Ally Venable has been electrifying the blues scene since 2013, when she released her debut EP Wise Man at age 14. Her first full-length album, No Glass Shoes, was released in 2016 and quickly established Venable as a powerhouse songwriter and guitarist. The Kilgore, Texas, native would soon draw comparisons to Stevie Ray Vaughan, the blues legend who inspired her. "What got me into the blues was discovering Stevie Ray Vaughan," she told Guitar World in 2022. "That turned my whole world upside down."
Her third album, 2019's Texas Honey, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Blues Albums chart. Two years later she released the critically-acclaimed Heart of Fire, and her fifth album, 2023's Real Gone, features blues legend Buddy Guy on the scorching duet "Texas Louisiana."
Born and raised in Texas, Venable sang in church choirs when she was young, and began playing the guitar at 12. She received the Female Guitar Player of the Year honor at the East Texas Academy of Music Awards in 2014 and 2015.
