Tinsley Ellis

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An exciting, emotional guitarist and a strong, evocative songwriter. . . . One of modern blues’s greatest performers.

—Vintage Guitar

A legend of American blues music . . . Ellis delivers a sermon on the power and glory of the blues.

—Premier Guitar

Powerful, spine-tingling guitar and gritty, soulful vocals.

—Relix

Atlanta-based blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter Tinsley Ellis’s first solo acoustic album, Naked Truth, is both a departure and an arrival. Ellis has been recording and traveling the world for more than four decades, delivering his feral, guitar-fueled, electric blues-rock to ever-growing audiences at concert halls, festivals, and clubs. Naked Truth, though, is steeped in the folk blues traditions of Muddy Waters, Skip James, Son House, Robert Johnson, and Leo Kottke. Ellis swaps his blistering, guitar-fueled, full-band workouts for equally passionate, soul-searching acoustic folk blues. His famed guitar chops and musical creativity are on full display throughout the album’s 12 songs, which include nine new originals. To the casual listener, Naked Truth might seem to be a new direction. But for Ellis, it’s an extension of his music as he taps into the raw essence of the blues.