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I started a quest to find terrific blues music and incredible musicianship when I was just a little kid. I also have a tremendous appreciation of fine musical instruments and equipment. One of my greatest joys all of my life was sharing my finds with my friends. I'm now publishing my journey. I hope that you come along!
Rising Blues Rock Artist
Advanced Way Beyond Her Years
on the Connor Ray Music Label, recorded at Red Shack
Recording Studio Houston
The Real
Deal at Seventeen
The level of feeling that a seventeen year old
artist can bring to the stage can be simply amazing. As their
performance begins your mind isn't fully grasping what you
are seeing and hearing on stage. You notice a level of
established comfort that radiates from the young performer. The
mind can easily form an early opinion that it’s just another novelty
act because it rationalizes the question, "How could anyone be
deeply in tune with the blues at just seventeen?" Then as
the show progresses it happens, the age factor simply erodes, it goes
completely away. Obviously, it would be one thing for the
young performer to bust an axe with perfection at seventeen but it's
quite another when they already possess the stage presence of
the relaxed, older blues artist. It’s a very cool experience
to witness as it backs up the age old adage that the blues is
a feeling and of course that feeling can reside in anyone, at any
age. Overall, it is this set of combined abilities which are
possessed by both young and older artists alike that allows them
to present the blues in a mind blowing, magnificent way. Ally
Venable is a seventeen year old female blues rock artist who possesses
these abilities. She immediately transforms her audiences from
being in that initial curiosity phase into the "this is way
cool" phase. Festival talent buyers are
noticing Ally and she continues to perform at such notable
events as The T Bone Walker Blues Festival in Longview, Texas and the
Mud Bug Festival in Shreveport, Louisiana. Ally
Venable is a young blues rocker that is following the
original footsteps of her female contemporaries and may well be the
rising star on the horizon.
Ally
Venable, simply amazing!
The inspired, natural on stage presence of the Ally Venable
experience
Watch Ally include a very young fan from the audience
at this performance
Check it out - just click on the arrow below
Steve Krase, President, Connor Ray Music, "From the
moment I saw Ally perform I knew I wanted to sign her. This is an
amazing talent that will indeed reach amazing heights as her career
continues to unfold."
I just had the opportunity to review the debut release, No Glass Shoes, from Ally Venable Band and it's a solid blues rocker. Opening with Trainwreck, a cool track with a solid walking bass line by Zach Terry, Ally Venable takes the lead on vocal and guitarist Bobby Wallace simmers nicely. Title track, No Glass Shoes, has a bluesy basis with a strong guitar and bass vamp. Elijah Owings keeps the bottom tight on drums and Venable's vocals are sassy. Boogie track, Woke Up This Mornin', has a great driving bass line with call and response guitar riffs. Wise Man has a cocky, Junior Wells feel and Venable grinds her vocals, displaying her guitar licks backed by Randy Wall on keys. On Junior Wells, Messin With The Kid, her vocals have edge and her guitar playing shows adventure. Too Much Too Soon has a really solid, bass line and features Steve Krase on harp. A super track, may be my favorite on the release. Wrapping the release is the Chris Smither track, Love Me Like A Man. Given much more girth than Bonnie Raitt's hit, Venable belts out the lyrics backed by strong B3 work, clean guitar riffs and Krase's harp work.
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