Tab Benoit - These Blues Are All Mine | Jiffs Mixes

Jiffs Mixes #Blues 343 Title: These Blues Are All Mine - Tab Benoit - Jiffs Mixes Tab Benoit was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana November 17, 1967, and was raised in the town of Houma, whose primary industries were fishing and oil production. His father was a musician so he was exposed to music from the very beginning. The music of his youth was primarily “Cajun waltzes” and his hometown radio station which played “country music.” Drums were his first instrument while he attended Catholic school but switched to guitar out of necessity. His first gigs were in churches and church related events in rural Louisiana which eschewed drums as the devil’s music. He began playing guitar in Baton Rouge music venues where he formed a trio and eventually expanded into New Orleans and other parts of the South. This song style is a strong statement by Tab Benoit announcing his true arrival; He only wrote five of the 13 songs on this album, he stakes a legitimate claim to all of them with some of