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The Hard Way (Tinsley Ellis Album)
''The Hard Way'' is a 2004 blues album by Tinsley Ellis. It was recorded and mixed at Stonehenge at ZAC Atlanta, Georgia, engineered and mixed by Jimmy Zumpano, mastered by Rodney Mills and produced by Tinsley Ellis with Robert Woods as executive producer. Tinsley wrote all songs except for "Still in the Game" and "Me Without You". Track listing # "Still in the Game" # "Let Him Down Easy" # "Me Without You" # "I'll Get Over You" # "And It Hurts" # "La La Land" # "My Love's the Medicine" # "Fountain of Youth" # "Love Bomb" # "Her Other Man" # "Pack Poet" # "The Last Song" Musicians *Tinsley Ellis – guitar, vocals *The Evil One – bass guitar * Oliver Wood – guitar *Richie Hayward and Wes Johnson – drums *Kevin McKendree – keyboards *Count M'butu – congas, bongos, shaker *Adam Mewheter – trombone *Marcus James – saxophone, tambourine *Sean Costello – harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinsley Ellis
Tinsley Ellis (born June 4, 1957) is an American blues and rock musician, who was born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and grew up in South Florida. According to ''Billboard'', "nobody has released more consistently excellent blues albums than Atlanta's Tinsley Ellis. He sings like a man possessed and wields a mean lead guitar." ''Rolling Stone'' said, "On assertive originals and standards by the likes of Jimmy Reed and Junior Wells, Atlanta's Tinsley Ellis unleashes feral blues guitar. Nonstop gigging has sharpened his six-string to a razor's edge…his eloquence dazzles…he also achieves pyrotechnics that rival early Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton." Biography His love for electric blues grew by listening to British Invasion bands such as the Yardbirds, the Animals, Cream, and the Rolling Stones. Ellis has stated that the first guitar playing he heard were songs like "Dirty Water" by The Standells, and " Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers, but that he then "got into the rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
