Canadian Blues Guitarist/Singer SUE FOLEY Scores Three Blues Music Award Nominations for Her Pinky’s Blues CD from The Blues Foundation. Pinky’s Blues, the new Stony Plain Records album from award-winning blues guitarist/singer Sue Foley, scored a trifecta of nominations in 2022, including a JUNO Award nom for Blues Album of the Year; Entertainer of the Year, Electric Act of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Recording/Producer of the Year, and Guitarist of the Year at the Maple Blues Awards handed out in June, AND 3 Blues Music Awards nominations for Album of the Year, Traditional Blues Album and Traditional Blues Female Artist. Pinky’s Blues still #1 for a 15th non-consecutive week on the Roots Music Report’s Canadian chart, the most amount by any artist in years.
Featuring several Sue Foley originals, as well as songs from some of her favorite blues and roots artists, Pinky’s Blues showcases Sue Foley (guitar, vocals), accompanied by Chris “Whipper” Layton (drums), Jon Penner (bass), and Mike Flanigin (Hammond B3 organ), who also produced the album. The legendary Jimmie Vaughan joins is a special guest on rhythm guitar on the track, “Hurricane Girl.”
Pinky’s Blues is the follow up to Sue Foley’s award-winning album, The Ice Queen, (2018). Foley’s new album is a raw, electric guitar driven romp through the backroads of Texas blues, with Foley’s signature pink paisley Fender Telecaster, “Pinky,” at the wheel.
Fast forward to this week, she was announced as a nominee for Blues Music Awards for Album, Traditional Blues Album, and Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year at the 2022 Blues Music Awards
Pinky’s Blues is the follow up to Sue Foley’s breakout album The Ice Queen, released in 2018. Foley’s new album is a raw, electric guitar driven romp through the backroads of Texas blues, with Foley’s signature pink paisley Fender Telecaster, “Pinky,” at the wheel. She won “Best Traditional Female (Koko Taylor Award)” at the 2020 Blues Music Awards in Memphis, was nominated for a Juno Award, and she took home the award for “Best Guitar Player” at the Toronto Maple Blues Awards. For the last few years Foley and her band have kept a rigorous touring schedule across the USA, Canada and Europe. Some highlights were appearances at The Beacon Theater (NYC), guesting with Jimmie Vaughan (opening for Eric Clapton) at Royal Albert Hall in London, Montreal Jazz Fest, Ottawa Blues Fest (w/ Buddy Guy), Moulin Blues (Holland), NPR’s Mountainstage (with Bela Fleck), Doheny Blues Fest, and the Jungle Show in Austin, Texas.
She’s recently started a music history project called Guitar Woman based on dozens of interviews she conducted with the world’s leading female guitarists, and currently worked on a book on her musical heroines.
Feature photo by Danny Clinch
