SUE FOLEY * PINKY'S BLUES *
De niña, Sue Foley canta con su padre, aficionado a música céltica. Recibe su primera guitarra a los 13 años. A los 15 años, se perfecciona con Tony D, después intenta tocar Punk-rock antes de volverse hacia el blues, después de haber oído a Angela Strehli. En 1991, Clifford Antone la oye y le propone grabar. Ella se traslada enseguida a Austin donde se queda cerca de siete años y graba cuatro álbumes bajo el sello Antone's Récords. Entonces toca regularmente y hace las primeras partes de artistas como Buddy Guy, Tom Petty, George Thorogood, Joe Cocker o Koko Taylor. En 1997, tiene un hijo y vuelve a Canadá.
Pinky’s Blues is a guitar driven collection of 12 songs, both original and some of Sue’s favourite covers, that demonstrate not only that Sue is one of the world’s greatest Blues guitarists, but that the sheer joy of playing can be felt through the recording in an emotional thrill for the listener. A vinyl version of the album on hot pink provides a dream item for fans, audiophiles and collectors.
Sue Foley has been riding a wave of success since The Ice Queen (2018). She won “Best Traditional Female (Koko Taylor Award)” at the 2020 Blues Music Awards in Memphis, was nominated for a Juno Award (Canadian Grammy), and she took home the award for “Best Guitar Player” at the Toronto Maple Blues Awards. Sue’s last album The Ice Queen reached #4 on the Billboard Current Blues chart, #1 on Roots Music Report’s Top 50 Canada album chart and was in the Living Blues radio chart for four consecutive months, peaking at #2.
Sue Foley (born March 29, 1968) is a Canadian blues guitarist and singer. She has released 15 albums since her debut with Young Girl Blues (1992). In May 2020, Foley won her first Blues Music Award, in the 'Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)' category.
Foley was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and spent her early childhood in Canada. She learned to play guitar at age 13, became interested in blues music from listening to the Rolling Stones, and played her first gig at age 16. After high school graduation, she relocated to Vancouver where she formed The Sue Foley Band and toured Canada. In 1988–1989, the Sue Foley Band teamed with Mark Hummel to tour across the United States, Canada and Europe as well as recording an album. The collaboration lasted a little over a year with 300 dates on the road in 1989. Clifford Antone saw Foley sitting in with Duke Robillard while the band was in Memphis for the Handy Awards that year.
Career
By age twenty-one, Foley was living in Austin, Texas, United States,[3] and recording for Antone's, the blues label and historic nightclub. Her first release was Young Girl Blues.
Foley has toured steadily with her band, toting her signature pink paisley Fender Telecaster.In 2001, she won the Juno Award for her CD, Love Coming Down.Foley has also earned seventeen Maple Blues Awards and three Trophees de Blues de France. She has also garnered several nominations at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis, Tennessee.
2018 marked Foley's return as a solo artist with her latest album, The Ice Queen, which featured guest appearances by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top and Jimmie Vaughan.
In May 2020, Foley won a Blues Music Award in the 'Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)' category.
Discography
As leader/co-leader
1992: Young Girl Blues (Antone's)
1993: Without a Warning (Antone's)
1995: Big City Blues (Antone's)
1996: Walk in the Sun (Antone's)
1998: Ten Days in November (Shanachie)
2000: Love Comin' Down (Shanachie)
2000: Back to the Blues [also released as Secret Weapon] (Antone's)
2002: Where the Action Is... (Shanachie)
2004: Change (Ruf)
2006: New Used Car (Ruf)
2007: Time Bomb (with Deborah Coleman, Roxanne Potvin) (Ruf)
2009: Queen Bee: The Antone's Collection (Floating World) compilation
2010: He Said She Said (with Peter Karp) (Blind Pig)
2012: Beyond the Crossroads (with Peter Karp) (Blind Pig)
2018: The Ice Queen (Dixiefrog 8803)
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