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Sue Foley (w/ Soul Sky)

August 14 @ 8:00 pm - 11:30 pm

$23.18

Sue Foley is a virtual triple threat as a lead guitarist, singer and songwriter. Foley spent her early childhood in Canada, mesmerized by her father’s guitar and started her professional career at sixteen. By twenty-one, she was living in Austin, TX and recording for Antone’s—the esteemed blues label and historic nightclub that helped launch the career of Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Foley is a four time consecutive winner of the Blues Music Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist (Koko Taylor Award) in Memphis TN – 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2020. She was also recently honored with Guitarist of the Year and Blues Act of the Year at the at the 2023 Austin Music Awards, and the Lifetime Achievement/Blues with a Feeling Award at the 2024 Maple Blues Awards. Her album, Pinky’s Blues took home Best Traditional Blues Album at the 2022 BluesMusic Awards. Sue Foley Live in Austin Vol. 1 (Oct. 2023) has continued to top the charts and Foley’s first solo acoustic album, One Guitar Woman – a tribute to the pioneering women of guitar, was released March 29, 2024 to much acclaim. Foley has toured steadily with her band, working and sharing the stage with greats such as B.B.King, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan and Billy F Gibbons. She’s is the only female member of the famed Jungle Show which features Gibbons, Vaughan, B3 virtuoso Mike Flanigin and Chris‘ Whipper’ Layton. Her live shows are high energy, guitar driven and steeped in the Texas blues.

“Hot licks and tasty riffs, all inspired by classic Texas blues.” (Vintage Guitar Magazine)

General Admission show

21+

$20 ADV $25 DOS

Details

Date:
August 14
Time:
8:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Cost:
$23.18
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sue-foley-wsg-soul-sky-tickets-950350823897

Venue

The Hangar on the Hudson
675 River Street
Troy, NY 12180 United States
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Phone
(518) 272-9740
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