Artist description Bluegrass gospel. Red Ellis sings and picks as part of a band, and does a few songs solo. Many of the songs here are from the 1960s, and some from 1970s and 1980s. Red wrote or co-wrote a few of the songs. He sang lead and harmony and played instruments, mostly guitar and mandolin. On a few later songs Red just helped his friends by playing in the band, sometimes playing several instruments by way of multi-track recording. Red is still singing and picking gospel bluegrass, but has not recorded recently.

Music Style Bluegrass

Artist History Red Ellis grew up in Arkansas, but his performing and recording career really got started while he was living near Detroit Michigan. He now lives back in Arkansas. Starting in the late 1950s, Red Ellis has played and recorded with Jimmy Williams, Red Ellis and the Huron Valley Boys, and Red Ellis and the Crossmen. More history and photographs can be seen on the Red Ellis web page at http://arnet.pair.com/RedEllis -- click the artist web site link at left.

Instruments Guitar, Mandolin, Fiddle, Bass, 5 string banjo

Location Little Rock, AR - USA

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