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Atlanta musician's 18th album, 'Tough Love,' is a blazing tour de force
Lisa Love for GeorgiaMusic.org, Feb. 11, 2015
Photo courtesy of Flournoy Holmes
"Though Tinsley Ellis has sung a thousand times about cheating and infidelity, truth is, he’s as loyal a lover as a man can be. His 40-year union with the blues seems to have endured because while he’s always maintained respect for the pioneers, he’s never been a tradionalist nor has he shied from bringing brass and bravura to the relationship. Now with the release of his 18th album and third on his own Heartfixer Music label, Ellis proves that the longest of love affairs yields the richest of rewards."
"Tough Love stands as perhaps the finest effort of his career so far, with blues serving as the nourishing soil from which the roots of American and British rock music and the influence of Georgia musicians from Duane Allman and Ray Charles to Columbus-born Robert Cray spring forth. From the organ and horn-driven Memphis soul of “All in the Name of Love” to the house rockin’ boogie of “Midnight Ride,” the Dire Straits-like romp of “Hard Work” to the contemplative ballad “Give It Away,” this near-perfect ten-song collection is bound together by Ellis’ signature guitar work."
Read more at GeorgiaMusic.org
Tinsley Ellis performs for Georgia State Legislature and Industry Reps
"On January 27, 2015, Georgia’s annual Tourism, Hospitality & Arts Day was held at the state Capitol in Atlanta. Music was well-represented during the morning’s activities with Mama Louise Hudson of Macon’s famed H&H Restaurant, Georgia blues artist Tinsley Ellis, Atlanta-based artist Flournoy Holmes and Rob Schneck, director of the Allman Brothers Band Museum at the Big House in Macon, all on hand."
"After the presentations, Lisa Love, GDEcD’s director of music marketing and development, noted that music intersects tourism, hospitality and the arts all across the state before introducing Tinsley Ellis, who performed “Statesboro Blues,” a song written by Blind Willie McTell of Thomason, Ga., name-checking an East Georgia city and made famous by the Allman Brothers Band."
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Michael Packer inducts Tinsley into the New York Blues Hall of Fame at The Iridium Jazz Club in Times Square on December 15th, 2014. Photo by Arnie Goodman
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