Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Tinsley Ellis (born June 4, 1957, Atlanta, Georgia) is an American blues/rock musician who grew up in southern Florida.His love for electric blues grew by listening to British Invasion bands such as The Yardbirds, The Animals, Cream, and The Rolling Stones. Inspired by a live appearance by B. B. King, he was determined to become a blues guitarist. In 1975, he played with the Haygood Band while attending Emory at Oxford near Atlanta. Two years later, already an accomplished musician, he returned to Atlanta and joined his first band, The Alley Cats, a group that included Preston Hubbard of The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Mike Marinelli, saxophonist who was a Berklee College of Music woodwind instructor.