Texas Guitar Women
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Are: Sue Foley Cindy Cashdollar Sarah Brown Lisa Pankratz Carolyn Wonderland
Sue Foley is considered to be one of the finest blues/roots artists working today. Born in Canada Sue was signed to the legendary Texas blues record label Antone's when she was barely out of her teens. There she became a mainstay in the Austin music scene for many years as an accomplished guitarist, songwriter and vocalist. She has spent over eighteen years on the road as bandleader, lead guitar player and manager of her career. In addition to her own shows she has shared the stage and opened up for BB King, Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, George Thorogood, Tom Petty, Joe Cocker and many more. Sue has won dozens of awards for her work including the prestigious Juno Award (Canadian equivalent to the Grammy) for her CD "Love Coming Down". Since 2001 Sue has been researching and conducting interviews with the worlds finest female guitarists for her book, "Guitar Woman", which is scheduled to be released in the fall of 2009.
Austin based steel guitarist, Cindy Cashdollar has recorded and toured with many of the leading artists in contemporary music including Rod Stewart,
Van Morrison, Ryan Adams, Bob Dylan, Asleep at the Wheel, Garrison Keillor, Marcia Ball, Leon Redbone, Beausoleil, Daniel Lanois, and Redd Volkaert.
Cindy's unerring ability to perfectly compliment a song or step out with a tasteful, imaginative, and exciting solo - and to do it in so many musical
genres - has made her one of the most in-demand musicians on the American roots music scene. Her debut CD, Slide Show, features guest artists
comprising a Who's Who of the contemporary roots scene. "Equally at home picking a vintage Dobro, an old National resonator guitar, or
laying down fat horn voicings on a tripleneck 8-string steel, Cashdollar is a master of Bluegrass, gutbucket Blues, Honky-tonk, swampy R&B,
and Western Swing."
- Frets Magazine
Lisa Pankratz has become the drummer of choice for acts who want their Country to shuffle with soul and their Rock to have some
swing in the beat. Surf/instrumental rocker Teisco Del Rey, The Derailers, Rosie Flores, Dale Watson, Johnny Bush, Deke Dickerson,
Marti Brom, Roger Wallace, Bill Kirchen, Billy Joe Shaver and contemporary song stylists Damon Bramblett and Bruce Robison are a few
Carolyn Wonderland has the goods. A triple threat with her diverse songwriting,
soulful vocals, and guitar goddess status - all featured on over twenty CDs, six of which
are her releases - she has a pedigree in this business that's hard to match. A bit of a
renegade, she likes to incorporate elements of Blues, Country, Swing, Zydeco, Surf,
Gospel, Soul, and some nights, maybe even a Cumbia into the musical mix. Recent years
have seen her stretching out musically working some expert whistling and scat singing
into her shows. In addition to her trusty guitar, "Patty," Carolyn has been regularly
playing her trumpet, and even occasionally the accordion, mandolin, or keys...she is
threatening to take up nose flute if someone doesn’t stop her...
Besides providing a forum for their instrumental prowess, it was plain to see the four women simply enjoyed each other's company. Frequently during the set, one or another of them would peer raptly at one of her compatriots as she played, absorbed in the moment. It was a contagious mood. John T Davis, Austin 360 It's noteworthy that in a genre overflowing with testosterone, none was present on stage Saturday. Yet, in Foley and friends capable hands, the blues was alive and thrilling, the equal to anything the boys could have laid down. - John Caliguiri, Austin Chronicle |