“Dallas Man” by Sue Foley: grabs you and shakes you like a James Bond martini.

Posted on September 26, 2021 by Patrick O'Heffernan, Music Sin Fronteras in Music Reviews, Reviews // 0 Comments

From the very first note, this song grabs everything you got and shakes it up like a James Bond martini,

Hold on to your hat, shoes, pants, guts and everything else when you listen to “Dallas Man” by the phenomenal Sue Foley. From the very first note, this song grabs everything you got, shakes it up like a James Bond martini, and moves it along at the speed Texas blues rock. She blends crystal clear repeating blues riffs with tough beguiling vocals, and a relentless beat. Blues pain in your gut, Texas rock in your muscles, and tequila shot riffs in your ears.

A Canadian relocated to Texas, Sue Foley is recognized as one of the world’s best female blues guitar players. She won the Koko Taylor “Best Traditional Female Blues Music Award at the 2020 Blues Music Awards in Memphis, along with national awards in Canada and France. For my money, she is one of the best blues guitar players anywhere, male or female, and “Dallas Man” is just one more example of her world class chops.

“Dallas Man” is the lead song from her forthcoming album Pinky’s Blues – referring to her signature pink paisley Fender Telecaster. “Dallas Man” sets you up for a raw blues tour through Texas backwoods music in a guitar-driven collection of 12 songs, both original and covers, that demonstrate not only that Sue is one of the world’s greatest Blues guitarists, but that she can push the sheer joy of playing through recordings as well live shows.

Foley’s recent album, The Ice Queen, reached #4 on the Billboard Current Blues chart, #1 on RootsMusic Report’s Top 50 Canada album chart and was in the Living Blues radio chart for four consecutive months, peaking at #2. I predict “Dallas Man” will leave those numbers in the dust.