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Albert Collins

An American electric blues guitarist and singer with a distinctive guitar style. His powerful playing and his use of altered tunings and capo, was very characteristic for him.

Albert Collins
Albert Collins (photo source: wikipedia)

Albert Collins, “The Master of the Telecaster,” “The Iceman,” and “The Razor Blade”. He was robbed of his best years as a blues performer by a bout with liver cancer. That ended with his premature death on November 24, 1993. He was just 61 years old.

Albert is most famous for his fingerstyle playing, “open F-minor tuning,” use of a capo and live performances.

“He was just naturally one of the most exciting and energetic live artists I’ve ever seen.” Said Alligator Records owner Bruce Iglauer, who co-produced Albert Collins’ output for the label.

His music isn’t always pretty, and it certainly doesn’t have classic form, but it always has a feeling. You never know what Collins’ fingers will produce — it sounds as if he doesn’t either — but his solos never fail to dazzle.

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