ST. PETERSBURG â Renowned Louisiana Cajun-blues guitarist Tab Benoit is on tour, bringing live music back to the world in socially-distanced performances.
Benoit will perform Sunday, Jan. 31, at Jannus Live, 200 First Ave. N., St. Petersburg. Gates will open at 6 p.m. and the show will get underway at 7 p.m. Tickets are $50 a person for adults 21 and older. Call 727-565-0550 or visit www.jannuslive.com/event/tab-benoit.
The St. Pete show will kick off Benoitâs winter-spring tour and will be followed by stops in Boca Raton and Tallahassee the first week of February. The tour comes on the heels of Benoitâs concert in November at Nashville s iconic Ryman Auditorium. That show was livestreamed worldwide and featured blues guitar queen Samantha Fish. Last year, Benoit also was named to the 30 Best Blues Guitarists in the World Today list compiled by Guitar World. He co-authored âBlues Therapy,â a recently released book about the blues and mental illness.
Where wasn’t the presence of Phil Irwin felt in Rappahannock County?
A constant of virtually all proceedings of the Rappahannock County community and government, cherished innkeeper of Caledonia Farm – 1812, founding member of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, regional director of the Virginia Farm Bureau, committee member for both Rappahannock County Farmland Preservation and the Agricultural Forestal District, Rappahannock tourism advisory member for 25 years chief of morning broadcasts for Voice of America (VOA) Irwin was found dead Thursday at his working cattle farm north of Washington.
“What a contribution Phil made to our county over his many years here,” Huntly friend Ralph Bates reacted upon learning of Irwin’s death. “He will live in our memories as we drive and see how well our viewshed and environment has been protected because of his commitment and work.”