Texas blues-rock singer/songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire, ALLY VENABLE returns to Humble's Charles Bender Performing Arts Center as the latest addition to the Sizzling Summer series on Saturday, August 26. Blues, soul, jazz, and American roots guitar veteran Holland K. Smith will make his first appearance at the Bender opening. 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. 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.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.
"Venable pulls off a stunner of gritty and/or sultry blues rock tunes embellished with lots of tasty guitar solos." - Guitar Player Magazine.
“Ally is the future of blues and the crossover music of American roots-rock.” - Mike Zito.
HOLLAND K SMITH, Dallas Texas' hard hitting, multi award winning guitarist, vocalist, recording artist, songwriter and producer has toured all over the world for the past 17 years has performed, toured and/or recorded with artists such as George Thorogood, John Nemeth, Preston Niles (The Knack), Bugs Henderson, Anson Funderburgh, Jimmy "T99" Nelson, Big Al Dupree, Nick Curran, Al "TNT" Braggs, Big Joe Maher (Big Joe and The Dynaflows), Red Young (Eric Burdon), Gentleman John Street (Greg Allman), Sam Myers, Ronnie James (Tommy Castro) Junior Watson (Canned Heat), and many more.