Tinsley Ellis

[nelsress]

I got two tickets to see Tinsley Ellis this Friday night at 7PM and I'm taking my brother-in-law who is a good guitar player. If blues and blues rock isn't your cup of tea then you probably wouldn't like him but you'd probably still be able to appreciate his talent. He and his band will be playing at the local movie theater with seating for 200 so I don't think there will be a bad seat. We're on the right side near the middle. Has anyone ever seen this guy before? A couple friends of mine have seen/heard him and told me he was exceptional.

 

[nelsress]

Okay well, I guess either no one's ever heard of this guy or no one likes him but I started this thread (if you can call it that when only the op posts!) I figured I'd follow up. My brother-in-law and I both enjoyed it immensely, Tinsley is a very talented blues player.

 

[Soapbarblues]

Tinsley is one of my favorites, and have seen him twice. Excellent shows both times!

His new CD titled Get It is also very good. Sorry I didn't see this earlier, glad you enjoyed the show.

 

[nelsress]

Hey Soapbarblues, apparently this is the second time he's been here and "here" is the local movie theater, about two blocks from my house and I only heard about the last one from a friend of mine who was there. They have concerts in this little theater that seats maybe 200 and they don't advertise and it wasn't full. Amazing. Anyway, I now know to check the website. Shamika Copeland will be there this summer, I think in July.

 

[Andyman]

I've got a couple cassettes or CDs of his and he's certainly worth seeing. Sounds like you got a nice little blues venue sprouting up there.

 

[Gang-Twanger]

I remember his Alligator Records debut back in the late '80's. And then several years later I signed up for two weeks at the National Guitar Summer Workshop, and and I had a week of classes scheduled with Tinsley Ellis (These were very-hands-on classes in small groups, maybe 7 or 8 people in each class at best... Lots of playing).

Unfortunately, Ellis had to cancel his week of classes for whatever reason, and we ended up getting Chicago blues-picker Kenny Neal as his replacement and still had a great time. After his class one day, Neal and I were talking about slide-guitar-players, and he pulls out a really-old Fender lap steel guitar (from the '50's, I think) and let me mess around with it for a while (I started playing Danny Gatton's "Slidin' Home" because it was the only song I knew on one of those things... That was a fun two weeks).

 

[Soapbarblues]

Hey Soapbarblues, apparently this is the second time he's been here and "here" is the local movie theater, about two blocks from my house and I only heard about the last one from a friend of mine who was there. They have concerts in this little theater that seats maybe 200 and they don't advertise and it wasn't full. Amazing. Anyway, I now know to check the website. Shamika Copeland will be there this summer, I think in July.

It's always nice to see players of that caliber in a small intimate setting.
I also saw Robben Ford with Roscoe Beck in a small, 300 seat auditorium.

 

[nelsress]

I'm hoping so, Andyman, it would be great if I could see players of that caliber 2 or 3 or more times a year for $25 in a cozy setting like that. I could definitely get used to that!

Hey Gang-Twanger, that's cool about the guitar classes! Too bad you didn't get to work with Tinsley but I'm familiar with Kenny Neal and he's no slouch either. Sound like he was a cool guy too, letting you play his "antique" Fender lap steel, very nice!

I'm not familiar with Roscoe Beck but I've seen Robben Ford in a local nightclub a number of years back, also a good show. I believe I even picked up an album at that show so I guess it was more years ago than I was initially thinking!!

 

[cubdog]

I've recently discovered Mr. Ellis. I'm really enjoying his work both as a guitarist and vocalist. Good stuff! :thmbsp:

cubdog