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Landslide Records is proud and excited to announce its next release: GET IT!, the all instrumental album from Tinsley Ellis that his fans have been requesting for decades. Produced by Ellis, the CD marks the initial offering from his newly established label, Heartfixer Music. A hardworking veteran of numerous U.S. and international tours, Ellis' CD's have scanned well into six figures via releases from Alligator, Capricorn, Telarc and Landslide Records. He boasts countless great reviews, among them a rave from Rolling Stone which said: "Feral blues guitar...his eloquence dazzles...he achieves pyrotechnics that rival early Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton." A notable songwriter, Ellis' compositions include "A Quitter Never Wins," a version of which by Jonny Lang went multi-platinum. GET IT! features eight original tunes by Ellis, plus distinctive covers of Bo Diddley's "Detour" and Freddie King's "Freddi's Midnight Dream." Other musicians include Nashville keyboard whiz Keving McKendree (Delbert McClinton, Brian Setzer), bassist Ted Pecchio (Tedeschi/Trucks Band), and drummer Lynn Williams (Delbert McClinton). Beginning in February and going through March, Ellis will be featured as part of the nationwide BLUED AT THE CROSSROADS 2 tour along with The Fabulous Thunderbirds, James Cotton, and Jody Williams. Additionally, a full slate of festival, theater and club bookings awaits him for the rest of 2013.