Sue Foley(I)
- Actress
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Blues singer and guitarist Sue Foley was born on March 29, 1968 in
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Foley grew up in a working class family
listening not only to her father who sang and played Irish folk songs,
but also listened to blues, rock, and blues rock groups like
The Rolling Stones as well. Sue made
the lifelong decision to start playing blues guitar at age fifteen
after seeing blues singer
James Cotton live in concert. Foley
first began performing professionally with local Ottawa blues bands at
age sixteen. She formed her first group after moving to Vancouver in
the mid-1980's. Sue moved to Austin, Texas in the early
1990's and recorded her debut album "Young Girl Blues" for the well-regarded label Antone's Records in 1992. Among the notable artists Foley has shared the stage with are B.B. King,
Buddy Guy, Tom Petty,
and Lucinda Williams. In 1997
Foley moved back to Canada to raise her son. She won the Juno Award for
Best Blues Album for her album "Love Comin' Down." Moreover, Sue has
won seventeen Maple Blues Awards altogether and was the recipient of
three Trophee de Blues de France Awards in the years 2000, 2001, and
2003, respectively. In addition, Foley was nominated for the
prestigious W.C. Handy Award for Best Contemporary Female Artist in
2002.