01. Hello Or High Water
02. Hooked
03. Mystery To Me
04. Love Comes Knockin'
05. Stuck in Love
06. Real Bad Way
07. All Rumors Are True
08. All I Can Do
09. Love Me By Phone
10. Feelin' No Pain
11. Ten Year Day
12. Set Love Free
Atlanta-based blues rocker Tinsley Ellis signed with his third label, Telarc, in early 2002 and churned out another signature effort. Bolstered by his roaring guitar shooting fiery licks, gruff singing, and no-frills approach, Ellis adds a hearty R&B edge to his music.
Shortening his solos (only the slow burning eight-minute "Feelin' No Pain" stretches out into epic length), the songs never feel like vehicles for Ellis' obvious six-string prowess. Instead, the Steely Dan "Pretzel Logic" riff inspired "All Rumors Are True" and the magnificent "Mystery to Me" with its genuine soul vibe and warm electric piano set up a groove and ride it...
cduniverse ...There are those times that Hell or High Water reminds me of those days in the early ‘70s when heavy guitar driven rock was beginning to filter out whatever blues influence might have been left. If the listener is at all nostalgic for the "old days of blues” as symbolized by Texas booty band ZZ Top, before they lost themselves onstage in smoke bombs and subsequent Presidential Inaugurals, "Ten Year Day” will do much to fill that void.
If there is a song that deserves to be picked up and placed in steady rotation for Midwest radio markets, this hot powerful guitar boogie fills the ticket and will strike a spark of life into any car radio antennae if but given the play slot... popmatters.com,
