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Albert Gene Collins (October 1, 1932 – November 24, 1993) [1] was an American electric blues guitarist and singer with a distinctive guitar style. He was noted for his powerful playing and his use of altered tunings and a capo.
Albert Collins - "The Things That I Used To Do" [Live from Austin, TX] From the Albert Collins album 'Live from Austin, TX' available now on CD and DVD:...
May 28, 2021 · Also nicknamed ‘The Iceman’, Albert Collins (1932-1993) was a blues legend and natural showman, an impassioned player whose unique, often-copped tones stemmed from his unconventional technique, and his guitar of choice.
Our Albert Collins Songs list features the best Albert Collins Songs like “If Trouble Was Money,” " Frosty," “Cold, Cold Feeling,” and more.
Nov 24, 1993 · Albert Collins. The embodiment of the Texas blues guitar style, with non-standard tuning and slashing blocked chords. Read Full Biography.
Jun 22, 2011 · Albert Collins - Iceman (From "Live at Montreux 1992" DVD)Filmed just a year before his untimely death from cancer, this 1992 concert from Montreux finds the...
Albert Gene Collins was an American electric blues guitarist and singer with a distinctive guitar style. He was noted for his powerful playing and his use of altered tunings...
Dec 28, 2017 · Albert Collins is a blues guitar legend. Nicknamed the Ice Man, the Houston, Texas, ax slinger employed the “chilly” theme for the titles of many of his most celebrated songs, such as “The Freeze,” “Frosty,” “Thaw Out,” “Snow Cone,” “Don’t Lose Your Cool” and “Ice Pick,” and the album titles Ice Pickin’ and ...
The hottest of a bevy of guitarists to emerge from a veritable hotbed of blues guitar in Houston, Texas, Albert Collins was also the “coolest.” His searing, stinging guitar attack came to be marketed with icy images after the release of his first single, “The Freeze,” in 1958, was followed by “Defrost,” “Frosty,” “Thaw-Out ...
Jun 18, 2021 · Albert Collins earned these nicknames for his sharp, cool guitar playing, and the Texas bluesman lived up to every one of them. Along with his band, The Icebreakers, Collins' live shows -- driven by his kinetic stage presence -- were legendary testaments to the power of the blues.