Tad Benoit News Today

Here are the biggest concerts coming to Knoxville at the Thompson-Boling Arena, Bijou Theatre and the Knoxville Civic Coliseum.

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Hard on so many different levels, whether it be natural disaster on the scale of a hurricane like kakatrina, a flooding you all had this morning, et cetera, tad, fwif me an idea why this is so important to be a part of this gulf aid relief when i understand the foundation isnt quite clear how the monies will be distributed? what organizations will actually benefit? i know that you have for a long time been very passionate about the louisiana wildlife foundation. is your hope that a lot of this m...

>> something autoout of our han >> i was talking to dr. john and tad benoit. i asked them what its like this time around to perform with all the people you all are used to being in the company of as well at various festivals, but does it feel different this time? does everyone come to the table knowing that what theyre doing today is directly impacting the industries or the wetlands, and so the mood, might it be a little different than other concerts or big festivals? >> yeah, its a little diffe...

Problems coming. and, you know, try to get ahead of the game and get people geared up for the disasters that were coming. and weve talked about all of this. none of this has been a shock or a surprise to us. the only surprise is that the rest of the nation doesnt see or hear about the problems that are ongoing here. on the coast of louisiana, we live in a state of emergency 24 hour das a day, 365 days a year. its a fragile place. were always waiting for the next hit. obviously you can see that w...

Until theyve managed to finish that drilling operation where they will pump cement in to cap this completely and permanently. but, again, were seven to ten days away, they say, from seeing the next attempt to shut the flow of this oil off completely. >> david mattingly, thanks so much in new orleans. also in new orleans, whats happening today, a concert to try to help raise money for people who rely on that coastal shoreline. were going to actually be joined by singer and music tad benoit. wel...

Into lake pontchartrain because we lost the wetlands that cuts lake pontchartrain off from the gulf of mexico. this is the same thing. our coastline is disappearing at an acre every hour. thats a very significant number. thats our protection from anything that gets into the gulf, no matter whats out there in the gulf. this is our protection from the gulf. so being a wetlands advocate to us is being active in trying to save the coast of louisiana and all of the things that the country relies on a...

All right. musicians are holding a benefit concert in new orleans today. the fundraiser is to help relief efforts for any industry affected by the matsdsive oil leak in the gulf and to raise money to protect the fragile wetlands. contemporary blues singer tad benoit is with us as well as dr. john. both are really native sons of louisiana in so many different ways. and with us now. so i understand that this gulf aid effort really came together in about a week. how did you, dr. john, get involved ...

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