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Georgia troubadour Tinsley Ellis has been immersed in music his whole life. Born in Atlanta 1957 and raised in southern Florida, he acquired his first guitar at age seven, inspired by seeing The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show. Like many kids his age, Ellis discovered the blues through the back door of British Invasion bands like The Yardbirds, Cream and The Rolling Stones as well as Southern rockers like the Allman Brothers Band. 20 albums (and millions of miles traveled) later on record labels such as Alligator and Capricorn, Ellis has become an elder statesman of the blues world.
With his new project Tinsley Ellis - Acoustic Songs And Stories, Ellis performs many of his most popular songs (plus delta blues and classics by artists like Gregg Allman, Bob Dylan and Leo Kottke) on his 1937 National Steel and 1969 Martin D-35. Ellis weaves the music together with interesting and sometimes ribald stories from over 40 years of a life spent on stages and in motels and truck stops. Ellis shows no signs of slowing down and is headed your way with his newest and perhaps most unique project.
Tinsley Ellis put on a great show!! We prefer his earlier work where he sticks to true blues, which he played in the 2nd half of his show. His more recent album, Speak No Evil, sounds good but is a little harder than we expected and prefer. Still sounded awesome though! I would go see him again.
The music was good but entirely too loud for the venue. I, and others went to the lobby to help ease the pressure on our ears.
Easy reasonable parking ($7), great job opening by The Soul Shakers -- they hold their own. Tinsley does it right; and keeps getting better -- the new CD is amazing. Better than average selection of wine at the venue, thankyouverymuch! Enjoyed the staff operating the Playhouse -- a great group of people. One complaint: I must be getting old, but cranking it up 30-40 decibels after the first curtain call is a dirty trick. When you're done, I'll go home. Nuff said.
Ok,so i've always thought that Stevie Ray was the greatest guitarist ever.I gotta say that after seeing Tinsley Ellis and his band,anytime you talk about the great players,you have to always include Tinsley Ellis.He put on an unbelievable show and gave the crowd more than theyre moneys worth.It was incredible and Jazzbones is a great place to see a show with very good food as well.
having several of tinsley's cd's i was excited to see him in person .. he didn't dissappoint .. he talked with many in the crowd and i found him to be very unassuming and down to earth .. i look foward to seein tinsley preform again ..
