Sue Foley (born 29 March 1968, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian blues singer and guitarist.
Foley has been writing and playing for over twenty years. She has recorded ten albums, for both Antone's Records and Shanachie Records. She has spent over fourteen 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 blues musicians, such as Back Alley John, B. B. King, Buddy Guy and John Lee Hooker. Her initial career began in Ottawa, Canada, at the age of sixteen where, in addition to solo work, she sang with the Back Alley John Revue.
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.
Foley appeared on the bill at the 1992 San Francisco Blues Festival.
In 2000 Foley won a Juno Award for Best Blues Album for Love Comin' Down.
Her latest album, Time Bomb (2007), features two other female blues players, Deborah Coleman and Roxanne Potvin. The opening title track, "Time Bomb", an instrumental where all three women take turns laying down leads, on the next nine songs the women trade off taking lead vocals and guitar duties of every third song until they come together again on the final track "In The Basement".
Discography
* 1992 - Young Girl Blues * 1994 - Without a Warning * 1995 - Big City Blues * 1996 - Walk in the Sun * 1998 - Ten Days in November * 2000 - Love Comin' Down * 2000 - Back to the Blues * 2002 - Where the Action Is * 2004 - Change * 2006 - New Used Car * 2007 - Time Bomb
Sue Foley Contributions to Other Albums
* 2002 - The Blues: From Yesterday's Masters to Today's Cutting Edge Schanachie, American Roots Songbook, as licensed to St. Clair Entertainment. (Sue Foley: "Every Road I Take")