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. Fans
are anticipating Venable’s upcoming spring 2023 release produced by Grammy award
winning producer, Tom Hambridge, which includes a duet with the iconic Buddy Guy
and a song featuring powerhouse guitarists Joe Bonamassa.