Sue FoleyGuitar woman Sue Foley is not satisfied with merely playing the guitar; she wants to write the book about it. For the last ten years, she has somehow managed to combine a full touring and recording schedule as one of Canada's best blues artists while conducting research on her project called Guitar Woman. As Foley explains, "It came as a bit of a flash as I was interviewing players like Rory Block, Sharon Isbin, Leni Stern and others that most of us felt like we were the only one. With little or no female role models the Guitar Woman has had to blaze her own trail and make her own rules." She decided to start work on a book – researching female musicians of the past and interviewing many contemporary guitarists. The book is still in the works and there are also plans for tours and a documentary. “It’s almost like a new mythology for me,” she comments, “the lives of these women are unique and inspiring. Seeing as there’s no solid literature on women guitarists, I feel an obligation to share their stories with the rest of the world.” In the meantime, with the May 2007 release of Time bomb, a collaboration CD with fellow Canadian Roxanne Potvin and American blues guitar heroine Deborah Coleman, Sue Foley has continued to solidify her place as one of the leading lights of the contemporary blues scene.
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