Ally Venable
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{{Infobox musical artist
| image = 2020 NAMM Show (50784326682).jpg
| caption = Venable performing in 2020
| birth_name = Ally Marie Venable
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|4|7|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Kilgore, Texas, United States
| genre = Blues rock
| years_active = 2013-present
| occupation = *Guitarist
- Singer
- Songwriter
| label = Ruf Records
| website = {{URL|https://allyvenableband.com|Official website}}
}}
Ally Marie Venable (born April 7, 1999 in Kilgore, Texas) is an American blues rock guitar player, singer, and songwriter. She is the 2014, 2015 ETX Music awards female guitar player of the year, and she and her band were the ETX Music Awards 2015, 2016 blues band of the year.{{cite news|last1=Draper|first1=James|title=Locals score wins at fifthEast Texas Music Awards|url=http://www.kilgorenewsherald.com/stories/locals-score-wins-at-fiftheast-texas-music-awards,102324|accessdate=June 7, 2017|work=Kilgore News Herald|archive-date=September 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926082530/http://www.kilgorenewsherald.com/stories/locals-score-wins-at-fiftheast-texas-music-awards,102324|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Rockers, Riders & Ribs to feature Southern bands – Longview News-Journal|url=https://www.news-journal.com/news/2016/oct/06/new-music-event-to-feature-southern-bands/|accessdate=June 7, 2017|work=Longview News-Journal|archive-date=October 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007191939/https://www.news-journal.com/news/2016/oct/06/new-music-event-to-feature-southern-bands/|url-status=dead}}[http://www.rootsmusicreport.com/.../35659/ally-venable-band] {{dead link|date=June 2025}}
Ally Venable was just 14 when she released her debut EP, Wise Man (2013), which earned her a reputation as a rising star in the Lone Star State's blues community.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ally-venable-mn0003684559/biography|title=Ally Venable | Biography & History|website=AllMusic|accessdate=November 11, 2020}}
Venable's first album, No Glass Shoes, with Connor Ray Music finished at number 16 in the RMR Electric Blues Charts for 2016. Venable is touted a must-see act for under-30-year-olds by America's Blues Scene.{{Cite news|url=https://www.americanbluesscene.com/2017/01/ten-young-stars-galaxy-blues-roots-soul/|title=Ten Young Stars in the Galaxy of Blues, Roots, & Soul – American Blues Scene|last=Nash|first=JD|date=January 31, 2017|work=American Blues Scene|access-date=June 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705071849/https://www.americanbluesscene.com/2017/01/ten-young-stars-galaxy-blues-roots-soul/|archive-date=July 5, 2017|url-status=dead}} Her second album, Puppet Show, debuted at No. 7 in the Billboard Blues Albums Chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/blues-albums|title=Blues Music: Top Blues Albums Chart|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 24, 2018}} The album Texas Honey was released in 2019; video directed by John Chambers.
In 2019, Venable was a third of Ruf Records Blues Caravan 2019, who played over 60 shows across Europe.{{Cite web|url=https://www.katarinapejakmusic.com/bio|title=Katarina Pejak | Bio|website=Katarinapejakmusic.com|access-date=17 September 2022}} She toured with Finland's Ina Forsman and the Serbian Katarina Pejak.{{Cite web|url=https://www.makingascene.org/katarina-pejak-roads-that-cross/|title=Katarina Pejak Roads That Cross|first=Richard|last=Ludmerer|website=Makingascene.org|date=17 February 2019|access-date=17 September 2022}}
She resides in Kilgore, Texas, United States.
Discography
- No Glass Shoes (2016)
- Puppet Show (2018)
- Texas Honey (2019)
- Heart of Fire (2021)
- Real Gone (2023)
- Money & Power (2025)
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Category:People from Kilgore, Texas
Category:American blues guitarists
Category:21st-century American women guitarists
Category:21st-century American guitarists
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