Kingpin (Tinsley Ellis album)

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Kingpin
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Studio album by
Released2000
Genre Blues
Label Capricorn Records
Producer David Z
Tinsley Ellis chronology
Fire It Up
(1997)
Kingpin
(2000)
Hell or High Water
(2002)

Kingpin is a 2000 blues album by Tinsley Ellis. It was recorded at Ocean Way by David Z (also the producer) who also mixed at Javelina Recording Studio (both in Nashville, Tennessee) for Supersonic Productions. It was mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound New York. Tinsley wrote/co-wrote three of the songs.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Heart Fixing Business" (Homer Banks/Allen Jones)
  2. "Sweet Pea" (Wayne Burdette/Tinsley Ellis)
  3. "Dyin' to Do Wrong" (Ellis)
  4. "Can't Play That Way" (Ellis)
  5. "I've Got to Use My Imagination" (Gerry Goffin/Barry Goldberg)
  6. "I Got to Moan" (S. Boyer)
  7. "I'll Be Loving You" (J.L. Williams)
  8. "The Other Side of Town" (Sir Mack Rice/Jon Tiven/Sally Tiven)
  9. "Days of Old" (B.B. King/Josea Taub)
  10. "Slingshots and Boomerangs" (C.C. Adcock/David Eagan)
  11. "Let's Think About It" (Arthur Alexander/Jon Tiven)

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