Tinsley Ellis
Gypsy's
Myrtle Beach, SC USA
October 17, 2002
ex- to ex (mostly) aud
Minidisc MASTER recording

Setlist & Fingerprints -

Track 01 - Instrumental One.
Track 02 - Drivin' Woman
Track 03 - All Rumors Are True
Track 04 - Danglin' By A Thread
Track 05 - The Axe
Track 06 - Snatch It Back And Hold It
Track 07 - When I Howl
Track 08 - IADUIAGNPTG
Track 09 - Love Comes Knockin'
Track 10 - Coming Home
Track 11 - It Hurts Me Too
Track 12 - Instrumental Two
Track 13 - La La Land
Track 14 - Ten Year Day
Track 15 - Early In The Morning
Track 16 - My Love's The Medicine
Track 17 - I Wish You Would
Track 18 - Mercy Mercy Mercy
Track 19 - Robert Johnson medley
Track 20 - Bo Diddley
Track 21 - Key To The Highway
Track 22 - Instrumental Three

Track 8 = I'm All Dressed Up I Ain't Got No Place To Go

Lineage -

SONY ECM-DS70P Stereo Electret Condenser Microphone >
SONY Recording MD Walkman MZ-R700 >
SONY Color Collection Digital Audio Recordable MiniDisc 80 min >
SONY Net MD Walkman MZ-NE410 >
ZOOM Handy Recorder H2 >
Kingston Technologies 2 GB SD soundcard >
edited and tracked wav files here >
transferred wavs to HD here >
Cakewalk Pyro 2005 (titled & retracked wav files here) >
Trader's Little Helper, Flac Front End
(encode level 8, aligned on sector boundaries)

CD one: 11 tracks, 65:46
CD two: 11 tracks, 68:20
TT: 134:06 not bad for a $5 ticket !

SQ: 9-9.5/10 (ex- to ex, IHMO as always, except for the talky segments)

IIRC, Tinsley was touring in support of his "Storm Warning" CD

I almost didn't upload this concert but then relented. Immediately after taping this
show, as I was walking out of the venue and back to my car, I was really vexed.
There had been several assholes in the audience who could NOT keep their mouths shut
and I was convinced that the MD was ruined. Throw it in the garbage. I listened
to it once all the way through and got pissed off all over again. At one point, for
a short time, it sounded like one of the morons was right beside my microphone. His
voice was crystal clear. I tossed the MD into a shoebox and forgot about it. Fast
forward 10 years. I was going through said shoebox and found this and decided to
listen to it. To my amazement, it sounded really great with the exception of the
short periods of close talking. I had been sitting only about 15 feet from Tinsley
and had a great location. So I decided to up the show for the enjoyment of all (?)
the Tinsley Ellis heads on Dime. The show's almost 11 years old and he plays some
songs that I never heard him play again after this show.

I found out that TE was playing a place called Gypsy's in downtown Myrtle Beach.
It was located on a side street and to the best of my knowledge doesn't exist
anymore. It was what used to be called a supper club ; not exactly the best venue
for any kind of live entertainment. There was a small area in front of the dining
area where the band played. There may have been a small stage about three inches
above floor level. I had a great seat for taping but the place was so small that
there was no room to move in case idiots started talking, which is exactly what
happened about four songs into the set. These jackasses walked in and promptly
started talking while Tinsley was playing. No respect at all. I'll put up a
sample of the worst of the blabbing so you know what you're in for. After a while
they either left or shut up, I don't recall which. There were some talking women
but they were more distant and weren't really a problem. Tinsley put on a hell
of a show that night, playing many of his standards as well as some old blues
treasures like Tracks 2, 10, 11, 17, 19, 20 & 21. If you're a blues fan, you
NEED this show. He played two sets that night and I believe that I got the whole
show. I left right after he played the final song of the evening b/c I had to
get up for work the next day and had a 1.5 hr drive ahead of me. If he played
any tunes after I left, I don't know. AFAIK, this is the complete concert.
That's about all that I have to say on the subject so let's get this show on
the road.......

Finally, no buy, no sell, no mp3. Please seed this as long as you can.
Please trade this freely as it is very rare. This show will be a welcome
addition to any Tinsley Ellis fan's collection. I will post a few samples
to help some of you decide whether or not to download this, but believe me,
the show sounds really good except for the brief periods of close-up talking.
So, as Mr. Natural is so fond of saying, have fun, don't freak out and enjoy
the concert !

jojogunne 9/27/2013

PS - I have been looking for over a year for the following recordings to no
avail ; if you have ANY of these, PLEASE either upload them here or PM me
to send me the files via snail mail or SendSpace. Here goes: Yes, House of Blues,
North Myrtle Beach, SC August 3, (IIRC), 2012. Ted Nugent, House of Blues,
North Myrtle Beach, SC August 5, (IIRC), 2012. Mother's Finest, House of Blues,
North Myrtle Beach, SC July XX, 2013. The Aristocrats, July or August 2013,
Charlotte and Raleigh, NC. Any Morglbl shows not already posted on Dime.
OK, so the last three were very recent ! Please help me out if you can. TIA !!!