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the Whiskey Haulers’ ladies Paula and Judy were caught hanging out with Tab Benoit after his gig at the Crystal Bay Casino, January 30, 2009.



the Whiskey Haulers attended Tab Benoit’s show at the Crystal Bay Casino on the last Saturday of January 2009. Actually, ¼ of the Whiskey Haulers did not attend! Nick stayed home to learn the harmonica on this very special night. No problem. This was going to be a great night no matter what.

on this night, the Whiskey Haulers reminisced about watching Tab playing in the ultra-cool now-defunct Garage inside the Grand Sierra Resort, almost 10 years ago! This time Tab played inside the Crystal Bay Casino’s Crown Room. This is a great little venue built inside the old historic bowling alley from the 1940’s. He played a few old classics including a 10-minute Dirty Dishes. He played an emotionally extended These Arms of Mine, that left me wondering where he found those blues. He did an incredible solo medley between sets, got silly and toyed with the audience to segue into another little diddy. Tab capped off his medley with the best version I’ve heard of Stackolina. True to his style, Tab broke a string on every other tune, after he squeezed as much tone out of that string as he could.

on a side note, the following Saturday night, RBrad and Paula skipped security to check out TESLA at the Grand Sierra Resort. they still know how to rock

- RBrad

An empty stage. Tubes warmed up and glowing. A slight hum from the amplifiers. Drum kit sparkling. You can feel the energy in the air. The show is about to begin!

The Haulers have a great December lined up for you. We are at 3rd Street Friday December 5 and then at Abby's for the Santa Crawl on Saturday December 13th. These are two great venues and we promise to do our best playing smokin' hot blues so come on out and celebrate with us!

With no snow in the mountains, what better way to spend the night than shakin' on the dance floor. We're really excited about these shows and hope to see you all!

Sirius Blues, the finest blues radio I have ever heard appears to have been canceled in favor of BB King's Bluesville. Daily Cup of Joe with Joe Bonamassa, Shemika Copeland, Chess Records Hour with Marshall Chess, all gone, another victim of the corporate world. I am sure it was just too expensive to have all of these cutting edge musicians and expertly produced shows.

Instead of stories from the road or the good old days, BB King's Bluesville has changed to well known blues and psuedo-blues music with plenty of self promotion thrown in (Think McDonalds or Wal-Mart).

This is a huge bummer for my brother and I. Catch us on a set break and let's reminisce about the great radio station that was......Sirius Blues!