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Albert Collins biography, Albert Collins discography
For the English football player, see Albert Collins (footballer).Career
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3.Collins was a distant relative of Lightnin' Hopkins and grew up learning about music and playing guitar.His style would soon envelop these sounds.He formed his first band in 1952 and two years later was the headliner at several blues clubs in Houston.Custom Fender Telecaster with a Gibson PAF humbucker in the neck position and a 100 watt RMS silverfaced 1970s Fender Quad Reverb combo as his main equipment, and developed a unique sound featuring minor tunings, sustained notes and an "attack" fingerstyle.He also frequently used a capo on his guitar, particularly on the 5th, 7th, and 9th frets.Collins began recording in 1960 and released singles, including many instrumentals such as the million selling "Frosty".In early 1969 after playing a concert with Canned Heat, members of this band introduced him to Liberty Records.Collins signed and released his first album on Imperial Records, a sister label, in 1968.He was signed to Alligator Records in 1978 and recorded and released Ice Pickin'.Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Collins toured the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan.In 1983, when he won the W.Alongside George Thorogood and the Destroyers and Bo Diddley, Collins performed at Live Aid in 1985, playing "Who Do You Love?"Collins was invited to play at the 'Legends Of Guitar Festival' concerts in Seville, Spain at the Expo in 1992, where amongst others, he played "Iceman", the title track from his final studio album.He made his last visit to London, England in March 1993.He was survived by his wife, Gwendolyn and father, Andy Thomas.He insisted to Elisabeth Shue that "nobody leaves here without singin' the blues", forcing the children to improvise a song before escaping.Another instance of Collins' humorous stage presence was recounted in the film documentary, Antones: Austin's Home of the Blues.Pasta through an adjoining alley and ordered while he was still playing.Fender Albert Collins Signature Telecaster
The Fender Custom Shop created an accurate replica of the "Ice Man"'s namesake '66 Custom Telecaster in 1990.Videography
2003 The Iceman at Mount Fuji (Varese 061299)
2003 In Concert: One Filter (Music Video Distributors 6526)
2005 Albert Collins: Warner Bros.Films
1987 Adventures in Babysitting (as himself).This page was last modified on 24 February 2008, at 23:52.He made 170 Football League appearances for the latter club.This biographical article related to an English football defender born in the 1890s is a stub.You can help by expanding it.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.It's probably true that if you've heard one Albert Collins album you've heard 'em
all.But by all means, make sure you hear one.The Cool Sound Of Albert Collins (rec."Thaw Out" impressed Jimi Hendrix so much he appropriated the tune, renaming it "Driving South."The vocal "Dyin' Flu" is just as good, and even the "Bag's Groove" theft ("Don't Lose Your Cool") is fun.The Hot "Cool" Sound Of Albert Collins (1973)
Another live record.Ice Pickin' (1978)
His first release on Alligator.Got That Feeling," the ferocious instrumental "Cold Cuts").Albert King hit "Angel Of Mercy"), and the variety of the material makes this a great starting point.Produced by Bruce Iglauer and Dick Shurman.Maybe they have a lot of halls with great acoustics, or something.In 1985 Collins appeared on Koko Taylor's Queen Of The Blues, and Showdown with Johnny Copeland and Robert Cray.Iceman (1991)
In his late fifties, Collins finally wound up on a major label.Cold Snap, but more perfunctory and less involving (title track).Your search did not match any products.Too many keywords can constrain your search.View or change your orders in Your Account.Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.This video will appear on your blog shortly.Thank you for sharing this video!Change this to see only comments above a certain value.Saw him numerous times in the 70's out in the street talking to any girl who happen to walk by while blastin...Albert Collins is probably my fav other than SRV.He has influneced me to play guitar.Albert in the late 70's a few times in Southern California; he had a roadie helping with a reel of a hundred or so feet of cable, as he walked off the stage, through the audience, and, once, out the door of the club into the street, playing all the way!Woody I fondly remember seeing Albert do that a few times in the 80's walking down about 40 stairs in a local night club and right on to the main street and just wailing away while the band was still cooking on the stage.Albert Collins, The Master of the Telecaster, r...Albert Collins, The Master of the Telecaster, ripping out a great version playing live at Mt.Note: some videos not suitable for minors may still appear in search results.This video has been added to your favorites.The video has been added to your playlist.Change this to see only comments above a certain value.You can really hear that telecaster singing.Albert was an absolute gentleman.One of my favorite bits with the talkin lead.Albert Collins talking to his lady, who's answering in a very typical way.Being a fan of Barrelhouse, I'm always looking for something relevant.Albert Collins playing with Barrelhouse on Febr.Barrelhouse Live" and nowadays available on CD too.ALBERT COLLINS'S GEAR SET UP.Duane Allman, Roy Buchanan, Eric Clapton, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Stevie Ray Vaughan.Bone Walker, Freddie King and Albert Collins.Tuning: Used open F minor tuning with a capo.Amp: 1970s Fender Quad Reverb.
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