Tinsley Ellis - Concert

SHOWTIME
Saturday, September 13th at 7:30
Doors opening at 7:00

TICKETS
$45 in Advance
$50 Day of Show


Atlanta-based blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Tinsley Ellis delivers his feral, guitar-fueled, original electric blues-rock to Harrisonburg after has been recording and travelling the world for over four decades.


“An exciting, emotional guitarist and a strong, evocative songwriter… One of modern blues’ greatest performers.” –Vintage Guitar
 
“A legend of American blues music… An American music treasure…mEllis delivers a sermon on the power and glory of the blues.” –Premier Guitar

“Powerful, spine-tingling guitar and gritty, soulful vocals.” –Relix

“Tinsley Ellis is a powerful and commanding presence. His music is impossible not to enjoy.” - Blues Music Magazine


Atlanta-based blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Tinsley Ellis has been recording and travelling the world for over four decades, delivering his feral, guitar-fueled, original electric blues-rock to ever-growing audiences at concert halls, festivals, and clubs.


Tinsley Ellis has been immersed in music his whole life. Born in Atlanta 1957 and raised in southern Florida, he acquired his first guitar at age seven, inspired by seeing The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show. He took to guitar instantly, developing and sharpening his skills as he grew up. Like many kids his age, Ellis discovered the blues through the back door of British Invasion bands like The Yardbirds, The Animals, Cream and The Rolling Stones as well as Southern rockers like The Allman Brothers. One afternoon after high school in 1972, he and a friend were listening to Al Kooper and Michael Bloomfield’s Super Session record when his friend’s older brother told them that, if they liked Super Session, they should go see B.B. King, who was in town that week. Tinsley saw that show from the very front row. As fate would have it, King broke a guitar string while playing, and after changing it without missing a beat, he handed the broken string to young Tinsley. And yes, Tinsley still has that string.

Tinsley Ellis has brought his music to fans live in person to all 50 United States, as well as in Canada, across Europe, Australia and South America. He’s earned the love and respect of many of his fellow musicians, having shared stages with Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, The Allman Brothers, Warren Haynes, Oliver Wood, Buddy Guy, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gov’t Mule, Widespread Panic, and more. Over the years, legends including Otis Rush, James Cotton, Gregg Allman, Jimm

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