

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Tinsley Ellis with special guest Matt Schofield 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 25 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: 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.

Less than three years later, Ellis, already an accomplished teenaged musician, left Florida and moved to Atlanta. He soon joined a hard-driving local blues band, the Alley Cats. In 1981, along with veteran blues singer and harpist Chicago Bob Nelson, Tinsley formed The Heartfixers, a group that would become Atlanta’s top-drawing blues band. After cutting four Heartfixers albums (three for the Landslide label), Ellis was ready to step out on his own.

Georgia Blue , Tinsley’s first Alligator release, hit the unprepared public by surprise in 1988, as press and radio brought his music to more people than ever before. His next four releases—1989’s Fanning The Flames , 1992’s Trouble Time , 1994’s Storm Warning , and 1997’s Fire It Up —further grew his reputation as well as his audience. (His song A Quitter Never Wins, a highlight of Storm Warning , was recorded by Jonny Lang, selling almost two million copies.) Features and reviews ran in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and in many other national and regional publications. And he backed it all up performing hundreds of nights per year. Rolling Stone declared, “Feral blues guitar…non-stop gigging has sharpened his six-string to a razor’s edge…his eloquence dazzles…he achieves pyrotechnics that rival Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton.”

In the early 2000s, Ellis released albums on Capricorn Records and on Telarc, returning to Alligator in 2005 with Live–Highwayman , which captured the fifth-gear energy of his roof-raising live show. He followed it with two more incendiary studio albums, 2007’s Moment Of Truth and 2009’s Speak No Evil . He self-released four successful albums on his own Heartfixer label before coming back home to Alligator in 2018. That year, he released the fan favorite Winning Hand , followed by 2020’s Ice Cream In Hell just before the pandemic sidelined all touring. With 2022’s Devil May Care , Ellis embarked on another relentless, coast-to-coast tour, further cementing his reputation as one of the most prolific and exciting blues rockers on the scene.

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, Jimmy Buffett, Son Seals, Koko Taylor and Albert Collins invited Ellis to join them on stage. Mega-star guitarist Joe Bonamassa calls Ellis “a national treasure.”

Matt Schofield

British born and now US-based, Matt Schofield continues to push  the frontiers and reshape the boundaries of the British Blues  tradition. A multi-award winning guitar virtuoso, singer, songwriter,  producer and band leader, after more than 30 years of  performing, and 20 years into his solo career, Schofield's impact  as one of the most influential and distinctive guitarists of his  generation is unquestionable.  
Along with a storied career that has taken him and his band to  nearly 30 countries worldwide comes awards, industry and critical  acclaim - three time "British Blues Guitarist of the Year", "British  Blues Album of the Year" and the first guitarist inducted into the  "British Blues Awards Hall of Fame". Mojo Magazine "Blues  Album of the Year"and Guitar &amp; Bass Magazines "Top Ten British  Blues Guitarist of All Time" alongside Eric Clapton and Peter  Green.  
Schofield's fluid and melodic playing and iconic tone has inspired  legions of guitarists, and a sought after line of signature  instruments and equipment including a Two-Rock Matt Schofield  amplifier.  
What remains ever impressive is Schofield live. From main stages  at prestigious festivals such as Montreal and North Sea Jazz, to  packed houses in legendary clubs like New York's Iridium or  London's 100 Club, Schofield's ability to connect with audiences  immediately and profoundly is unforgettable. His authenticity,  mastery of guitar, emotive vocals, and improvisational brilliance  are brought to life within his innovative original compositions.  A renowned musical educator, in 2018 Matt released “Blues  Speak”, his highly acclaimed TrueFire instructional series. As a  clinician he has taught from Tokyo to Texas and all points in  between.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/weirsdale/tinsley-ellis-with-special-guest-matt-schofield/200029393479558
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, performances, festivals, art, fine-arts, kids, live-music
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 16

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://obopry.info/Tinsley0325?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=weirsdale-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Weirsdale
- **state**: FL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Orange Blossom Opry
- **lat**: 28.98346974249
- **long**: -81.921851634979
- **full address**: The Orange Blossom Opry, 16439 SE 138th Ter,Weirsdale, Florida, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: The Orange Blossom Opry (https://allevents.in/org/the-orange-blossom-opry/9852853)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 25 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Orange Blossom Opry, 16439 SE 138th Ter,Weirsdale, Florida, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Orange Blossom Opry
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, performances, festivals, art, fine-arts, kids, live-music
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Tinsley Ellis with special guest Matt Schofield  ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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