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1018522 | Play | Tell the Truth | 00:00 Tools | |
1018521 | Play | To the Devil for a Dime | 04:20 Tools | |
1018524 | Play | Freeway Soul | 04:09 Tools | |
1018527 | Play | Get to the Bottom | 05:07 Tools | |
1018526 | Play | Shadow of Doubt | 03:31 Tools | |
1018525 | Play | You're Gonna Thank Me | 00:00 Tools | |
1018531 | Play | Sleep On It | 00:00 Tools | |
1018530 | Play | Too Much of Everything | 00:00 Tools | |
1018529 | Play | Say Too Much | 00:00 Tools | |
1018523 | Play | A Quitter Never Wins | 06:10 Tools | |
1018535 | Play | Somebody | 00:00 Tools | |
1018543 | Play | Stare At the Sun | 00:00 Tools | |
1018533 | Play | I Take What I Want | 00:00 Tools | |
1018532 | Play | Highwayman | 00:00 Tools | |
47402777 | Play | Kiss Of Death | 00:00 Tools | |
1018534 | Play | Can't You Lie | 00:00 Tools | |
1018528 | Play | Speak No Evil | 00:00 Tools | |
1018568 | Play | Bringin' Home The Bacon | 06:15 Tools | |
1018541 | Play | Hell or High Water | 00:00 Tools | |
47402774 | Play | Mouth Turn Dry | 00:00 Tools | |
1018539 | Play | Cut You Loose | 00:00 Tools | |
1018538 | Play | The Next Miss Wrong | 00:00 Tools | |
1018542 | Play | Are You Sorry? | 00:00 Tools | |
86820314 | Play | Sound Of A Broken Man | 00:00 Tools | |
1018537 | Play | Sunlight of Love | 00:00 Tools | |
1018552 | Play | Early In the Morning | 00:00 Tools | |
1018570 | Play | Wanted Man | 00:00 Tools | |
47402775 | Play | If The River Keeps Rising | 00:00 Tools | |
47402776 | Play | Surrender | 00:00 Tools | |
1018559 | Play | The Axe | 00:00 Tools | |
1018547 | Play | The Other Side | 00:00 Tools | |
1018574 | Play | Just Dropped In | 00:00 Tools | |
1018684 | Play | Hell Or High Water [Live] | 04:59 Tools | |
1018563 | Play | Diggin' My Own Grave | 04:12 Tools | |
1018567 | Play | Slip and Fall | 00:00 Tools | |
1018545 | Play | Born In Georgia | 00:00 Tools | |
1018536 | Play | A Quitter Never Wins (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
47402778 | Play | See No Harm | 00:00 Tools | |
1018642 | Play | The Next Miss Wrong (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
1018549 | Play | Double Eyed Whammy | 03:28 Tools | |
1018551 | Play | The Last Song | 00:00 Tools | |
1018556 | Play | Rockslide | 00:00 Tools | |
1018571 | Play | Panhead | 00:00 Tools | |
47402786 | Play | In From The Cold | 00:00 Tools | |
1018554 | Play | Cold Love, Hot Night | 00:00 Tools | |
1018576 | Play | Standing On the Edge of Love | 00:00 Tools | |
1018562 | Play | Break My Rule | 00:00 Tools | |
1018555 | Play | Left of Your Mind | 00:00 Tools | |
1018564 | Play | Time to Quit | 00:00 Tools | |
1018546 | Play | Loving for Today | 00:00 Tools | |
1018579 | Play | Sign of the Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
1018566 | Play | The Night Is Easy | 00:00 Tools | |
1018544 | Play | Real Bad Way | 00:00 Tools | |
1018558 | Play | It Takes What It Takes | 00:00 Tools | |
88919741 | Play | Nothing but Fine | 00:00 Tools | |
1018647 | Play | Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' | 00:00 Tools | |
1018584 | Play | Soulful | 00:00 Tools | |
1018569 | Play | Grow a Pair | 00:00 Tools | |
1018575 | Play | Amanda | 00:00 Tools | |
1018594 | Play | If That's How He Loves You | 00:00 Tools | |
1018626 | Play | Bringing Home the Bacon | 06:15 Tools | |
1018583 | Play | Everyday | 06:13 Tools | |
1018573 | Play | Feelin' No Pain | 08:03 Tools | |
47402782 | Play | Seven Years | 00:00 Tools | |
1018580 | Play | Me Without You | 00:00 Tools | |
1018701 | Play | Leavin' Here [Live] | 00:00 Tools | |
1018578 | Play | Pawnbroker | 00:00 Tools | |
86820316 | Play | Gamblin' Man | 00:00 Tools | |
86820317 | Play | Saving Grace | 00:00 Tools | |
1018550 | Play | Catalunya | 00:00 Tools | |
47402779 | Play | Peace And Love | 00:00 Tools | |
47402780 | Play | That's My Story | 00:00 Tools | |
1018572 | Play | As the Years Go Passing By | 00:00 Tools | |
47402788 | Play | All In The Name Of Love | 00:00 Tools | |
47402781 | Play | It's Not Funny | 00:00 Tools | |
47402785 | Play | Midnight Ride | 00:00 Tools | |
47402784 | Play | Harder To Find | 00:00 Tools | |
1018588 | Play | The Sun Is Shining | 00:00 Tools | |
1018581 | Play | Dangling By A Thread | 00:00 Tools | |
47402783 | Play | The Only Thing | 00:00 Tools | |
1018582 | Play | Leavin' Here | 00:00 Tools | |
47402789 | Play | Leave Me | 00:00 Tools | |
1018597 | Play | Mercy Mercy Mercy | 00:00 Tools | |
1018709 | Play | Highwayman [Live] | 00:00 Tools | |
1018605 | Play | Bush Doctor | 00:00 Tools | |
1018609 | Play | Side Tracked | 00:00 Tools | |
47402790 | Play | Hard Work | 00:00 Tools | |
47402791 | Play | Should I Have Lied | 00:00 Tools | |
1018590 | Play | When I Howl | 00:00 Tools | |
1018593 | Play | Mystery to Me | 00:00 Tools | |
1018596 | Play | Let Him Down Easy | 00:00 Tools | |
1018548 | Play | Sassy Strat | 00:00 Tools | |
1018606 | Play | Still in the Game | 00:00 Tools | |
1018540 | Play | Front Street Freeze | 00:00 Tools | |
1018592 | Play | Loneliness Is Here To Stay | 00:00 Tools | |
1018723 | Play | Real Bad Way [Live] | 00:00 Tools | |
1018600 | Play | So Many Tears | 00:00 Tools | |
1018586 | Play | Put Me Where You Want Me | 00:00 Tools | |
1018587 | Play | 12 Pack Poet | 00:00 Tools | |
1018601 | Play | All I Can Do | 00:00 Tools | |
1018595 | Play | Texas Stomp | 00:00 Tools | |
47402792 | Play | Give It Away | 00:00 Tools | |
1018615 | Play | One Sunny Day | 00:00 Tools | |
1018617 | Play | I Walk Alone | 00:00 Tools | |
1018613 | Play | Look What You Done | 00:00 Tools | |
47402787 | Play | To The Devil For A Dime [Live] | 00:00 Tools | |
1018612 | Play | You Picked a Good Time | 00:00 Tools | |
1018607 | Play | Hooked | 00:00 Tools | |
1018608 | Play | Change Your Mind | 00:00 Tools | |
1018591 | Play | Hot Potato | 00:00 Tools | |
1018611 | Play | I'll Get Over You | 00:00 Tools | |
1018603 | Play | I'll Be Loving You | 00:00 Tools | |
86820318 | Play | Kiss This World | 00:00 Tools | |
1018614 | Play | And It Hurts | 00:00 Tools | |
1018553 | Play | The Milky Way | 00:00 Tools | |
1018630 | Play | Fender Blender | 00:00 Tools | |
1018604 | Play | All Rumors Are True | 00:00 Tools | |
1018589 | Play | Now I'm Gone | 00:00 Tools | |
86820321 | Play | Autumn Run | 00:00 Tools | |
86820319 | Play | Don't Turn Off The Light | 00:00 Tools | |
1018634 | Play | Stuck in Love | 00:00 Tools | |
1018625 | Play | Love Me by Phone | 00:00 Tools | |
1018599 | Play | She Wants to Sell My Monkey | 00:00 Tools | |
1018624 | Play | Must Be The Devil | 00:00 Tools | |
1018627 | Play | Love Comes Knockin' | 00:00 Tools | |
1018610 | Play | Fountain of Youth | 00:00 Tools | |
1018637 | Play | Ten Year Day | 00:00 Tools | |
86820320 | Play | I Got Mine | 00:00 Tools | |
47402793 | Play | The King Must Die | 00:00 Tools | |
1018622 | Play | Lucky Lou | 00:00 Tools | |
47402795 | Play | All I Think About | 00:00 Tools | |
1018620 | Play | La La Land | 00:00 Tools | |
47402797 | Play | Givin' You Up | 00:00 Tools | |
1018629 | Play | Come Morning | 00:00 Tools | |
47402796 | Play | Estero Noche | 00:00 Tools | |
47402794 | Play | Everything | 00:00 Tools | |
1018602 | Play | Red Dress | 00:00 Tools | |
1018565 | Play | Anthem for a fallen Hero | 00:00 Tools | |
1018557 | Play | detour | 00:00 Tools | |
1018638 | Play | My Restless Heart | 00:00 Tools | |
1018641 | Play | Deaf, Dumb, Crippled And Blind | 00:00 Tools | |
86820322 | Play | Satisfied | 00:00 Tools | |
1018561 | Play | Fuzzbuster | 00:00 Tools | |
1018631 | Play | Crime of Passion | 00:00 Tools | |
1018649 | Play | The Big Chicken | 00:00 Tools | |
1018621 | Play | Love Bomb | 00:00 Tools | |
1018633 | Play | Her Other Man | 00:00 Tools | |
1018640 | Play | Mr. Night Time | 00:00 Tools | |
1018645 | Play | Cool on It | 00:00 Tools | |
1018650 | Play | Hey Hey Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
1018651 | Play | drivin' woman | 00:00 Tools | |
1018560 | Play | get it! | 00:00 Tools | |
1018635 | Play | My Love's the Medicine | 00:00 Tools | |
86820323 | Play | Dixie Lullaby | 00:00 Tools | |
1018616 | Play | I've Made Nights by Myself | 00:00 Tools | |
1018632 | Play | Set Love Free | 00:00 Tools | |
1018636 | Play | Free Man | 00:00 Tools | |
1018653 | Play | What Have I Done Wrong? | 00:00 Tools | |
1018639 | Play | Look-Ka-Py-Py | 00:00 Tools | |
47402799 | Play | Circuit Rider | 00:00 Tools | |
47402800 | Play | Hungry Woman Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
1018628 | Play | Can't Play That Way | 00:00 Tools | |
47402805 | Play | The Bottle, The Book Or The Gun | 00:00 Tools | |
1018644 | Play | The Hulk | 00:00 Tools | |
47402798 | Play | Callin' | 00:00 Tools | |
1018662 | Play | Double-Eyed Whammy | 00:00 Tools | |
47402804 | Play | Anything But Go | 00:00 Tools | |
47402802 | Play | Don't Cut It | 00:00 Tools | |
1018658 | Play | Pawnbroker (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
1018643 | Play | Sugaree | 00:00 Tools | |
1018646 | Play | Heart Fixing Business | 00:00 Tools | |
1018668 | Play | Bad Dream #108 | 00:00 Tools | |
1018675 | Play | The Axe (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
1018666 | Play | Highwayman (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
1018661 | Play | Dyin' to Do Wrong | 00:00 Tools | |
1018655 | Play | Sweet Pea | 00:00 Tools | |
88919742 | Play | Party Of One | 00:00 Tools | |
1018688 | Play | Sailor's Grave on the Prairie | 00:00 Tools | |
47402807 | Play | Are You Sorry? - remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
1018677 | Play | The Last Song (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
1018663 | Play | Slingshots and Boomerangs | 00:00 Tools | |
1018656 | Play | I Got to Moan | 00:00 Tools | |
1018659 | Play | The Other Side of Town | 00:00 Tools | |
1018736 | Play | Hong Kong, Mississippi | 00:00 Tools | |
1018664 | Play | Days of Old | 00:00 Tools | |
1018660 | Play | Let's Think About It | 00:00 Tools | |
1018690 | Play | Second Thoughts | 00:00 Tools | |
1018657 | Play | I've Got to Use My Imagination | 00:00 Tools | |
1018618 | Play | Freddy’s Midnight Dream | 00:00 Tools | |
1018694 | Play | Tulane | 00:00 Tools | |
1018681 | Play | Greenwood Chainsaw Boogie | 00:00 Tools | |
1018683 | Play | Wild Weekend | 02:58 Tools | |
1018585 | Play | Berry Tossin' | 00:00 Tools | |
1018692 | Play | The Last Song [Live] | 00:00 Tools | |
47402809 | Play | Tell the Truth - remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
1018670 | Play | To The Devil For A Dime (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
1018619 | Play | Berry Tossin’ | 00:00 Tools | |
1018665 | Play | Real Bad Way (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
1018738 | Play | Double Eyed Whammy [Live] | 00:00 Tools | |
1018695 | Play | A Quitter Never Wins [Live] | 00:00 Tools | |
47402811 | Play | To The Devil For A Dime - remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
1018678 | Play | Bad Dream | 00:00 Tools | |
1018598 | Play | Freddy's Midnight Dream | 00:00 Tools | |
47402810 | Play | A Quitter Never Wins - remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
1018687 | Play | Leaving Here | 00:00 Tools | |
47402801 | Play | Highwayman (Remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
47402815 | Play | Freeway Soul - remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
1018648 | Play | Bad Dream, No. 108 | 00:00 Tools | |
1018667 | Play | I've Made My Nights By Myself | 00:00 Tools | |
47402812 | Play | Time To Quit - remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
47402817 | Play | Early In The Morning - remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
1018693 | Play | The Axe [Live] | 00:00 Tools | |
47402818 | Play | The Other Side - remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
47402813 | Play | Cut You Loose - remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
47402816 | Play | Cold Love, Hot Night - remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
1018673 | Play | Hell or High Water (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
47402822 | Play | Double Eyed Whammy - remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
47402814 | Play | Highwayman - remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
47402819 | Play | Get To The Bottom - remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
47402820 | Play | Rockslide - remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
47402806 | Play | Pawnbroker [Live] | 00:00 Tools | |
1018685 | Play | Leavin' Here (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
47402821 | Play | To the Devil For a Dime (remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
47402808 | Play | Tinsley Ellis - Get To The Bottom | 00:00 Tools | |
1018652 | Play | Freddy's Midnite Dream | 00:00 Tools | |
1018703 | Play | Tinsley Ellis - Speak No Evil | 00:00 Tools | |
47402830 | Play | Leavin' Here - remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
47402825 | Play | Pawnbroker (live) - remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
1018702 | Play | Side Ed | 00:00 Tools | |
1018721 | Play | Can't You Lie? | 00:00 Tools | |
47402824 | Play | Tell the Truth (remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
1018672 | Play | Double Eyed Whammy (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
47402823 | Play | A Quitter Never Wins (remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
47402827 | Play | Are You Sorry? (remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
47402828 | Play | Cut You Loose (remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
47402826 | Play | Rockslide (Remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
47402829 | Play | The Other Side (remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
47402831 | Play | Early In the Morning (remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
1018676 | Play | Deaf Dumb Crippled And Blind | 00:00 Tools | |
47402836 | Play | Freeway Soul (remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
47402839 | Play | Time To Quit (remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
47402832 | Play | Cold Love, Hot Night (remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
47402834 | Play | Leavin' Here (remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
47402833 | Play | Double Eyed Whammy (remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
1018680 | Play | Dangling By The Thread | 00:00 Tools | |
47402835 | Play | Get To the Bottom (remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
1018669 | Play | Your Gonna Thank Me | 00:00 Tools | |
88919743 | Play | Don’t Turn Off the Light | 00:00 Tools | |
47402838 | Play | Feelin'No Pain | 00:00 Tools | |
76725480 | Play | Estero Noche(2016) | 00:00 Tools | |
1018691 | Play | Mr. Nighttime | 00:00 Tools | |
1018704 | Play | Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | 00:00 Tools | |
88919744 | Play | Gamblin’ Man | 00:00 Tools | |
47402837 | Play | Pawnbroker (Live) (Remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
47402842 | Play | Pawnbroker (live) [remastered] | 00:00 Tools | |
1018697 | Play | Introduction | 00:00 Tools | |
47402843 | Play | Feelin no Pain | 00:00 Tools | |
1018700 | Play | Fanning the Flames - Born in Georgia | 00:00 Tools | |
47402847 | Play | Ive got to use my imagination | 00:00 Tools | |
47402840 | Play | Love Comes Knockin | 00:00 Tools | |
1018698 | Play | ill be loving you | 00:00 Tools | |
47402841 | Play | Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin | 00:00 Tools | |
47402846 | Play | Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin1 | 00:00 Tools | |
88919745 | Play | Can`t You Lie | 00:00 Tools | |
47402844 | Play | Are You Sorry- | 00:00 Tools | |
47402845 | Play | Tinsley Ellis - Diggin' My Own Grave | 00:00 Tools | |
86820328 | Play | The Bottle, The Book, Or The Gun | 00:00 Tools | |
86820327 | Play | Sweet Thang | 00:00 Tools | |
1018720 | Play | Gonna Send You Back To Georgia (Live From Macon 4/13/96) | 00:00 Tools | |
86820325 | Play | Lets Think About It | 00:00 Tools | |
76725481 | Play | Mistery to Me | 00:00 Tools | |
86820326 | Play | Storm Warning - To The Devil For A Dime | 00:00 Tools | |
47402848 | Play | It's Not Funny (Midnight) | 00:00 Tools | |
47402849 | Play | Trouble Time | 00:00 Tools | |
47402850 | Play | 05 - MYSTERY TO ME | 00:00 Tools |
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.