domingo, 11 de octubre de 2009

Sue FOLEY - Back To The Blues 2000


Sue FOLEY - Back To The Blues 2000
Label: T.M.G.

Blues

It's a little surprising to take delivery of Secret Weapon, a collection of out-takes from Foley's first two albums, while her clever and original new album Love Comin' Down is still making sales and airplay. Not that there's anything second-class about most of these 13 tracks, though her voice has gained a good deal in both art and assurance over the intervening eight or nine years. It's always been apparent that Foley admires the work of Memphis Minnie and Bob Dylan, and there are songs drawn from both, as well as a pair of rocking Earl Hooker guitar numbers, "The Leading Brand" and "Guitar Rumba", and Robert Jr Lockwood's vaguely Latin, vaguely Hawaiian blues tune "Tanya". Less to be expected was a solo rendition of the venerable rag song "Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor" and, from a session in 1990 before any of her albums, "Born Blind", a gutsy duet with harmonica-player Kim Wilson that summons up the ghosts of Muddy Waters and Little Walter. If you don't know this distinctive artist's work, try a couple of her other albums first, then you'll see the point of Secret Weapon and probably enjoy it more. By Tony Russell.
Sue is a very talented artist, her voice is sweet and clear, but I am a old hardcore Blues and Jazz guy,
Real Blues, so if you enjoy good music then buy Sue, she is worth having in your collection but she is not Blues, I have a hard time considering Dylan Blues, It's rock with some Blues in it,
She is very talented don't get me wrong. maybe hopping jazz is a better title,
But a 5 for her because this woman can sing.
By  Gary J. Chenett..
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This highly touted vocalist/guitarist originally hails from Ottawa, Canada, although her home base shifted to Austin, TX, when she signed with Antone's Records and cut her debut set, Young Girl Blues, in 1992 (an encore, Without a Warning, quickly followed). Foley's wicked lead guitar makes her a rarity among blueswomen.
When she was a child in Ottawa, Foley listened to rock & roll and blues-rock groups like the Rolling Stones. Although these bands sowed the seeds of her affection for the blues, her love for the music didn't blossom until she witnessed James Cotton in concert when she was 15 years old. Cotton inspired Foley to pick up the electric guitar. During her late teens and early twenties, she jammed with local Ottawa bar bands. She didn't form her own group until she moved to Vancouver in the mid-'80s.
Foley sent a demo tape of herself to Antone's Records in 1990. Impressed, the label arranged an audition for the guitarist. Sue moved to Austin and soon signed a recording contract with Antone's. In 1992, her debut album, Young Girl Blues, was released. It was acclaimed by a number of blues publications. Two years later she released her second album, Without a Warning. It was followed by Big City Blues in 1995. Subsequent efforts include 1996's A Walk in the Sun, 1998's Ten Days in November, and 2000's Love Comin' Down and Back to the Blues. Where the Action Is appeared in 2002 on Shanachie Records. Foley then switched to Ruf Records for her next two albums, 2004's Change and 2006's New Used Car. In 2007 Foley released Time Bomb, a collaborative effort with fellow Ruf labelmates Deborah Coleman and Roxanne Potvin.
By Bill Dahl & Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide.
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John Penner- Bass
Freddie Walden- Drums
Robert Grant- Drums
Kim Wilson- Harmonica
Sue Foley- Guitar, Arranger, Vocals, Main Performer
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01. Lightnin' Boogie (1:44)
02. Come On (2:56)
03. Positively 4th Street (4:38)
04. If You Think I've Lost You (3:47)
05. I Feel So Good (3:25)
06. Tanya (3:31)
07. Me And My Chaffeur Blues (3:07)
08. Come Play With Me (3:40)
09. Can't Afford To Do It (2:36)
10. Make Me a Pallet On Your Floor (3:12)
11. Guitar Rumba (2:36)
12. The Leading Brand (2:31)
13. Gone Blind (4:12)
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