Ice pickin is the album that brought albert collins directly back into the limelight, and for good reason, too. Born in leona, texas, collins was a distant relative of lightnin hopkins and grew up learning about music and playing guitar. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Come and experience your torrent treasure chest right here. He would record seven more albums with the label, before being signed to. Albert collins albert collins to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on.
Albert collins was at the forefront of the blues revival of the mid80s, along with fellow texans stevie ray vaughan and johnny copeland and with robert cray. Stream tracks and playlists from albert collins on your desktop or mobile device. Albert collins ice pick text guitar tab learn the song with the online tablature player. Though his singing doesnt quite have the fire or power of his playing. Music profile for albert collins, born 1 october 1932. Find similar albums to ice pickin albert collins on allmusic allmusic. Albert collins albert collins october 1, 1932 november 24, 1993 was an american electric blues guitarist and singer and occasional harmonica player whose recording career began in the 1960s in houston and whose fame eventually took him to stages across north america, europe, japan and. The tool that engraved this rare black fossil was a fender telecaster owned and operated by a young texas bluesman, albert collins. Though his singing doesnt quite have the fire or power of his playing, the album doesnt suffer at all because of that he simply burns throughout the album. Albert collins the iceman at mount fuji live alive and cool live masters of the last century. Discover which blues albums have made it onto our list of 100 greatest blues albums ever, compiled from the internet, magazines and sheer will power. He was noted for his powerful playing and his use of altered tunings and a capo.
His following alligator albums helped earn collins every award the blues world had to offer. Albert collins and the icebreakers if you love me like you say live 1980 nr6. More albert collins discography available on the site. His long association with the fender telecaster led to the title the master of the telecaster. Albert gene drewery, known as albert collins and the ice man october 1, 1932 november 24, 1993, was an american electric blues guitarist and singer with a distinctive guitar style. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Provided to youtube by the state51 conspiracy honey, hush aka talking woman blues albert collins ice pickin. 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, dont lose your cool and ice pick, and the album titles ice pickin and frostbite. He had many nicknames, such as the ice man, the master of the telecaster and the razor blade. Frostbite blues music award winner, albert collins chicago fire.
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Of all the slabs of bluesguitar brilliance in albert collinss discography, ice pickin, his landmark 1978 debut for alligator records, is arguably the best. Buy albert collinss album titled ice pickin to enjoy in your home or car. It turns out it was all time well spent touring the west coast up into canada and vancouver, and as far south as san diego, that eventually encouraged him to settle for a spell, in the studio, and record these surprisingly mellow blues with just enough electric jolt to. Ice pick as recorded by albert collins from the 1978 album ice pickin transcribed by ukmusic by albert collinsgtr i e a d. The best live from austin, tx alive and cool albert collins. It dates back to 1958, when the first known relic the freeze was cut into a small disc of solidified fossil fuel. Albert collins ice pickin wav download torrent tpb.
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This 1978 release is the 6th studio album from the coolest ice picker of. He was signed to alligator records in 1978 and recorded and released ice pickin. Born in leona, texas, collins was a distant relative of lightnin hopkins and. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. It won the best blues album of the year award from the montreux jazz festival, and was nominated for a grammy. Albert collins 1978 release of ice pickin was his first album in 6 years. Download albert collins ice pickin wav torrent or any other torrent from the audio music.