Tab Benoit

Houma, Louisiana's Tab Benoit plays gritty, soulful Delta swamp blues on a no-frills '72 Fender Telecaster Thinline — no effects pedals, just fingers, cord, and amp. A 30-plus-year road warrior with five Blues Music Awards (including BB King Entertainer of the Year, twice) and a Grammy nomination, he's as serious about Louisiana's wetlands as he is about the blues. Catch him live and you'll…