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The Battalion ^ 1 11 I. iZ)Al lALlwIN AGGIELIFE id^ Friday • January 23, jazzes up Jrd ‘fftcrpr Qantmd By Travis Hopper The Battalion efore his death in 1993, the great Albert Collins was known by friends and fans •as the “Master of the Telecaster”, ithe type of guitar he made fa- Jmous while pioneering a new, caw blues sound. Tab Benoit looks like the heir •to the throne. }; Currently on tour to promote jthe release of his critically ac claimed album Live: Swampland 'jam, Tab brings his own unique iblend of Cajun, country, and Jow-down blues to the Third •Floor Cantina Friday night for a isizzling taste of how the blues jare supposed to be. Benoit, a na tive of Houma, La., taught him- •self how to play guitar at the ten der age of nine and has never (looked back. i Ironically, if it were not for his {parents, he may never have be- •come the up and coming star •that he is today. “My parents got (tired of listening to me play (drums,” said Benoit in the Battle Creek Enquirer. “Drums are still !my first love. “But they just got tired of lis tening to me play drums and (gave me a guitar. It was like, •‘■Here, take this, and forget the drums’.” Benoit then started lamming with any and every band that needed a guitarist, “from country to alternative, cock to R&B and everything in between. -f By the time he was 17, he had developed his own unique 0 ~ , \ I ' A - ' |i Ik 1 % | n >. Sister 7, Haywood rock the Canw Tab Benoit and his guitar bring the relaxing sound of blues to the 3rd Floor Cantina on Friday night. sound and soon earned a regular spot at the legendary Tabby’s Blues Box. It was there that he honed his skills on blues standards and his own compositions for a measly $13 a night. It was also where the club’s owner, Tabby Thomas, gave Benoit a piece of advice that changed his life forever: “If you play the blues, you will always have a job.” Benoit has taken this advice and run with it: literally. When he turned 20, he hit the road full time and developed a tight, raw sound with his three- man band that owes just as much to Howlin’ Wolf as it does B.B. King. The thing that sets Tab apart from all the other “next big things,” however, is not his gui tar. With a voice as soulful as Ray Charles ever was, Benoit sings with such conviction and yearn ing that it’s sometimes hard to believe the man isn’t 80 years old and living on an old plantation. He captures this sound on Live: Swampland Jam, which was recorded at the House Of Blues in New Orleans and Grant Street Dance Hall in Lafayette, La. The album opens up with the catchy funk groove of “Let Love Take Control,” creeps into a slow- burning cover of the Albert Collins standard “Too Many Dirty Dishes,” moves on to the tender, accordion-driven “Louisiana Style,” and wraps up with a dash- board-thumping rendition of “It Takes A Long Time.” Please see Benoit on Page 5. By April Towery The Battalion W hat do Blockbuster Rockiest, H.O.R.D.E. Tour, ESPN’s X Games Xperience Tour, Chesterfield Cafe in Paris and College Station’s Shadow Canyon have in common? Usually nothing, but Austin rock band Sister 7 will change that when the quartet plays tonight on North- gate. The band has played to over 300,000 fans with the likes of Jewel, Bush, Third Eye Blind and Matchbox 20, a drastic change to playing in the usually sawdust-cov ered Shadow Canyon. But Sister 7 band members are used to adjusting to change. The band recently changed its name from Lit tle Sister because several other bands on the circuit had the same name. After the name change, the band re leased its third album and Arista Austin debut last sum mer, This The Trip. The album title proves to fit the band’s style, as it tours more than 300 dates each year, including regu larly sold out venues such as Boulder, Chicago, New Or leans, Memphis and St. Louis. The band, formed in 1991, is led by vocalist Patrice Pike. She and a high school buddy, bassist Darrell Phillips, teamed up with guitarist Wayne Sutton and drummer Sean Phillips (no relation to Darrell) at an im promptu jam session in a Dallas club. The band relo cated to Austin in 1993. Wayni Sutton, Darreu. Phiilir*, Patrice Pike and SeanPwj Please see Sister OPENING ACTS • •• Friday Quote for the Day This week’s theme: New Year’s Resolutions. People set their goals too high for a New Year’s resolution because they think they have a whole year to accomplish them. We have this vast amount of time to start work ing on our goals, so we procrastinate until the end of the year, and it’s always too late.” — Christine Castaneda Freshman speech communications major The Crooked Path Ale House • Blue Earth, alternative band. Dixie Theater • Haywood, rock band. Sweet Eugene’s • Michael McAllister, acoustic. The Blues Factory • Ruthie Foster, blues. The Cow Hop • Throwaway People, blues 3rd Floor Cantina • Tab Benoit, blues. Saturday Sweet Eugenes • Patrick, Phil &Co. El Arroyo | •Cosmic Earth Band,® The Crooked Path Ale House • Six Mile Bridge. Fitzwilly’s • Ruthie Foster, blues. The Cow Hop • Squint, punk rock band. Shadow Canyon • Haywood, Sister 7. • Opening Acts is a compilation of w events taking plact the Bryan-Collegek Station area. • Contact the listed 1 venues for detailso appearance times and/or cover ch Vo rot ARE | CAvl >1! 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