Tab Benoit

Tab Benoit: Biography in Details

Who is Tab Benoit?

Tab Benoit is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and guitarist. He is active in the music industry since 1987.

He rose to fame for his albums like Nice and Warm, These Blues Are All Mine, Night Train, Medicine, and Wetlands. 

In addition, he is also an actor who has appeared in the IMAX film, Hurricane on the Bayou.

Tab Benoit: Bio, Birth Age(56), Parents, Ethnicity

Tab Benoit was born in Houma, Louisiana on 17 November 1967. He is of Cajun ethnicity and has an American nationality.

His mother’s name is Evelyn Benoit and his father’s name is Maurice Benoit. He does not have any siblings.

Since childhood, Tab Benoit has built up a strong interest in the music industry and he started playing guitar in his teenage. In addition, he is also good at playing drums.

Education History

Tab Benoit graduated from Vanderbilt Catholic High School in Houma, Louisiana in 1985.

Tab Benoit: Professional Life and Career

Tab Benoit has been active in the music field since 1987. He started his career path at a music club and cultural center in Baton Rouge run by guitarist Tabby Thomas.

Then in 1987, he formed a trio and began playing in clubs in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

He signed a recording contract with Texas-based Justice Records and released his first album Nice and Warm in 1993. With the success of his first album, he then began to release several albums.

Tab Benoit released What I Live For in 1994, Standing on the Bank in 1995, Swampland Jam in 1997, These Blues Are All Mine in 1998, and Homesick for the Road in 1999.

Tab Benoit worked each of his records the old-fashioned way playing anywhere and everywhere till the 2000s.

Tab Benoit released Whiskey Store in 2002 together with Jimmy Thackery,  Charlie Musselwhite, Tommy Shannon, and Chris Layton. He released Sea Saint Sessions, recorded at Big Easy Recording Studio in New Orleans in 2003.

He has performed at the Unity Centre for Performing Arts in Unity, Maine together with Jimmy Thackery. In 2011, he released Medicine and Box of Pictures – Voice of the Wetlands Allstars. 

Tab Benoit also released Legacy: The Best of in 2012 and Night Train in 2015.

Besides his musical career, he is also an actor who has appeared in the IMAX film, Hurricane on the Bayou. In addition, he is also an owner of Tab Benoit’s Lagniappe Music Cafe in Houma, Louisiana.

Tab Benoit has also started  Voice of the Wetlands, a nonprofit organization working to restore and preserve Louisiana’s wetlands.

Tab Benoit earns a decent amount of income but his exact net worth is not available in the public domain of the web.

Awards and Achievements

Tab Benoit has been nominated for several awards and has also won some. He won the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year award in 2007 presented by Blues Music Awards.

On 16 May 2010, he was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame (LMHOF).

 won three separate Blues Music Awards for Contemporary Blues Male Artist, Contemporary Blues Album, and B.B. King Entertainer of the Year award in the year of 2012.

Then again, Tab Benoit won the Blues Music Awards for Contemporary Blues Male Artist in 2013.

Tab Benoit: Salary, Net Worth 2024

There is no information about his salary and net worth.

Tab Benoit: Rumor and Controversy

Tab Benoit was criticized for the film Hurricane on the Bayou, a film about the effects of Hurricane Katrina and Louisiana’s call to restore its wetlands.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Tab Benoit has dark brown hair color and his eye color is brown. There is no information about his height, weight, or shoe size.

Social Media Profile

Tab Benoit is active on Facebook and Twitter.

Tab Benoit has more than 87k followers on Facebook and more than 6.4 followers on Twitter.

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