Tab Benoit - 2011 - Medicine.nfo
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Tab Benoit - Medicine
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Artist...............: Tab Benoit
Album................: Medicine
Genre................: Blues
Source...............: Flac
Year.................: 2011
Codec................: LAME 3.98
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: Thanks to the flac ripper
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Tracklisting
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1. Tab Benoit - Medicine [05:47]
2. Tab Benoit - Sunrise [03:45]
3. Tab Benoit - A Whole Lotta Soul [05:30]
4. Tab Benoit - Come And Get It [03:10]
5. Tab Benoit - Broke And Lonely [05:32]
6. Tab Benoit - Long Lonely Bayou [04:33]
7. Tab Benoit - In It To Win It [04:01]
8. Tab Benoit - Can't You See [04:16]
9. Tab Benoit - Nothing Takes The Place Of You [04:01]
10. Tab Benoit - Next To Me [05:01]
11. Tab Benoit - Mudboat Melissa [04:36]
Playing Time.........: 50:18
Total Size...........: 115.14 MB
NFO generated on.....: 1/25/2019 9:17:36 PM
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This is the usually prolific Louisiana guitarist Tab Benoit's first studio album in
nearly four years, and although all his releases are top shelf, this one is
slightly better. He teams up with New Orleans transplant Anders Osborne,
who not only plays second guitar (press notes say B.B. King's famous "Lucille"
was used for these sessions) but also co-writes seven of the eleven songs.
Other high-profile bandmembers include Ivan Neville, Beausoleil's Michael
Doucet, and drummer Brady Blade. In addition, noted roots producer David
Z. recorded the project, bringing even more high wattage talent to the
proceedings. Since 2003, Benoit has been an active spokesman and president
for the Voice of the Wetlands environmental organization so, not surprisingly,
the subject matter of some of the material leans toward the state of the
bayou. That's especially true in "A Whole Lotta Soul," where Benoit sings
"what you gonna tell the spirit/when the heart of the bayou bleeds" and "In
It to Win It" that leads off with the line "I was born inside this Delta."
Musically, Benoit sticks to his patented blend of soul, rock, blues, and Cajun,
often mixed in the same song. His voice has attained a lived-in grit, always
present but now somewhat accentuated by production that is spacious yet
full. The electric set includes one unplugged tune; "Long Lonely Bayou"
features just Benoit on acoustic and Doucet on fiddle. It's a highlight that
finds the singer sounding as torn and frayed as the bluesmen who have been
such a large part of his influences. He goes pure soul-blues on Toussaint
McCall's slow dance classic "Nothing Takes the Place of You," this disc's Otis
Redding-styled '60s entry, and rips into the lyric with tearful regret nearly
equal to the original. The lovely and passionately sung Osborne-Benoit tune
"Sunrise" treads similar territory. The closing zydeco rhythm of "Mudboat
Melissa" allows both Doucet and Benoit to open up and solo against a festive,
driving Louisiana backbeat. But the album's most riveting moment is arguably
its opening title track, where Benoit and band tear into a tough, grinding,
stomping blues-rocker that builds tension as it progresses and finds both
guitarists unleashing slashing riffs on a song that might be Benoit's most
powerful recorded performance. While nothing after quite tops it, lots comes
close, making this one of the guitarist's finest overall efforts and well worth
the extended wait.
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