Tinsley Ellis Kicks off an Eclectic Music Day
Morning MusIc from Tinsley Ellis The other day I was listening to Bluesville on Sirius-XM hoping to find some new blues music. Rather than finding new music I rediscovered an old favorite. Shemekia Copeland was the DJ and she played a track from Tinsley Ellis’s new album Ice Cream in Hell set to be released next month. From his website… World-renowned Atlanta-based blues-rock guitar virtuoso, soulful singer and prolific songwriter Tinsley Ellis will release his highly-anticipated new Alligator Records album, Ice Cream In Hell, on Friday, January 31, 2020. Filled with blazing, every-note-matters guitar playing over the course of 11 instantly memorable original songs, Ice Cream In Hell is, according to Ellis, the most raw-sounding, guitar-drenched album of his career. Throughout the album, Ellis’ deeply emotional, lyrical guitar solos perfectly match his fervent vocals. Rolling Stone says Ellis plays “feral blues guitar…non-stop gigging has sharpened his six-string to a razor’s edge…his eloquence dazzles…he achieves pyrotechnics that rival early Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton. Read More I don’t remember the title of the track she played but it sounded pretty good. Anyway when I went out to run some errands I took my iPod (yes I still use it) and I cued up an old Tinsley Ellis album Trouble Time. I’ve been a fan of Tinsley’s since the mid-90s and Trouble Time is one of the first albums I picked up. I think I still have it on cassette! While I have enjoyed Tinsley’s most recent albums, I don’t think the guitar work matches the intensity of…
