Shannon McNally and Hot Sauce + Rebecca Pronsky + Anne McCue August 17, 2010

Shannon 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 is 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, McNally leads her Mississippi-based band, Hot Sauce through the juncture where country and soul music meet - made all the more powerful by the keys of the late, great Jim Dickinson (one of his last recordings.)

McNally says, "I strive to combine femininity with the simple, dry way that male rock singers deliver their lines. There's no affectation, it's just the raw lyrics where you can hear the words." This is most evident on "Lonesome, Ornery and Mean," a Waylon Jennings outlaw hit. And she knows how to combine her love of a male-dominated genre with her own very womanly sensibilities on the bluesy lead-off track, "This Ain't My Home," a testimony to female solidarity - "little sister let me tell you, just how perfect you are/little sister let me tell you I can't stand to see you starve." "It's commentary on the hyper-grooming-hyper critical idea of beauty that our culture and we women put on ourselves," says McNally. There's also the sultry "Lovely," about long lazy mornings with coffee in bed.

Shannon McNally and Hot Sauce toured with The Derek Trucks Band in December and touring solo throughout 2010 in support of Coldwater. Hot Sauce features Eric Deaton on guitar, Jacob X. Fussell on bass and Wallace Lester on drums.

"She has the voice: bruised, smoky and ornery...she has the melodies and the timing...she's irresistible." -Jon Pareles, The New York Times

"She is an alt-country treasure, showcasing a hypnotic and mysterious ambiance via a vibrant and smoky voice...as vulnerable as it is seductive and insolent." -Edna Gunderson, USA Today

"McNally sound bears a timelessness that's truly uncommon...(she) projects tenderness and toughness in ways that are remarkable and unequaled." -Jim Caligiuri, The Austin Chronicle

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