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guitar up really loud and I shout in the
microphone for two hours It’s like the best
therapy in the world ”
TV presenter Malcolm Gerrie said the following
about Joanne in the Sunday Times – “Who said
white gals can’t play the blues? Killer licks
soaring solos and heart wrenching vocals ”
“A Brummie blues singer? Yes really ” wrote
the Sunday Telegraph about Joanne last
November “Joanne Shaw Taylor has enough
soul to compete with the best the Mississippi
Delta has to offer ”
Sold out concerts Screaming fans Her name
in lights Joanne Shaw Taylor never anticipated
any of that at the start Back then she was just
an ordinary Black Country schoolgirl bored
with the disposable pop she heard on late s
radio rifling her father’s record collection for
sunken treasure and falling for albums by
Stevie Ray Vaughan Albert Collins and Jimi
Hendrix At she played her first electric
guitar “Guitars were always lying around the
house ” says Joanne At
she defied her
teachers to play The Marquee and Ronnie
Scott’s and began to overcome insecurity
about her voice “I never set out to be a singer ”
she modestly told Classic Rock “I’ve always had
a deep voice I think it came frommy influences
as a kid When I was singing to records I was
listening to Albert Collins and Freddie King
When I was a teenager I became a big rock fan:
Glenn Hughes Skin Doug Pinnick I wouldn’t
get far on The X Factor ”
British blues rock guitarist Joanne Shaw Taylor
new album “The Dirty Truth” was released to
critical acclaim in the UK last September on
Joanne’s boutique label Axehouse Records The
album reunited Joanne with Jim Gaines who
produced her
debut album White Sugar
“I wanted to go back into the studio in
Memphis with Jim to retain the same vibe that
we captured on the first album ” says Joanne
“The new album is a combination of rock and
blues and I think it’s going to be an exciting
collaboration and hopefully my fans will love
the rockier edge ”
In May
when Joanne originally performed
an intimate concert at London’s Borderline
The Blues magazine wrote “Joanne slips from
bursts of muscular rhythm to searing riffs
rooted in the blues but not dominated by it…
JST bristles with self confidence energy and
excitement ” During an in depth interview The
Blues magazine asked Joanne if she was having
fun playing live “How can you not enjoy that
job?” she responded “I get on stage turn my
Tickets for this gig at The Robin 2 are available fromwww.therobin.co.uk
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