Albert Collins has been talked about since he started. "The Iceman", "Master of the Telecaster", etc. etc. Here's a wiki (NOTE: he died 20+ years ago): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Collins Now some tunes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz6LbWWqX-g << you so believe and invest in this guy's woes that you leave yours behind...exactly the purpose of the Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihvvf1R_vWo << a rippin' good horn band and AC is on his game before an adoring audience...don't get much better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koJT6JL_yc0 << with the original Icebreakers in '81
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjVfc8-Y7sQ << lo-fi vids but ain't these lads rippin!! One of those magic nights when you wish you'd been there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60f7s4iy86s << That capo so low on the neck accounts for his "cold" sound... plus his imagination and skill, of course.
BONUS #1: full concert on German TV in '88: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpdnyQSn3p4
Bonus #2: one of his better late discs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P1zr4hji6w
My momma told me there'd be days like this...she just didn't tell me there'd be so many of them, so close together. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BteIwbKU_iQ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L842mz-tNBQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz6LbWWqX-g << you so believe and invest in this guy's woes that you leave yours behind...exactly the purpose of the Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihvvf1R_vWo << a rippin' good horn band and AC is on his game before an adoring audience...don't get much better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koJT6JL_yc0 << with the original Icebreakers in '81
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjVfc8-Y7sQ << lo-fi vids but ain't these lads rippin!! One of those magic nights when you wish you'd been there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60f7s4iy86s << That capo so low on the neck accounts for his "cold" sound... plus his imagination and skill, of course.
BONUS #1: full concert on German TV in '88: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpdnyQSn3p4
Bonus #2: one of his better late discs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P1zr4hji6w
My momma told me there'd be days like this...she just didn't tell me there'd be so many of them, so close together. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BteIwbKU_iQ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L842mz-tNBQ
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR