The 65-year-old Alligator Records artist usually rocks Skipper’s Smokehouse when he’s out on the road, but things are being scaled down for his current run of rare acoustic shows. At this intimate listening room gig inside The Attic above Rock Brothers Brewing Co., Ellis will tell stories of his career on the road, and wield acoustic guitars currently aged over 80 years.
No telling if anything off of his latest album Devil May Care is on the setlist, but I guess it all depends on how good he thinks his newer material sounds acoustically.
This article appears in Feb 16-22, 2023.