Tinsley
Ellis w/ opening act Wooden Nickel Lottery
Live @ The Redstone Room
March 16, 2018
Davenport, Iowa
By Phillip Smith; Mar. 17,
2018
Tinsley Ellis
blessed a full house at the Redstone
Room in Davenport, Iowa with an amazing night of guitar blues, this past Friday,
March 16th. Performing with Ellis as his rhythm section was new
touring bassist Kevan McCann and
drummer Erik “Jazzy Skins” Kaszynski.
Eastern Iowa blues-rockers Wooden Nickel Lottery opened for Tinsley with a powerful forty-five
minute set. WNL is comprised of lead singer Rick Gallo, lead guitarist Rich
Toomsen, bassist Jess Toomsen,
and drummer Delayne Stallman. WNL kicked
their set off with “Morning Heartbreak” off their 2015 debut album On My Way and proceeded to play through
favorites from their latest album Down
The Line, such as “Can’t Be Wrong”, “No Second Chances”, “Bad Gone Good”
and “Nickels and Dimes”. They closed out
with a tight delivery of Sam Cooke’s “Change is Gonna Come”. Gallo’s vocals were on the mark and the band’s
performance was magnificent.
Tinsley did
what Tinsley does best… and that’s
play the Blues with his amazing arsenal of guitars. He covered tons of favorites right from the get-go,
hitting on “Saving Grace”, “Cut You Loose”, “To the Devil For a Dime”, and “Quitter
Never Wins”.
My favorite moments occurred with Tinsley's Dobro in hand. Before playing
“Can’t Be Satisfied”, Tinsley
explained Bob Margolin taught the
song to him, and Muddy Waters had
taught Margolin the song. It was spectacular. He spoke about meeting
many of the blues masters as a youth, and then tore into a breathtaking “Little
Red Rooster”.
Before the evening was over, Tinsley let loose on “Highway Man”, “The
Last Song”, and “Pawnbroker”. It
definitely was a marvelous night for music.
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all photos by Phillip Smith
Wooden Nickel Lottery
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| Wooden Nickel Lottery |
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| Delayne Stallman, Jess Toomsen, Rick Gallo |
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| Rick Gallo |
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| Rich Toomsen, Delayne Stallman, Jess Toomsen |
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| Delayne Stallman, Jess Toomsen |
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| Rich Toomsen |
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| Delayne Stallman |
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| Rick Gallo |
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| Rich Toomsen, Jess Toomsen |
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| Rich Toomsen, Delayne Stallman |
Tinsley Ellis
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| Kevan McCann, Tinsley Ellis |
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| Kevan McCann |
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| Erik “Jazzy Skins” Kaszynski. |
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| Kevan McCann |
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| Tinsley Ellis |
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| Tinsley Ellis |
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| Tinsley Ellis |
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| Kevan McCann, Tinsley Ellis , Erik "Jazzy Skins" Kaszynski |
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| Erik “Jazzy Skins” Kaszynski. |
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| Kevan McCann, Tinsley Ellis |
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| Tinsley Ellis |
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| Erik “Jazzy Skins” Kaszynski. |
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| Tinsley Ellis |
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| Tinsley Ellis |
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| Tinsley Ellis |
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| Tinsley Ellis |
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| Kevan McCann, Tinsley Ellis |
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| Erik “Jazzy Skins” Kaszynski. |
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| Kevan McCann |
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| Tinsley Ellis, Kevan McCann |
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| Tinsley Ellis |
all photos by Phillip Smith
