Tinsley Ellis - Get It! (2013) FLAC+Cue

Tinsley Ellis - Get It! (2013) FLAC+Cue

A hard-rocking, high-voltage blues guitarist most often compared to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tinsley Ellis is hardly one of the legions of imitators that comparison might imply. Schooled in a variety of Southern musical styles, Ellis draws not only from fiery Vaughan-style blues-rock, but also Texas bluesmen like Freddie King and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, the soulful blues of B.B. King, the funky grit of Memphis soul, and numerous other electric bluesmen.

The strong ten tracks not only pay homage to great groove instrumental groups of the past by instantly bringing to mind Booker T and MG’s , The Ventures , Jimmy Smith and Dick Dale with well composed melodic riffs that have an air of familiarity. You’ll swear he is barrowing from Springsteen’s Hungry Heart on Sassy Strut and Elton John’s Your Song on the tender ballad The Milky Way. Ellis feeds his guitar through a wound up Leslie on the cover of the Bo Diddley classic Detour, turning it into a Wipeout style surf tune.

Then he gives a nod to Texas blues on the hard shuffle of the title track and to the Cannon Ball himself on heartfelt cover of Freddy’s Midnight Dream. The rippin’ tune "Fuzzbuster may sound just like Jeff Beck’s Goin’ Down but with so much wah wah pedal drenched fun who cares.

Track Listing

01. Front Street Freeze [0:04:26.38]
02. Sassy Start [0:04:35.11]
03. The Milky Way [0:06:47.02]
04. Detour [0:03:30.05]
05. Anthem For A Fallen Hero [0:04:20.20]
06. Get It! [0:04:21.13]
07. Fuzzbuster [0:03:45.42]
08. Freddy's Midnight Dream [0:04:32.20]
09. Berry Tossin' [0:04:44.50]
10. Catalunya [0:05:57.00]