Southern blues-rock guitar legend Tinsley Ellis, who has built a worldwide fan base with his combustible mix of gritty roadhouse rhythms and brawny guitar muscle, returns to Alligator Records with Winning Hand. He has over 175,000 career scans despite his first two records pre-dating SoundScan.

Tinsley is one of the blues world’s best-loved, most well-travelled statesmen. He has performed in all 50 United States, as well as Canada, Western and Eastern Europe, Australia and South America.

Alligator promotion team will focus press, radio and social media on international, national, regional and online stories and reviews, plus regular and specialty show radio airplay.

Winning Hand packs the punch of a heavyweight champion as Tinsley reclaims his place with the giants of blues-rock guitar. From searing licks to psychedelic riffing, Tinsley and his axe are front and center on a riveting collection of heart-pounding rockers, raucous R&B and devastating blues.