as the theme song of the TV series, “Sons of Guns”. In April 2011, he came out with “Medicine”, presenting Anders Osborne, Michael Doucet of Beausoleil, and Ivan Neville. Moreover, the artist also plays drums.
Business ventures and activism
The guitarist owns Tab Benoit’s Lagniappe Music Cafe, located in the downtown of his birthplace. Apart from his career and professional life, he has also been active in conservation activities from the side of Louisiana wetlands.
He founded a nonprofit organization named “Voice of the Wetlands (VOW)” which serves consciousness of the retreating coastal wetlands of Louisiana. A motive for founding the Voice of the Wetlands Foundation is to support outreach and teaching about Louisiana’s Wetlands damage and how Louisiana’s ironic culture is missing as its wetlands vanish.
In addition to this, Benoit won the 2009 Governor’s Award – Conservationist of the Year by the Louisiana Wildlife Federation in 2010. He has been utilizing his musical skills to support the matters that outbreak Louisiana’s hazarded coast to his national listeners.
The amazing musician has his recording studio in Houma, Louisiana, and even handles a record label, “Whiskey Bayou Records”. Moreover, he co-arranged and co-produced the album, “The New World Blues”. The album belonged to Alastair Greene which was out on 23rd October 2020.
Caption: Tab Benoit playing guitar on the stage (Source: Big Blues Bender)
Net Worth 2024
According to some sources, the American blues musician has been earning a whopping amount of money at present. The estimated net worth of Benoit must be between $1 to $7 million US Dollars.
Also, his primary source of income is from his consistent participation in the musical industry. He makes fame and money being a guitarist, singer, and songwriter too.
We can guess that the guitarist has been living a luxurious and free life in the United States. Furthermore, he must have an impressive collection of guitars, cars, musical instruments, and so on.
Relationship Status
Talking about his relationship status, the guitarist has always been tight-lipped when it comes to his relationships. He never posts or shares anything about his previous as well as present life.
According to some of the resources, Benoit is a single man who is not dating any woman right now. Other than this, Benoit has also not been involved in any kind of unwanted controversies and rumours. His limited presence on screen and internet is the reason behind it.
Caption: Tab Benoit performing with his group (Source: Instagram)
Body Measurements
As for her body measurement, Tab seems to have fit health and has a suitable average body build. The American musician has a pale complexion with a pair of brown eyes and dark brown hair.
Regarding his body measurements, height, and body weight, unfortunately, there are no details about them available on the internet. It also looks like the American guitarist is mostly busy with his musical works and has less time to look after his health.
Tab Benoit – Social Media
Coming to the social media part, the American musician has been quite active on online platforms. He has been quite famous there, earning thousands of followers everywhere online. Benoit has been active on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and even Facebook.
Knowing the conscience of being too active on these platforms, Tab has been very lightly active on there. He often shares his works and his amazing encounters with other famous musical personalities.
On Instagram, he has posted 655 posts and has gained 16.7 thousand followers. Likewise, he has over 99 thousand followers on his Facebook page. The musician joined Twitter in October 2011 and has almost seven thousand followers on there right now.
In addition to this, Tab has his website too. He is also active on YouTube where he has been sharing his amazing works with the public. His YouTube channel runs under the id “@tabbenoit7763” but he has less than a thousand subscribers there.