Two songs from the early 90's (1992?).
Born and raised in Ottawa Canada, Sue Foley hails from a large, music-loving family. In her early years, she sang with her father, who loved to play Celtic folk songs while her brothers were in bands hammering out the hard rock covers of the 1970s. Her love of the Rolling Stones and other blues rock bands found Sue checking song writing credits on the albums, where the names like Willie Dixon, McKinley Morganfield and Chuck Berry were found, leading to her study and appreciation of the blues. For her thirteenth birthday, she received her first guitar - "it was my saving grace," she says, and locked herself in her room until she learned how to play. At age sixteen she was gigging around Ottawa clubs, at eighteen she left home for Vancouver, British Columbia, with nothing more than a small suitcase and her guitar.
Foley sent a 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 and soon signed a recording contract with Antone's.
By now she has been writing and playing for over twenty years, has recorded ten albums, for both Antone's Records and Shanachie Records and has spent many years on the road as a bandleader, lead vocalist, guitarist and manager of her own band. In addition to her own touring, she has also shared the stage with other blues musicians, such as B. B. King, Buddy Guy and John Lee Hooker.
More info:
http://www.suefoley.com/
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