Release Date : Aug 30, 2024
Original source : phillycheezeblues.blogspot.com
It’s been a long thirteen
years since Tab Benoit has released a new studio album. I Hear
Thunder, the latest, is well worth the wait. Benoit delivers ten striking new Telecaster
Thinline-fueled tracks he co-wrote with guitarist Anders Osborne. They
glisten like rays of sunlight reflecting off a Louisiana bayou. With Tab on
vocals and guitar, he is joined by drummer Terence Higgins, bassist Corey
Duplechin, Osborne on guitar. And guest George Porter Jr. (The
Meters) who plays bass on two tracks.
Title-track “I Hear Thunder” is powered by a quick-setting, lush, swampy groove adorned with thick bass, a heavy pulse, and riveting guitar licks. I absolutely love it. “The Ghost of Gatemouth Brown” follows next with an infectious beat and a fabulous tribute to the Grammy-winning Louisiana bluesman Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown (April 18, 1924 – September 10, 2005). Benoit is picturesque with his lyrics as he transports the listener into the swamps and marshes of the delta with “Watching the Gaters Roll In”. It’s a favorite indeed. When Porter joins in on “Little Queenie”, it makes for a damn fine dance-inducing jam. I can’t help but move my feet when this flows through the speakers. The album comes to its glorious end with “Bayou Man”, a bodacious track oozing with searing guitar licks covered in gator grease.
Tab Benoit’s I Hear Thunder excites me at every turn with his delectable guitar performances and powerful vocals. It truly is a fantastic album.
For more information about Tab Benoit, visit his website at https://www.tabbenoit.com/
