Tinsley Ellis

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Tell the Truth 00:00 Tools
To the Devil for a Dime 04:20 Tools
Freeway Soul 04:09 Tools
Get to the Bottom 05:07 Tools
Shadow of Doubt 03:31 Tools
You're Gonna Thank Me 00:00 Tools
Sleep On It 00:00 Tools
Too Much of Everything 00:00 Tools
Say Too Much 00:00 Tools
A Quitter Never Wins 06:10 Tools
Somebody 00:00 Tools
Stare At the Sun 00:00 Tools
I Take What I Want 00:00 Tools
Highwayman 00:00 Tools
Kiss Of Death 00:00 Tools
Can't You Lie 00:00 Tools
Speak No Evil 00:00 Tools
Bringin' Home The Bacon 06:15 Tools
Hell or High Water 00:00 Tools
Mouth Turn Dry 00:00 Tools
Cut You Loose 00:00 Tools
The Next Miss Wrong 00:00 Tools
Are You Sorry? 00:00 Tools
Sound Of A Broken Man 00:00 Tools
Sunlight of Love 00:00 Tools
Early In the Morning 00:00 Tools
Wanted Man 00:00 Tools
If The River Keeps Rising 00:00 Tools
Surrender 00:00 Tools
The Axe 00:00 Tools
The Other Side 00:00 Tools
Just Dropped In 00:00 Tools
Hell Or High Water [Live] 04:59 Tools
Diggin' My Own Grave 04:12 Tools
Slip and Fall 00:00 Tools
Born In Georgia 00:00 Tools
A Quitter Never Wins (live) 00:00 Tools
See No Harm 00:00 Tools
The Next Miss Wrong (live) 00:00 Tools
Double Eyed Whammy 03:28 Tools
The Last Song 00:00 Tools
Rockslide 00:00 Tools
Panhead 00:00 Tools
In From The Cold 00:00 Tools
Cold Love, Hot Night 00:00 Tools
Standing On the Edge of Love 00:00 Tools
Break My Rule 00:00 Tools
Left of Your Mind 00:00 Tools
Time to Quit 00:00 Tools
Loving for Today 00:00 Tools
Sign of the Blues 00:00 Tools
The Night Is Easy 00:00 Tools
Real Bad Way 00:00 Tools
It Takes What It Takes 00:00 Tools
Nothing but Fine 00:00 Tools
Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' 00:00 Tools
Soulful 00:00 Tools
Grow a Pair 00:00 Tools
Amanda 00:00 Tools
If That's How He Loves You 00:00 Tools
Bringing Home the Bacon 06:15 Tools
Everyday 06:13 Tools
Feelin' No Pain 08:03 Tools
Seven Years 00:00 Tools
Me Without You 00:00 Tools
Leavin' Here [Live] 00:00 Tools
Pawnbroker 00:00 Tools
Gamblin' Man 00:00 Tools
Saving Grace 00:00 Tools
Catalunya 00:00 Tools
Peace And Love 00:00 Tools
That's My Story 00:00 Tools
As the Years Go Passing By 00:00 Tools
All In The Name Of Love 00:00 Tools
It's Not Funny 00:00 Tools
Midnight Ride 00:00 Tools
Harder To Find 00:00 Tools
The Sun Is Shining 00:00 Tools
Dangling By A Thread 00:00 Tools
The Only Thing 00:00 Tools
Leavin' Here 00:00 Tools
Leave Me 00:00 Tools
Mercy Mercy Mercy 00:00 Tools
Highwayman [Live] 00:00 Tools
Bush Doctor 00:00 Tools
Side Tracked 00:00 Tools
Hard Work 00:00 Tools
Should I Have Lied 00:00 Tools
When I Howl 00:00 Tools
Mystery to Me 00:00 Tools
Let Him Down Easy 00:00 Tools
Sassy Strat 00:00 Tools
Still in the Game 00:00 Tools
Front Street Freeze 00:00 Tools
Loneliness Is Here To Stay 00:00 Tools
Real Bad Way [Live] 00:00 Tools
So Many Tears 00:00 Tools
Put Me Where You Want Me 00:00 Tools
12 Pack Poet 00:00 Tools
All I Can Do 00:00 Tools
Texas Stomp 00:00 Tools
Give It Away 00:00 Tools
One Sunny Day 00:00 Tools
I Walk Alone 00:00 Tools
Look What You Done 00:00 Tools
To The Devil For A Dime [Live] 00:00 Tools
You Picked a Good Time 00:00 Tools
Hooked 00:00 Tools
Change Your Mind 00:00 Tools
Hot Potato 00:00 Tools
I'll Get Over You 00:00 Tools
I'll Be Loving You 00:00 Tools
Kiss This World 00:00 Tools
And It Hurts 00:00 Tools
The Milky Way 00:00 Tools
Fender Blender 00:00 Tools
All Rumors Are True 00:00 Tools
Now I'm Gone 00:00 Tools
Autumn Run 00:00 Tools
Don't Turn Off The Light 00:00 Tools
Stuck in Love 00:00 Tools
Love Me by Phone 00:00 Tools
She Wants to Sell My Monkey 00:00 Tools
Must Be The Devil 00:00 Tools
Love Comes Knockin' 00:00 Tools
Fountain of Youth 00:00 Tools
Ten Year Day 00:00 Tools
I Got Mine 00:00 Tools
The King Must Die 00:00 Tools
Lucky Lou 00:00 Tools
All I Think About 00:00 Tools
La La Land 00:00 Tools
Givin' You Up 00:00 Tools
Come Morning 00:00 Tools
Estero Noche 00:00 Tools
Everything 00:00 Tools
Red Dress 00:00 Tools
Anthem for a fallen Hero 00:00 Tools
detour 00:00 Tools
My Restless Heart 00:00 Tools
Deaf, Dumb, Crippled And Blind 00:00 Tools
Satisfied 00:00 Tools
Fuzzbuster 00:00 Tools
Crime of Passion 00:00 Tools
The Big Chicken 00:00 Tools
Love Bomb 00:00 Tools
Her Other Man 00:00 Tools
Mr. Night Time 00:00 Tools
Cool on It 00:00 Tools
Hey Hey Baby 00:00 Tools
drivin' woman 00:00 Tools
get it! 00:00 Tools
My Love's the Medicine 00:00 Tools
Dixie Lullaby 00:00 Tools
I've Made Nights by Myself 00:00 Tools
Set Love Free 00:00 Tools
Free Man 00:00 Tools
What Have I Done Wrong? 00:00 Tools
Look-Ka-Py-Py 00:00 Tools
Circuit Rider 00:00 Tools
Hungry Woman Blues 00:00 Tools
Can't Play That Way 00:00 Tools
The Bottle, The Book Or The Gun 00:00 Tools
The Hulk 00:00 Tools
Callin' 00:00 Tools
Double-Eyed Whammy 00:00 Tools
Anything But Go 00:00 Tools
Don't Cut It 00:00 Tools
Pawnbroker (live) 00:00 Tools
Sugaree 00:00 Tools
Heart Fixing Business 00:00 Tools
Bad Dream #108 00:00 Tools
The Axe (live) 00:00 Tools
Highwayman (live) 00:00 Tools
Dyin' to Do Wrong 00:00 Tools
Sweet Pea 00:00 Tools
Party Of One 00:00 Tools
Sailor's Grave on the Prairie 00:00 Tools
Are You Sorry? - remastered 00:00 Tools
The Last Song (live) 00:00 Tools
Slingshots and Boomerangs 00:00 Tools
I Got to Moan 00:00 Tools
The Other Side of Town 00:00 Tools
Hong Kong, Mississippi 00:00 Tools
Days of Old 00:00 Tools
Let's Think About It 00:00 Tools
Second Thoughts 00:00 Tools
I've Got to Use My Imagination 00:00 Tools
Freddy’s Midnight Dream 00:00 Tools
Tulane 00:00 Tools
Greenwood Chainsaw Boogie 00:00 Tools
Wild Weekend 02:58 Tools
Berry Tossin' 00:00 Tools
The Last Song [Live] 00:00 Tools
Tell the Truth - remastered 00:00 Tools
To The Devil For A Dime (Live) 00:00 Tools
Berry Tossin’ 00:00 Tools
Real Bad Way (live) 00:00 Tools
Double Eyed Whammy [Live] 00:00 Tools
A Quitter Never Wins [Live] 00:00 Tools
To The Devil For A Dime - remastered 00:00 Tools
Bad Dream 00:00 Tools
Freddy's Midnight Dream 00:00 Tools
A Quitter Never Wins - remastered 00:00 Tools
Leaving Here 00:00 Tools
Highwayman (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Freeway Soul - remastered 00:00 Tools
Bad Dream, No. 108 00:00 Tools
I've Made My Nights By Myself 00:00 Tools
Time To Quit - remastered 00:00 Tools
Early In The Morning - remastered 00:00 Tools
The Axe [Live] 00:00 Tools
The Other Side - remastered 00:00 Tools
Cut You Loose - remastered 00:00 Tools
Cold Love, Hot Night - remastered 00:00 Tools
Hell or High Water (live) 00:00 Tools
Double Eyed Whammy - remastered 00:00 Tools
Highwayman - remastered 00:00 Tools
Get To The Bottom - remastered 00:00 Tools
Rockslide - remastered 00:00 Tools
Pawnbroker [Live] 00:00 Tools
Leavin' Here (live) 00:00 Tools
To the Devil For a Dime (remastered) 00:00 Tools
Tinsley Ellis - Get To The Bottom 00:00 Tools
Freddy's Midnite Dream 00:00 Tools
Tinsley Ellis - Speak No Evil 00:00 Tools
Leavin' Here - remastered 00:00 Tools
Pawnbroker (live) - remastered 00:00 Tools
Side Ed 00:00 Tools
Can't You Lie? 00:00 Tools
Tell the Truth (remastered) 00:00 Tools
Double Eyed Whammy (live) 00:00 Tools
A Quitter Never Wins (remastered) 00:00 Tools
Are You Sorry? (remastered) 00:00 Tools
Cut You Loose (remastered) 00:00 Tools
Rockslide (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
The Other Side (remastered) 00:00 Tools
Early In the Morning (remastered) 00:00 Tools
Deaf Dumb Crippled And Blind 00:00 Tools
Freeway Soul (remastered) 00:00 Tools
Time To Quit (remastered) 00:00 Tools
Cold Love, Hot Night (remastered) 00:00 Tools
Leavin' Here (remastered) 00:00 Tools
Double Eyed Whammy (remastered) 00:00 Tools
Dangling By The Thread 00:00 Tools
Get To the Bottom (remastered) 00:00 Tools
Your Gonna Thank Me 00:00 Tools
Don’t Turn Off the Light 00:00 Tools
Feelin'No Pain 00:00 Tools
Estero Noche(2016) 00:00 Tools
Mr. Nighttime 00:00 Tools
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) 00:00 Tools
Gamblin’ Man 00:00 Tools
Pawnbroker (Live) (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Pawnbroker (live) [remastered] 00:00 Tools
Introduction 00:00 Tools
Feelin no Pain 00:00 Tools
Fanning the Flames - Born in Georgia 00:00 Tools
Ive got to use my imagination 00:00 Tools
Love Comes Knockin 00:00 Tools
ill be loving you 00:00 Tools
Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin 00:00 Tools
Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin1 00:00 Tools
Can`t You Lie 00:00 Tools
Are You Sorry- 00:00 Tools
Tinsley Ellis - Diggin' My Own Grave 00:00 Tools
The Bottle, The Book, Or The Gun 00:00 Tools
Sweet Thang 00:00 Tools
Gonna Send You Back To Georgia (Live From Macon 4/13/96) 00:00 Tools
Lets Think About It 00:00 Tools
Mistery to Me 00:00 Tools
Storm Warning - To The Devil For A Dime 00:00 Tools
It's Not Funny (Midnight) 00:00 Tools
Trouble Time 00:00 Tools
05 - MYSTERY TO ME 00:00 Tools
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Hard-rocking blues-soaked guitarist/vocalist/song-writer Tinsley Ellis sings and plays with the energy and soul of all the great Southern musicians who have come before him. Ellis attacks his music with rock power and blues feeling, following in the tradition of Deep South musical heroes Duane Allman, Freddie King, Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes. His live shows feature extended fretwork filled with melodic and rhythmic experimentation, in the spirit of jam bands like his friends Widespread Panic and The Allman Brothers. Atlanta Magazine declared Ellis "the most significant blues artist to emerge from Atlanta since Blind Willie McTell." Since first hitting the national scene with his Alligator Records debut, GEORGIA BLUE, in 1988, Ellis has toured non-stop and continued to release one critically acclaimed album after another. His stellar guitar work, always a staple of his live shows and CDs, is matched by his strong songwriting and powerful, soulful vocals. Tinsley's hometown paper, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, calls his music, "a potent, amazing trip through electric blues-rock." Ellis made five critically acclaimed albums for Alligator between 1988 and 1997 before recording for the Capricorn and Telarc labels. His high-energy LIVE-HIGHWAYMAN, the long-awaited live album his fans have been demanding for years, marked his return to Alligator records. "Tinsley is one of the finest younger generation blues rockers. He's made great albums for us in the past, and we're excited to have him back in the Alligator family. He's great in the studio, but even better live, so I'm really excited about this recording," said Iglauer. Ellis' latest release on Alligator, MOMENT OF TRUTH, captures all the power and energy of his legendary live performances. His vocals reach new heights of soulfulness and expressiveness; his guitar playing is ferocious and relentless, but, when the mood calls for it, gentle and moving. What really sets the album apart, though, is the depth of Ellis’ songwriting. The material deals in matters both personal and universal and runs the gamut of human emotions. MOMENT OF TRUTH is Ellis’ most wide-ranging and inspired recording. Born in Atlanta in 1957, Ellis grew up in southern Florida and first played guitar at age eight. He found the blues through the backdoor of the British Invasion bands like The Yardbirds, The Animals, Cream, and The Rolling Stones. He especially loved the Kings--Freddie, B.B. and Albert--and spent hours immersing himself in their music. His love for the blues solidified when he was 14. At a B.B. King performance, Tinsley sat mesmerized in the front row. When B.B. broke a string on Lucille, he changed it without missing a beat, and handed the broken string to Ellis. After the show, B.B. came out and talked with fans, further impressing Tinsley with his warmth and down-to-earth attitude. By now Tinsley's fate was sealed; he had to become a blues guitarist. And yes, he still has that string. Already an accomplished teenaged musician, Ellis left Florida and returned to Atlanta in 1975. He soon joined the Alley Cats, a gritty blues band that included Preston Hubbard (of Fabulous Thunderbirds fame). In 1981, along with veteran blues singer and harpist Chicago Bob Nelson, Tinsley formed The Heartfixers, a group that would become Atlanta's top-drawing blues band. Upon hearing LIVE AT THE MOONSHADOW (Landslide), the band's second release, The Washington Post declared, "Tinsley Ellis is a legitimate guitar hero." After cutting two more Heartfixers albums for Landslide, COOL ON IT (featuring Tinsley's vocal debut) and TORE UP (with vocals by blues shouter Nappy Brown), Ellis was ready to head out on his own. Ellis sent a copy of the master tape for his solo debut to Bruce Iglauer at Alligator Records. "I had heard COOL ON IT," recalls Iglauer, "and I was amazed. I hadn't heard Tinsley before, but he played like the guys with huge international reputations. It wasn't just his raw power; it was his taste and maturity that got to me. It had the power of rock but felt like the blues. I knew I wanted to hear more of this guy." GEORGIA BLUE, Tinsley's first Alligator release, hit an unprepared public by surprise in 1988. Critics and fans quickly agreed that a new and original guitar hero had emerged. "Dazzling musicianship pitched somewhere between the exhilarating volatility of rock and roll and the passion of urban blues," raved the Los Angeles Times. Before long, Alligator arranged to reissue COOL ON IT and TORE UP, thus exposing Tinsley's blistering earlier music to a growing fan base." The Chicago Tribune celebrated the release by saying, "Ellis takes classic, Southern blues-rock workouts and jolts them to new life with a torrid axe barrage." Tinsley's next release, 1989's FANNING THE FLAMES, further expanded the guitarist's hero status. By now his talents as a songwriter equaled his guitar prowess. Guitar World shouted, "Ellis stands alongside Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Winter, and that ain't just hype." 1992's TROUBLE TIME added guests Peter Buck (R.E.M.) and keyboardist Chuck Leavell (Rolling Stones), and brought even more critical acclaim Ellis' way. The song >Highwayman received airplay on commercial rock radio stations across the country. "Alive, kicking and drenched in sweat," declared The Washington Post. 1994's STORM WARNING was Ellis' true breakthrough. Recorded live in the studio with his road-savvy band and produced by Eddy Offord (John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Yes), the album was a tour-de-force of smoking guitar workouts and radio-friendly blues rockers. Features and reviews ran in Rolling Stone, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and in many other national and regional publications. His largest audience by far came when NBC Sports ran a feature on Atlanta's best blues guitarist during their 1996 Summer Olympic Coverage viewed by millions of people all over the world. FIRE IT UP followed in 1997. Produced by the legendary Tom Dowd (Allman Brothers, Ray Charles), the album featured Ellis' blazing guitar playing and expressive, soulful vocals in better form than ever. With Dowd's deft production touch--along with Tinsley's fiery road band and a host of talented musicians, including famed bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn on seven songs--Ellis reached new heights, coming up with some of the best performances of his career. The Associated Press called the CD, "A solid heaping of blues...a mixture of well-written originals and covers all held together with scorching guitar and a big voice to carry his sharply written lyrics." A move to Capricorn Records in 2000 saw Ellis revisiting his Southern roots with KINGPIN. Unfortunately, the label folded soon after the CD's release. In 2002, he joined the Telarc label, producing two well-received albums of soul-drenched blues-rock, HELL OR HIGH WATER and THE HARD WAY. All the while, Ellis never stopped touring. "A musician never got famous staying home," he's quick to note. Ellis has played in all 50 states, as well as Canada, Europe, Australia and South America. Whether he's out with his own band or sharing stages with The Allman Brothers, Robert Cray, Koko Taylor or Widespread Panic, he averages over 150 performances a year, bringing his fast-moving, high-energy, guitar-drenched performances to fans all over the world. Live, there's simply no one better at igniting a crowd, jamming with focus and purpose... Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.