Promotional Info
On June 15, John Ellison is headlining a New York concert promoted by the hot and influential Dig Deeper team. Dig Deeper recently moved to a large venue in Brooklyn and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal. They chose John Ellison to headline the celebration of their 5th anniversary promoting concerts in New York.
(2-CD set) If John Ellison did not single-handedly move soul into funk and add a little Gospel to the mix, he was certainly among the small group of inspired artists who took R&B out of the studio and formed self-contained bands to open the new and exciting era of funk. His now-classic R&B turned rock anthem, "(She's) Some Kind of Wonderful," written originally for his first band, the Soul Brothers Six, kick-started his 50-year career in the music business. This retrospective of music he himself created over half a century remains as fresh as the day he wrote and recorded it, polished as only a master in studios going back to mono recording knows how to do it.
To listen to John Ellison is to hear the best music of the modern era in the crystalline purity of a unique voice with a unique sound, as comfortable on stage as in a studio, a talent that has endured and earned a place in music history.