One of the key tracks from Shannon McNally’s Coldwater, out April 27.. recorded in her current home of Oxford (via Long Island.) McNally got her first guitar and JJ Cale album at the age of 12 and never looked back. Combined with the classic rock she grew up listening to – The Allman Brothers, Dr. John and Hendrix – it’s the musical center of gravity she brought to her 2002 Capitol Records debut Jukebox Sparrow gaining notice from Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Leno and Letterman. This decidedly rare approach for a woman drew the same accolades for indie-based Geronimo, helmed by Charlie Sexton. Now, on the self-produced Coldwater, out April 27, McNally leads her Mississippi-based band, Hot Sauce through the juncture where blues, country and soul music meet – made all the more powerful by the keys of the late, great Jim Dickinson (one of his very last recordings.)
Shannon McNally and Hot Sauce will be touring together all year, and in the meantime, she has many other projects waiting in the wings. In 2006, Dickinson produced another record, Windswept Moon. And, there’s Small Town Talk, The Songs of Bobby Charles, recorded in 2007 with, and produced by Dr John and The Lower 911 Band, also featuring both Derek Trucks and Mickey Raphael.
