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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Sue Foley| image = Suefoley.jpg| caption = on the Hillside Festival main stage, July 2008| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|mf=y|1968|3|29| death_date =| origin = Ottawa , Ontario , Canada | instrument = Guitar | genre = Blues | occupation = Singer , guitarist | years_active =| label = Antone's Records Shanachie Records | associated_acts = Back Alley John Drew Nelson (musician)|Drew Nelson | website =| notable_instruments = Sue Foley (born March 29, 1968, Ottawa , Ontario , Canada )Allmusic|class=artist|id=p38838/biography|pure_url=yes Allmusic biography - accessed January 2008 is a Canada|Canadian blues singer and guitarist .
Career
Foley has been songwriter|writing and playing professionally since 1984. She has sound recording and reproduction|recorded ten album s, for both Antone's Records and Shanachie Records . She has spent over fourteen years on the road as a bandleader , lead vocalist, guitarist and management|manager of her own band (music)|band . In addition to her own touring, she has also shared the stage with blues musician s, such as Back Alley John , B. B. King , Buddy Guy and John Lee Hooker . Her initial career began in Ottawa, Ontario|Ottawa , Canada, at the age of sixteen where, in addition to solo work, she sang with the Back Alley John Revue. http://www.drewnelson.ca/bio.html Biography of Drew Nelson www.drewnelson.ca
Foley sent a demo (music)|demo tape of herself to Clifford Antone 's label (Antone's Records) in 1990. Impressed, the record label arranged an audition for the guitarist. She moved to Austin, Texas|Austin , Texas and soon signed a recording contract with Antone's.
Foley appeared on the bill at the 1992 San Francisco Blues Festival .
In 2000 Foley won a Juno Award for Best Blues Album for ''Love Comin' Down .
Her 2007 album, Time Bomb (2007), features two other female blues players, Deborah Coleman and Roxanne Potvin . The opening title track, "Time Bomb", an instrumental where all three women take turns laying down leads, on the next nine songs the women trade off taking lead vocals and guitar duties of every third song until they come together again on the final track "In The Basement". http://blogs.epicindia.com/leapinthedark/2007/05/music_review_sue_foley_deborah.htmlMusic Review: Sue Foley, Deborah Coleman, and Roxanne Potvin Time Bomb
2002 ''The Blues: From Yesterday's Masters to Today's Cutting Edge ( Shanachie Records|Schanachie , American Roots Songbook, as licensed to St. Clair Entertainment Group|St. Clair Entertainment )"Every Road I Take"
2006 Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years ( Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC / Universal Music Group )Being live recordings from the CBC radio program Saturday Night Blues , hosted by Holger Petersen . Foley contributes a live version of "Let Tears Fall Down".
Filmography
2010 - ''Sue Foley - Guitar Woman (Alfred's Artist Series Instructional DVD)
Persondata|NAME= Foley, Sue |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION= Canada|Canadian blues singer, guitarist |DATE OF BIRTH= March 29, 1968 |PLACE OF BIRTH= Ottawa , Ontario , Canada |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= DEFAULTSORT:Foley, Sue Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian female singers Category:Canadian blues singers Category:Canadian blues guitarists Category:Canadian female guitarists Category:Electric blues musicians Category:Juno Award winners Category:Musicians from Ottawa Category:Contemporary blues musicians
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