PoRcUpInE present...For All Blues Lovers On Earth...Tinsley Ellis "One Sunny Day" from the album "Fire It Up", Released in 1997. CREW: Tinsley Ellis - Vocals, Guitar Kevin Mckendree - Piano, Organ Scott Meeder - Drums, Percussion Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass Rob McNeely - Guitar Tad Parker - Drums Kennard Johnson - Drums INFO: 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." 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
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