ROCK and blues guitarist Chantel McGregor will be jamming at the Electric Palace on September 11.

Described as having the tone of Robin Trower, the inspiration of Hendrix, the influence of Stevie Ray Vaughan, the energy of Bonamassa, the intensity of Walter Trout and the haunting vocal of Stevie Nicks all rolled into one, Chantel became the first female artist to be voted guitarist of the year in the British Blues Awards last year.

At the age of eight Chantel became the youngest person in the country to pass a rock school exam and, at 12, she was jamming in her native Bradford and evolving into an incredible musician. Described as a prodigy, at 14 Chantel was told by major labels: “Great voice, but girls don't play guitar like that!”

Ignoring that advice, she enrolled at the world-renowned Leeds College of Music and became the first student in the college’s history to achieve a 100 per cent pass mark. This also included 18 distinctions.

Chantel left with a First Class Honours degree in Popular Music and a coveted prize, for outstanding musicianship.

She has since stepped out in the pro-musician world and her live performances are proving that this is rock blues for the new age, played by a musician born with an effortless virtuosity, peppered by flights of incendiary guitar and flanked by moments of poise, grace and fluidity.