Texas Honey Ally Venable

• 1 Nowhere To Hide 02:55
• 2 Broken 03:32
• 3 Texas Honey 02:26
• 4 Blind To Bad Love 03:39
• 5 Come And Take It 04:48
• 6 Love Struck Baby 02:30
• 7 One Sided Misunderstanding 03:58
• 8 White Flag 02:47
• 9 Long Way Home 03:16
• 10 Running After You 03:55
• 11 Careless Love 03:57
• Total Runtime 37:43

Info zu Texas Honey

Texas. Schon der Name erweckt Assoziationen mit wichtigen Kapiteln in der Geschichte des Rock n Rolls. In den Kneipen des sogenannten Lone Star-Staates reden ältere Herren noch immer über Lokalmatadore wie ZZ Top, Johnny Winter und Stevie Ray Vaughan. Jetzt macht sich Ally Venable mit ihrem Album Texas Honey bereit, auch ihren Namen in die Geschichtsbücher einzutragen und zwar mithilfe des prominenten Wahltexaners Mike Zito. Ally ist die Zukunft des Blues und gleichzeitig eine Kreuzung zwischen Blues und amerikanischem Roots-Rock , schwärmt Zito. Sie ist Texas Honey.

Venables Plattendebüt bei Ruf Records das parallel zur Blues Caravan 2019 Tour erscheint wurde im MARZ Studio im texanischen Nederland eingespielt, wo Produzent Mike Zito die junge Musikerin zu einer neuen Bestleistung anstachelte. Das Album ist nach wie vor gitarrenbetont , reflektiert Ally. Aber diesmal stehen das Songwriting, die Hooks und die Melodien eher im Vordergrund. Ich habe über eigene Erfahrungen geschrieben oder Dinge, die die Menschen hoffentlich nachempfinden werden. An diesen Songs sollten sie sich freuen und dabei ihre Sorgen vergessen können.

Damit setzt sie ein Sahnehäubchen auf das erste große Durchbruch-Album des Jahres 2019 von einer talentierten Texanerin, die den Stoff zur Legende hat. Ich bin sehr dankbar , reflektiert Ally, für all die coolen Dinge, die schon passiert sind, die gerade passieren und die in Zukunft noch auf mich zukommen...

Ally Venable, vocals, guitars
Bobby Wallace, bass, backing vocals
Elijah Owings, drums, percussion, backing vocals
Lewis Stephens, piano, Wurlitzer
Eric Gales, guitars, vocals (on Come And Take It)
Mike Zito, rhythm & slide guitars

Ally Venable
Texas blues-rock singer/songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire, Ally Venable, entertains wherever she goes. With her signature glitter dresses and black knee-high boots, Venable comes off of the ropes swinging dazzling crowds on tour or throughout the festival circuit. "Venable pulls off a stunner of gritty and/or sultry blues rock tunes embellished with lots of tasty guitar solos." - Guitar Player Magazine. A Kilgore, Texas native, Ally began singing at church at four and picked up the guitar at age 12. By 13, she started her own band and through her early influence of Stevie Ray Vaughan captured the passion and yearning for more in the blues genre. Early releases No Glass Shoes (2016) and Puppet Show (2018) started her fanbase, charting radio play, and several East Texas Music Awards. It was 2019’s #2 Billboard Blues charting Texas Honey and rocking sets on Ruf’s European Blues Caravan tour that propelled her internationally. “Ally is the future of blues and the crossover music of American roots-rock.” - Mike Zito. In what silenced many musicians during the pandemic, Venable now in her 20’s, released another Blues Billboard charting album, Heart of Fire (2021), which challenged her to write not only about love but the unguarded honesty of feeling pain.”On this album,I really wanted to create a tone of overcoming your struggles and persevering through them,” she explains. Mentor and featured artist on this album, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, lends his guitar skills on XM Bluesville’s charted song, “Bring on the Pain.” In 2022, Guitar World Magazine named Ally #2 on the top 15 Young Guns Making the Gibson Les Paul Cool Again, and she received the Road Warrior award from the Independent Blues Music Awards.

Along with Ally’s own tour domestically and in Europe, her band has supported Buddy Guy and Kenny Wayne Shepherd throughout the US, as well as Colin James in Canada. She has performed as a featured artist on the Experience Hendrix Show at the ACL Live at Moody Theater in Austin, Texas. Venable’s recent spring 2023 release produced by Grammy award winning producer, Tom Hambridge, includes a duet with the iconic Buddy Guy and a song featuring powerhouse guitarist Joe Bonamassa debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Charts & has remained in the top 100 since the release date.

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