Tinsley Ellis
1-19-2017
Southern blues-rocker Tinsley Ellis may speak no evil, but he sings and plays with the conviction of, as Billboard wrote, “...a man possessed.” Over the course of 11 albums and literally thousands of live performances, Ellis easily ranks as one of today’s most electrifying blues-rock guitarists and vocalists. He attacks his music with rock power and blues feeling, in the same tradition as his Deep South musical heroes Duane Allman and Freddie King and his old friends Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes. Atlanta Magazine declared Ellis “the most significant blues artist to emerge from Atlanta since Blind Willie McTell.”
Tinsley's new album, "Red Clay Soul," debuted at No. 1 on Living Blues magazine’s radio chart in June. And "Circuit Rider" from the album hit Number One on the Roots Music Reports chart. Regarding the new album, Tinsley says "Georgia is where the Blues has got Soul. From the gospel inspired Ray Charles, to the R&B of James Brown and Otis Redding, to the Rock and Roll of Little Richard, to the Blues Rock of The Allman Brothers Band. All these acts have one thing in common. They all have the sound of Georgia and down here we call that sound red clay soul. Rolling Stone says: "Feral blues guitar...non-stop gigging has sharpened his six-string to a razor's edge... his eloquence dazzles...he achieves pyrotechnics that rival Beck and Clapton." The LA Times says: "Ellis unleashed a torrent of dazzling musicianship pitched somewhere between the exhilarating volatility of rock and roll and the melancholic passion of urban blues." And The Village Voice: "Raw and righteous, funky and strong."
James Brown once said the definition of Soul is “being proud of where you came from." And without question, Tinsley Ellis is proud to be from Georgia.
VIDEO - VIDEO 2 (Tinsley with Gov't Mule) - VIDEO 3 (at Don Odell's Legends)
Southern blues-rocker Tinsley Ellis may speak no evil, but he sings and plays with the conviction of, as Billboard wrote, “...a man possessed.” Over the course of 11 albums and literally thousands of live performances, Ellis easily ranks as one of today’s most electrifying blues-rock guitarists and vocalists. He attacks his music with rock power and blues feeling, in the same tradition as his Deep South musical heroes Duane Allman and Freddie King and his old friends Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes. Atlanta Magazine declared Ellis “the most significant blues artist to emerge from Atlanta since Blind Willie McTell.”
Tinsley's new album, "Red Clay Soul," debuted at No. 1 on Living Blues magazine’s radio chart in June. And "Circuit Rider" from the album hit Number One on the Roots Music Reports chart. Regarding the new album, Tinsley says "Georgia is where the Blues has got Soul. From the gospel inspired Ray Charles, to the R&B of James Brown and Otis Redding, to the Rock and Roll of Little Richard, to the Blues Rock of The Allman Brothers Band. All these acts have one thing in common. They all have the sound of Georgia and down here we call that sound red clay soul. Rolling Stone says: "Feral blues guitar...non-stop gigging has sharpened his six-string to a razor's edge... his eloquence dazzles...he achieves pyrotechnics that rival Beck and Clapton." The LA Times says: "Ellis unleashed a torrent of dazzling musicianship pitched somewhere between the exhilarating volatility of rock and roll and the melancholic passion of urban blues." And The Village Voice: "Raw and righteous, funky and strong."
James Brown once said the definition of Soul is “being proud of where you came from." And without question, Tinsley Ellis is proud to be from Georgia.
VIDEO - VIDEO 2 (Tinsley with Gov't Mule) - VIDEO 3 (at Don Odell's Legends)