Sue Foley

Change

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Ottawa’s Sue Foley is an accomplished all-round blues artist with a rock ‘n’ roll edge. A skilled singer, guitarist and songwriter, Foley has worked with John Lee Hooker, BB King, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Buddy Guy, Joe Cocker, Tom Petty, The Neville Brothers, Jonny Lang and others throughout her impressive career. To date, she’s received a Juno Award; a record-setting fourteen Maple Blues Awards; three Trophée France Blues Awards (for International Female Guitarist of the Year); and a 2003 WC Handy Award nomination.
Change is Sue Foley’s ninth recording. It’s a warm, intimate, acoustic recording produced by Sue Foley and mixed by Richard Chycki (Aerosmith, Mick Jagger, Def Leppard, Seal, Shawn Colvin, Pink). Foley wrote five of the compositions on Change, including the beautiful, very moving title track. “Goin’ Down the Road Again” is a song Sue was inspired to write after she met Etta Baker, a 90-year- old guitar player from North Carolina who plays in the delicate, melodic, finger picking Piedmont style. The disc continues with “ Hardworking Woman,” Sue’s version of an obscure Mississippi Matilda song that is a longstanding favourite of hers.
Another Foley original is the tongue in cheek “Doggie Treats,” a classic boogie style blues song that rocks. Also featured on the CD is the timeless “Careless Love” and Bessie Smith’s “ Sugar in My Bowl”. Sue has also included two songs by one of her musical heroes, Memphis Minnie, ”Bad Luck Woman” and “Me And My Chauffeur”. Sue also tips her hat to the legendary Jimmy Reed with the warm and wonderful “You Don’t Have To Go”, and to the late George Harrison with a touching rendition of his lovely “Here Comes The Sun”. The album closes with another rocking original “Shake That Thing”, a fun song about having a good time and letting loose. A video for the title track Change will be available and will be serviced to press and media outlets.
In her own words: “I think my new album Change represents change and renewal for me. As it is my first live CD as well as my first all acoustic CD that alone is a change. A lot of the songs I have played for years but I have never recorded them. They were things that I played for fun alone around the house and I think that gives the CD a really intimate vibe. I don’t think I’ve ever shown this side of myself on record before and because it was recorded live in one night, the album has a raw quality and a vibrancy that could only be created in the moment with the help of a great audience.”