Showing posts with label Traditional Blues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Traditional Blues. Show all posts

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Sue Foley


 

Artist:  Sue Foley

Born:  March 29, 1968.  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Genre:  Blues, Roots Rock, Contemporary Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Traditional Blues, Vocal Blues, Texas Blues, Blues Rock

Occupation:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Bandleader

Instruments:  Guitar


Sue Foley is a Canadian Blues Guitarist, and Singer.  She conducted with the world's leading female Guitarist.  She won her first Blues Music Award in the Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female).













Title:  One Guitar Woman (2024)

Genre:  Blues, Roots Rock, Contemporary Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Traditional Blues, Vocal Blues, Texas Blues, Blues Rock

Label:  Stomy Plain Records

Rating:   *****


Format:  CD


Tracks:


 1.  Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie (4:15)

 2.  In My Grilish Days (3:55)

 3.  Lonesome Homesick Blues (3:54)

 4.  Mal Hombre (4:26)

 5.  Motherless Child Blues (4:33)

 6.  Romance In A Minor (4:25)

 7.  My Journey To The Sky (2:50)

 8.  Nothing In Rambling (3:07)

 9.  Maybelle's Guitar (3:05)

10. Freight Train (3:36)

11. Last Kind Words Blues (4:05)

12. La Malaguena (4:35)




















Format:  LP


Tracks:


Side A:


 1.  Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie (4:15)

 2.  In My Grilish Days (3:55)

 3.  Lonesome Homesick Blues (3:54)

 4.  Mal Hombre (4:26)

 5.  Motherless Child Blues (4:33)

 7.  My Journey To The Sky (2:50)


Side B:


 1.  Romance In A Minor (4:25)

 2.  Nothing In Rambling (3:07)

 3.  Maybelle's Guitar (3:05)

 4.  Freight Train (3:36)

 5.  Last Kind Words Blues (4:05)

 6.  La Malaguena (4:35)


Personnel:


Sue Foley:  Vocals,  Guitar


One Guitar Woman is a tribute album by Sue Foley, released on March 29, 2024 by Stomy Plain Records, tribute to the female pioneers of Guitar, including Memphis Minnie, Lydia Mendoza, Maybelle Carter, Ida Presti, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.







Saturday, November 13, 2021

Sue Foley


 


















Artist:  Sue Foley

Born:  March 29, 1968.  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Genre:  Blues, Roots Rock, Contemporary Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Traditional Blues, Vocal Blues, Texas Blues, Blues Rock

Occupation:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Bandleader

Instruments:  Guitar


Sue Foley is a Canadian Blues Guitarist, and Singer.  She conducted with the world's leading female Guitarist.  She won her first Blues Music Award in the Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female).
















Title:   Pinky's Blues (2021)

Genre:  Blues, Roots Rock, Contemporary Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Traditional Blues, Vocal Blues, Texas Blues, Blues Rock

Label:  Stony Plain Music

Rating:   *****


Format:  CD


Tracks:


 1.  Pinky's Blues (4:15)

 2.  Two Bit Texas Town (3:46)

 3.  Dallas Man (3:30)

 4.  Southern Man (3:08)

 5.  Say It's Not So (4:43)

 6.  Hurricane Girl (3:43)

 7.  Stop These Teardrops (3:26)

 8.  Boogie Real Low (2:54)

 9.  Think It Over (3:41)

10. Okie Dokie Stomp (2:43)

11. Someday (4:08)

12. When The Cat's Gone The Mice Play (2:29)


Personnel:


Sue Foley:  Guitar, Vocals

Jon Penner:  Bass

Chris "Whipper" Layton:  Drums


Additional Musician:

 

Mike Flanigin:  Organ Hammond on Tracks:  4, 9


Special Guest:


Jimmie Vaughan:  Rhythm Guitar on Track 6


















Format:  LP


Tracks:


Side A:


 1.  Pinky's Blues (4:15)

 2.  Two Bit Texas Town (3:46)

 3.  Dallas Man (3:30)

 4.  Southern Man (3:08)

 5.  Say It's Not So (4:43)


Side B:


 6.  Hurricane Girl (3:43)

 7.  Stop These Teardrops (3:26)

 8.  Boogie Real Low (2:54)

 9.  Think It Over (3:41)

10. Okie Dokie Stomp (2:43)


Pinky's Blues is an album by Sue Foley, released on October 22, 2021 by Stony Plain Records, featuring Jon Penner, Chris Layton (Bass Ex Steve Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble), Special Guest Jimmie Vaughan.








Saturday, May 26, 2018

Tom Rush






































Artist:  Tom Rush
Born:  February 8, 1941.  Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
Genre:  Folk, Country, Blues, Contemporary Folk, Folk Blues, Traditional Folk
Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Arranger
Instruments:  Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Tom Rush is an American Folk and Blues Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer and Arranger.  His song "No Regrets" would become a Folk standard recorded by Harry Belafonte, Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris and The Walker Brother.  In addition to performing his own compositions, he sang songs by Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, James Taylor and many more!.














Title:  Voices  (2018)
Genre:  Folk, Country, Blues, Contemporary Folk, Folk Blues, Traditional Folk
Label:  Appleseed Recordings
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Elder Green  (3:57)
 2.  Come See About Me  (2:51)
 3.  My Best Girl   (2:54)
 4.  Life Is Fine  (3:40)
 5.  Cold River  (3:22)
 6.  Far Away  (3:13)
 7.  Heaven Knows (But It Ain't Tellin')  (2:38)
 8.  Corina, Corina  (3:27)
 9.  If I Never Get Back To Hackensack  (1:56)
10. Going Down To Nashville  (2:21)
11. How Can She Dance Like That?  (3:16)
12. Voices   (3:22)

Personnel:

Tom Rush:  Vocals on Tracks:  1-12, 12-String Acoustic Guitar on Tracks: 1, 10, Acoustic Guitar on Tracks:  2-9, 11, 12
Kathy Mattea;  Harmony Vocals on Tracks:  1, 4, 6, 11, 12
Suzi Ragsdale:  Harmony Vocals on Tracks:  1, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12
Jim Rooney:  Harmony Vocals on Track  7

Matt Nakoa:  Piano on Tracks:  1, 2, 5, 11, 12, B-3 Organ on Tracks: 1, 3, 6, Wurlitzer Piano on Tracks: 4, 6, 8, 10, Synth on Tracks: 6, 12, Harmony Vocals on Tracks:  1, 7, 10
Jim Hoke:  Harmonica on Tracks:  1, 2, 4, 5, 7-9, 12, Jew's Harp on Track 9, Saxophone on Track 11
Leroy Troy:  Banjo on Tracks: 1, 7, Jug on Track 7
Sam Bush:  Mandolin on Tracks:  1, 6, 7, 9-12, Fiddle on Tracks: 5, 7
Al Perkins:   Dobro on Tracks:  1-10, Lap Steel on Track 11, Pedal Steel Guitar on Track 12
Richard Bennett:  Acoustic Guitar on Tracks:  1, 8, 11, Electric Guitar on Tracks:  3, 4, 6, 10, 12, Bouzouki on Tracks:  2, 5, 7, 9
Dave Pomeroy:  Upright Bass on Tracks: 1-12
Dave Ferguson:  Synth Claps on Track 3
Pat McInerney:  Drums on Tracks:  1-12, Percussion on Tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 11
Matt Nakoa, Dave Pomeroy, Richard Bennett, Al Perkins, Sam Bush, Pat McInerney:  New Jersey Male Chorus

Voices is the 27th studio album by Tom Rush, released on April 20, 2018 by Appleseed Recordings, featuring Sam Bush, Al Perkins, and many more!.  Great Stuff, Good Music and Excellent Album!.