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It is with a heavy heart that we pay our last respects to Col. Bruce Hampton (born Gustav Valentine Berglund III, April 30, 1947 – May 2, 2017.) Col. Bruce was a founding member of the avant garde group Hampton Grease Band in the late '60's Atlanta music scene. Hampton went on to form Aquarium Rescue Unit, Late Bronze Age, Fiji Mariners, the Code Talkers, and the Stained Souls, among others.
From the Colonel's Wikipedia page: "On May 1, 2017, Hampton was being honored with a concert featuring his friends at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia for his 70th birthday when he collapsed on-stage during an encore performance of "Turn on Your Lovelight." Onlookers and his fellow musicians initially either did not notice that Hampton had collapsed or believed it to be a ruse. As a result, Hampton lay slumped over an amplifier on the edge of the stage for several moments before he was taken offstage for medical attention; he died shortly thereafter at Crawford Long Hospital."
Tinsley And Bruce were long-time friends and musical collaborators. His genius will not soon be replicated nor replaced.
Watch a great interview and performance clips with Tinsley at the Sellersville Theater 1894 on WHYY Philadelphia's series On Tour.
GBP.org's Bill Nigut speaks with Tinsley about his Atlanta roots and his new album, Red Clay Soul. Read More
photo: Joeff Davis
"Atlanta has its fair share of homegrown blues journeymen, but few can boast the longevity or have logged the tens of thousands of miles guitarist TINSLEY ELLIS has. In addition to touring the globe, he’s churned out rugged Southern-tinged blues, rock, and soul discs at a steady clip since 1988’s appropriately titled solo debut Georgia Blue." Read More
"Atlanta blues rocker Tinsley Ellis has a hot new album, Red Clay Soul, that debuted at No. 1 on Living Blues magazine’s radio chart in June...
Ellis is a longtime Atlanta fixture who played the blues before playing the blues was cool, and was among the first of the New Generation blues heroes that included Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Duke Robillard and Ronnie Earl. Ellis founded The Heartfixers in 1981, and carried that band to regional fame before he broke away for a solo career and signed with Alligator Records, the groundbreaking blues record label. His new album was released on his own label, Heartfixer Music." Read More
World renowned keyboardist, Chuck Leavell (Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Sea Level) headlined the Arches Boogie Piano Stage at the 2016 Cincy Blues Fest. Tinsley and crew had just finished their set at the Budweiser Main Stage and were able to hustle over to Chuck's location to say hello. Tinsley and Chuck have known each other for several decades and meet up from time to time at various shows. Chuck graciously invited Tinsley up on stage to accompany him on three tunes. A fine time was had by all.
Tinsley's newest release Red Clay Soul debuts on Living Blues Magazine's Radio Chart for June 2016 at No. 1, and continues to garner critical praise from critics and fans alike. Grant Britt, writing in the latest issue of Blues Music Magazine, calls Red Clay Soul "an almost perfect description of what Tinsley Ellis has been doing his whole career." Much thanks to everyone for their support!
Roots Music Report's Top 50 Blues Rock Song Chart for the week of June 13th shows "Circuit Rider" from Tinsley's latest album Red Clay Soul debuting at Number One. "Party of One" comes in at number fifteen. See the sidebar to purchase your own autographed copy today.
Downbeat Magazine's readership voted "In From The Cold," from Tinsley's album Tough Love, one of the seventeen top blues songs of 2015 in their 80th Annual Readers Poll. Tinsley shares the honors along with other Blues luminaries such as Eric Clapton, Boz Scaggs, Marcia Ball, Walter Trout, Nancy Wright, Joe Bonamassa, and Lucky Peterson. Thanks to all of DownBeat's readers for this honor.
Tinsley's critically-acclaimed album Tough Love has won the Blues Blast Music Award in the Rock Blues category. Blues Blast Magazine sponsors these prestigious yearly awards. A heart-felt "Thank You" to all those whose votes made this award possible!
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"Fantastic encore with Tinsley sitting in after finishing up a local show nearby. What a treat! - susea" Orpheum Theater in Boston, Ma 3/12/15
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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