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Joel Foy
Blues / Soul / Roots Music

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DALLAS, Texas
United States

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Last Login:  11/25/2009
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Member Since7/8/2006
Band Websitewww.myspace.com/iceboyblues
Band MembersJoel Foy and occasionally a few eclectic friends, cohorts, and co-conspirators.
InfluencesBlind Blake, Jimi Hendrix, Little Joe Carson, The Beatles, Albert Collins, Tiny Grimes, Merle Haggard, The Staples Singers, Curtis Mayfield, Skip James, Patsy Cline, Snooks Eaglin, Don Covay, James Carr, Steve Cropper, T-Bone Walker, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Hank Williams, Freddie King, Doc & Merle Watson, Kokomo Arnold, Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson, Stevie Winwood, Bo Carter, Bill Broonzy, The Stanley Brothers, Robert Johnson, George Jones, Gatemouth Brown, Johnny Guitar Watson, Marty Robbins, Big Mabelle, Lightnin' Hopkins, Joe Willie Wilkins, Hank Garland, Grady Martin, Pee Wee Crayton, Blind Boy Fuller, Jimmy Reed, Paul Burlison, Mississippi John Hurt, Eddie Taylor...........too many to list...
Sounds Like.............an old record.......................
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Dec 3 2009 7:00P
Landon Winery McKinney, Texas
Dec 5 2009 6:00P
Marshall’s BBQ Farmer’s Branch, Texas
Dec 11 2009 7:00P
Landon Winery McKinney, Texas
Dec 12 2009 7:00P
Alligator Cafe Dallas, Texas
Dec 17 2009 6:30P
Alligator Cafe Dallas, Texas
Dec 19 2009 8:00P
Grape Expectations Little Elm, Texas
Dec 31 2009 6:30P
Alligator Cafe Dallas
Jan 7 2010 6:30P
Alligator Cafe Dallas, Texas
Jan 23 2010 7:00P
Alligator Cafe Dallas, Texas
Jan 29 2010 7:00P
Alligator Cafe Dallas
Feb 4 2010 7:30P
Eno’s Pizza Dallas
Feb 12 2010 7:00P
Landon Winery McKinney, Texas
Mar 26 2010 8:00P
Grape Expectations Guitar/Piano duo Little Elm, Texas
Apr 9 2010 7:00P
Landon Winery McKinney, Texas
Jun 11 2010 7:00P
Landon Winery McKinney, Texas
Jun 20 2010 7:00P
Eno’s Pizza Dallas, Texas
Aug 13 2010 7:00P
Landon Winery McKinney, Texas
Oct 8 2010 7:00P
Landon Winery McKinney, Texas
Dec 10 2010 7:00P
Landon Winery McKinney, Texas

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   About Joel Foy
Just keep it real is all I ask. I'll take one good Johnny Guitar Watson 45 over a hundred cheap SRV or H. Fats imitators. At age nine I started playing trumpet in my school band. Didn't appreciate for quite a few years why my dad wasn't so gung-ho about a nine year old kid practicing trumpet in the house - sort of like living next door to a busy railway yard. My uncle played guitar on my dad's ancient Regal during family visits, and used to play harp in a rack, too. A few years later I dragged the Regal out of the closet and started picking out some songs by ear. I learned a few by The Beatles, The Stones, and the Animals.........even taped the cartridge from my phonograph to the top to create the world's crudest electric gee-tar. By 14 I graduated to a cheap Japanese 330 copy and started playing for school dances and parties, and by 17 I had my first Gibson SG and started playing professionally at the college taverns, parties, and dances around my home turf of Northern Idaho and Eastern Washington. Early influences were varied and included artists from Albert King, Steve Cropper, Jimi Hendrix, and Stevie Winwood to The Beatles, Bob Wills, The Rascals, and Charlie Christian. Live Wire Blues Power by A. King was a revelation. So was King of The Delta Blues by Robert Johnson. Always loved Otis Rush's version of Everything's Gonna Turn Out Fine. One of my earliest blues gigs was backing up the late west coast piano icon Floyd Dixon during his trips from L.A. to the Pacific Northwest. RIP, Floyd. Between 1982 and 1995 I scrambled all over North America and Europe and worked with a wild mix of West Coast artists including Curtis Salgado, William Clarke, Lowell Fulson, Cash McCall, James Harman, Johnny Dyer, Janiva Magness, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Al Blake, James Intveld, Lynwood Slim, Billy Sheets, Mark Hummell, Mitch Woods, Smokey Wilson, and Duke Jethro-a mainstay of B.B. King's touring band during the 60's. Some recording projects included critically acclaimed CD's by Harman (Do Not Disturb), Clarke (Tip of the Top), and Lynwood Slim (Lost in America), two of which were nominated for WC Handy awards in 1991 and 2002. A bunch of hasty demos I did with Billy Sheets even got released a few years later on CD, and got some good reviews. From 1996 until 2004, I divided time between musical tours and trips to the U.S. Antarctic Program's McMurdo Station where I supported program logistics, communications, and station services, and woodshedded when my 6-day work week allowed. I hosted a weekly 2-hour radio show "American Classics" that featured iconic figures in American music from Gene Vincent and Hank Williams to Muddy Waters and Aretha Franklin. Ice Radio 104.5 FM is the most southerly live broadcasting radio station in the world. Since exiting the Antarctic Program in 2004, I've relocated to Dallas, Texas dividing time between teaching, performing, and songwriting. My main occupation now seems to be home improvement around my property. I teach and do solo shows featuring a mix of acoustic post-war and pre-war figerstyle blues and rags, including Lightnin' Hopkins, Li'l Son Jackson, Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Snooks Eaglin, and Slim Harpo, and some more modern N'Awlins Rock'n'Roll, Chicago Blues and R&B, and bluesy Honky Tonk-the cowboy side of blues. Sometimes I do casual electric gigs with different bands around town. This year I plan on getting into the studio to start developing a solo CD. I'm currently featured on Barrelhouse Chuck's latest CD, "Got My Eyes on You," released August 1 on "The Sirens" SR-5014. See details at www.thesirensrecords.com Sign on to be my friend if you like any kind of real music...........the more down home, the better.

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rizorkestra one-man-folk-roots-blues-band

rizorkestra one-man-folk-roots-blues-band



Oct 22 2009 6:41 PM

"...here on the west coast keepin' music real down-home for y'all..."
Michelle Schmitt

Michelle Schmitt



Aug 4 2009 6:49 AM

Just stopping by to say 'hello!' I hope you are having a wonderful summer. If you haven't had a chance to check out my music, I would love for you to listen and let me know what you think. Thanks so much for your time. -Michelle



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Aaron Burton

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Jul 19 2009 11:14 PM

thanks for stopping by last night- sounded great as always- Hinkle will be there next week so stop by if you can
Aaron Burton

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May 18 2009 8:05 PM

had fun on the gig tonight, thanks!
Mao.blues

Patrick Van Speybrock



May 18 2009 8:05 PM

You know like you blues is part of my life especially the living one. I don't play an instrument but listen to so much talented persons is for me something incredible to describe. And meet all these musicians and talking about their music is so great to me !!!!

Your friend
the blues addict from Lille
Colin Boyd

Colin Boyd



May 2 2009 5:24 PM

thanks for the comments on "understand". maybe a little of buddy and roy on that one.

good luck tonite at the marlin!
Texas Johnny Boy

Texas Johnny Boy



Apr 27 2009 6:54 PM

joel,
thanks for coming out to the show and especially for sitting in and doin' a few. You sounded extra fabulous and, even, Milton thought so!
tjb
Hourglass

Hourglass



Apr 20 2009 4:46 PM

Joel, Thanks for coming out Thursday. Hope you are able to get there earlier next time! Let McKenzie and I know when you're playing somewhere. Great to finally meet you.
Mckenzie

Mckenzie



Apr 17 2009 5:48 PM

I wish I could go to Norway or somewhere, anywhere out of the US. Just for a visit though not permanantly. : )
Be sure and let me know when the party is on!!!
M
Clubstr Music Calendar DallasTX!!

Clubstr Music Calendar DallasTX!!



Apr 14 2009 2:41 AM

Hey there Joel Foy, thanks for the add! You are now on the new Clubstr Music Calendar - now the best music calendar in the DFW area.

Fans can put in their zipcode and genre to find all the shows near them or go right to http://www.Clubstr.com/DallasTX. There's a version right on our myspace as well.

Upload a sample track, and people will hear your music right on the calendar!
PATJE BLUES

PATJE BLUES



Apr 14 2009 2:41 AM

THANKS FOR THE ADD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VICTOR MORALES

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Apr 8 2009 3:03 AM

HELLO <br /> <br />THANKS FOR THE ADD!
Stephanie Adlington

Stephanie Adlington



Apr 4 2009 5:35 AM

Thanks for your kind works Joel. Love your music. Thanks for keeping the blues alive!

Cheers,
Stephanie
Shabby Dahl and the Collaborators

Shabby Dahl and the Collaborators



Apr 4 2009 1:32 AM

HI BABY!!!!! I have been busy nursing a wild baby cottontail rabbit till he's old enough to release back into the wild. Damn, I LOVE him but he is taking up all my time. Well it's worth it to serve Mother Nature.<br />Plus new original tunes are coming soon...........and in the summer I will be bugging you to pieces, you are gonna get SO tired of me!<br />xoxoxoxoxox<br /><br />
Agnieszka

Agnieszka



Mar 31 2009 9:29 PM

awww how very sweet of you , is all good out here.. <br />Real sprintime. Soon girls will start wearing dressed , in the meanwhile they work in the yard and let the world spin madly sowhere else . <br /> <br /> <br />
Hash Brown

Hash Brown



Mar 31 2009 5:55 PM

I hope you get another one, and good luck with the Rbt. Johnson deal!
HB
Missy Andersen

Missy Andersen



Mar 31 2009 4:29 AM

Hey Joel, I like Jimmy Reed too and you do a fine rendition. Hope I get to see you perform live someday.
Sengelmann Hall

Sengelmann Hall



Mar 24 2009 10:38 PM

Thanks for adding Sengelmann Hall!
Joe Ruggiero

Joe Ruggiero



Mar 16 2009 12:26 AM

You sounded GREAT last night! Fun and Informative also !!
P.S. Thanks for letting me do a tune w/ you... you sure can play !!!
Byron

Byron



Mar 9 2009 7:35 PM

Haha.. thanks man. Not sure if it was the right amount, but there was certainly plenty of slop..
Doug MacLeod

Doug MacLeod



Feb 28 2009 6:11 PM

Thanks Joel. Always good to see you.
Better to hear you play tho. Next time in Dallas
Matteo

Matteo



Feb 28 2009 12:14 PM

Hi Joel,
i will be in Austin,tx from the 19th of march till april 7th....if i can make it to Big D i'll contact you.
it will be great to see you.
ciao
Matteo
Amede & The Soundsmith

Amede & The Soundsmith



Feb 23 2009 1:40 PM

Distant...







www. amedethesoundsmith. co. uk

Beats & Love Joel Foy
Aaron Burton

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Feb 18 2009 4:37 PM

Hey Juke Joint Joel! how do you like my new profile pic?
Joe Ruggiero

Joe Ruggiero



Feb 16 2009 9:45 PM

Thanks for the add. Thanks for the ear. LOVE your stuff !!
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