CHANTEL McGregor is a guitarist whose career features firsts which allow her fans to claim she is among the best of British.
The Bradford-born musician was, aged eight, the youngest person in the country to pass a Rock school exam and later the first student at Leeds College of Music to achieve a 100 per cent pass mark.
She is also the first female to win Guitarist of the Year at the British Blues Awards.
Since turning professional her live shows have attracted the attention of big stars including rocker Joe Bonamassa who has invited her to play on two tours.
Nightshift, Oxford's music magazine, said: "Chantel McGregor deserves to be held up as a messiah of blues-rock and given her own mountain, she doesn't strum or pick her guitar but almost bends and distorts it, as if she's channelling the ghost of Hendrix through her fingers.”
Chantel McGregor said: “Playing live to great audiences is one of the most wonderful feelings, I feel so lucky to be able to do something that I love, see the world and bring happiness to others through my music.”
She will be live on stage at The Robin 2, Mount Pleasant, Bilston, on Thursday December 4.
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