He was a bad man! Whenever my blues playing seems to be feeling stale I spend a day listening to the Iceman and phrasing automatically gets better and my playing gets more interesting.
Early 80's, strolling around one cold evening in Ottawa, saw this doodle jumping up and down just outside a bar playing a wireless Stratocaster. Grooviest sound coming from inside. We walked in. Meet Albert Collins! Those moments are what make life worth it.
I’m a Albert Collins fan from early 90’s when my uncle let me listen to his Showdown Album w/Albert , Johnny Copeland and Robert Cray. Wow what a album. Here on Utube not many people know of him. So I been pushing his great wait. GREAT name around. Dec 6, 2023
Albert Collins has an intensity - and then a subtlety, those quick pull offs, then crazy vibrato on an Tele that screams- I don't know how you sound like that..I've been playing/listening for over 20 years..it's just part of his body and soul. Regular strat sounds "normal". He knew what he was doing with that stinging bright tone.
That’s because he was using a Telecaster. Gear makes a difference for sure. Different beast. Plus he was probably self-taught and had his own technique.
What a fucking LEGEND!! He always put together the most kick-ass bands, and every musician gives him everything they’ve got. Just sounds so so damn gooooddd
I'm thinking of making a music station that pays homage to all the Blues greats from the beginning to present. Anyone want to back me? We'd be hearing Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan and so much more 100%.
Another great live version of the ironically named "Same Old Thing" which apparently is so NOT the same old thing but instead yet another unique flavor of the blues. Inspiring!
I can't stop watching this, it's so damn good! I watch this one and the (giorno) version almost every day. I love that he gives his bass player a long solo, then the trumpet player (who is amazing), and finally his rhythm player gets a solo too which is face melting. This is what music is/was all about!
It's absolutely great. But you watch this every day? As well as the other performance of this song at daytime too? Don't get me wrong, if I could only watch one thing every day, this would be right up there, but come on man, variety is the spice of life and everything.
@@paulgordon6949 As interstellar these full on artists are, I agree . . . variety IS the spice of life . Having said that, ya gotta say that this IS fantastic though :-)
HARDEST WORKING MAN ...........PLAYING THE BLUES ............SO VERY COOOOOOL ! albert , u will make us forever smile ......THANK U ...........RERST EASY , BIG MAN .....
I always read the comments from the folks who are veclept by what they've "discovered"...."stumbled" upon. This is just another show band from the '80's........the folks who chime in, in their '60's? who lived it, felt it, have the ticket stubs.......this was THE Show Band to see. Albert went beyond guitar player. He went beyond the old blues........He went beyond, "fans matter". Albert truly presented each and every audience a SHOW. His band helped make that happen. Show Band. Go check out BIG Something for more of the same devotion to fans..... In the meantime, go find Frosty LIVE!
I am going to look up all of ALBERT COLLINS music I just love his music I wish that he was still alive today getting ready 3 down load all his stuff R I P Mr ALBERT COLLINS
In my opinion he was the best guitar man even better than Eric Clapton. I wish i could just get in to a time machine just to see him playing alive.........
Albert the whole band is all that he bass player was kicking up some serious dust though love Albert though what he brings to the blues his voice playing cant be matched
Your loves that,but noting love me,i haven band muzik to parenship albertus And "the ahmad basahil"kom. unikatip so parners ,thank you,,, ,,,,, ,,,, @@$?@@$
yepp one of my all-time heroes, without a doubt! Bought a telecaster because of him, but of course it doesn't have a humbucker in neck position...whatever..it's in the fingers for sure...
I love Albert Collins music, but we must also give credit to the sound guy who has a lot of work keeping the stage noise under control, Albert sings a mile away from the microphone and in all directions which keeps the sound guy turning knobs all night long. The band is amazing and so tight even at extreme noise levels. The Blues is so good to my ears.
Most dont know how monumental this is really!
everyone looks like theyre having fun
Saw him in a small club, in the early '80's. Not twenty people there. One of the three best shows I've ever experienced! Force of nature!
He was a bad man! Whenever my blues playing seems to be feeling stale I spend a day listening to the Iceman and phrasing automatically gets better and my playing gets more interesting.
Early 80's, strolling around one cold evening in Ottawa, saw this doodle jumping up and down just outside a bar playing a wireless Stratocaster. Grooviest sound coming from inside. We walked in. Meet Albert Collins! Those moments are what make life worth it.
That's true, that is enough
That bass, man, picks up the tempo mad dog.
Trumpet solo is killer too!buy the band a round! Bravo!
Albert Collins one of the undisputed kings of the Blues and what a performance by John Gayden & Steve Howard simply outstanding...
right on
I’m a Albert Collins fan from early 90’s when my uncle let me listen to his Showdown Album w/Albert , Johnny Copeland and Robert Cray. Wow what a album. Here on Utube not many people know of him. So I been pushing his great wait. GREAT name around. Dec 6, 2023
Albert Collins has an intensity - and then a subtlety, those quick pull offs, then crazy vibrato on an Tele that screams- I don't know how you sound like that..I've been playing/listening for over 20 years..it's just part of his body and soul. Regular strat sounds "normal". He knew what he was doing with that stinging bright tone.
That’s because he was using a Telecaster. Gear makes a difference for sure. Different beast. Plus he was probably self-taught and had his own technique.
11 Minutes of pure Brilliance!
What a fucking LEGEND!! He always put together the most kick-ass bands, and every musician gives him everything they’ve got. Just sounds so so damn gooooddd
and whats great is he gave everyone in the band credit and air time to play.
Right! It's like they all wanted to kill it for him and you can hear that shit! Just awesome!
Sho do!
I'm thinking of making a music station that pays homage to all the Blues greats from the beginning to present. Anyone want to back me? We'd be hearing Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan and so much more 100%.
Albert is amazing! The bass player's solo was terrific. Thanks!
❤
Is that a five string instrument?
What a beautiful trumpet solo
Another great live version of the ironically named "Same Old Thing" which apparently is so NOT the same old thing but instead yet another unique flavor of the blues. Inspiring!
I can't stop watching this, it's so damn good! I watch this one and the (giorno) version almost every day. I love that he gives his bass player a long solo, then the trumpet player (who is amazing), and finally his rhythm player gets a solo too which is face melting. This is what music is/was all about!
It's absolutely great. But you watch this every day? As well as the other performance of this song at daytime too? Don't get me wrong, if I could only watch one thing every day, this would be right up there, but come on man, variety is the spice of life and everything.
@@paulgordon6949 As interstellar these full on artists are, I agree . . . variety IS the spice of life . Having said that, ya gotta say that this IS fantastic though :-)
HARDEST WORKING MAN ...........PLAYING THE BLUES ............SO VERY COOOOOOL ! albert , u will make us forever smile ......THANK U ...........RERST EASY , BIG MAN .....
IMMORTAL ALBERT COLLINS....
nobody ever will produce harmony like you....you prooved that musik is harmony and sentiment.....
That tone is second to none🔥🔥🔥
Epic rendition!
Albert is a god amongst mere mortals which really goes without saying but that bass is slammin', man! I'm diggin' what he's throwin' down.
Kick ass band, and groove! Ive been a fan since the 80,s!
SMOKIN' MULLET ON THE RHYTHM GUITAR PLAYER!!!
Style unmatched.. until the end of time
Love Albert Collins big influence along with baby Albert and Freddy and Stevie and Jimi thank you all
Just fantastic!!!! What a band!!!!
Wow 😳 hot lick in kickin track nothing quite like Albert Collins .... band superb ... the bassist ... smokin 🔥
Unbelievable. Total music, smashing solos, all in it together, and Collins Stellar
Raw Emotion through his axe!
🌸🪴Bad ass bass player indeed! Love the horns too. Great collaboration 💖🪴💘
John Gayden was my favorite bass player back in the 90’s. Incredible player.
Absolutely, the guy is killer. Not being a huge slap fan I dig him.
What a difference having a class bass player. Only the best for Collins, and the brass popping in and out too. Beautiful sound, holy moly.
Yeah, when they play shuffel!
For me, the best bassist in Blues history !
It is Victor Wooten!
Wow, Albert really had a talented band, all those guys could play!!!!
Dec 6, 2023. Come on . Crank it up
That was totally amazing what a band , Albert we love you
Mr Collins, the one and only
Absolute legend!!
So damn good !!! Can’t get enough of that loud beat and that Telecaster 😍
That trumpet player is really good.
Yassir
Back in Houston in the late 70's, Albert would call me Smokey....I always bugged him for autographs after shows....
Sweet, Tight, Steady, Drivin,’ Man, simply put....Magnificent! Real musicians illustrating shear talent. Kudos Dynamic!!!! Musician/Artist USA- ThomMeinert
ГЕНИЙ БЛЮЗА!!!
If Eric Clapton is the Master of the Stratocaster, then we are equally assured that Albert Collins was the Master of the Telecaster. RIP😢 Albert!
I don't think anyone said Clapton is the master of the strat.
Good jams! Good sound recording.
Good god… I think my ASA is going to be bumping and pumping and doing it’s thang Al night long after hearing this tonight!!
What a fucking legend
I always read the comments from the folks who are veclept by what they've "discovered"...."stumbled" upon.
This is just another show band from the '80's........the folks who chime in, in their '60's? who lived it, felt it, have the ticket stubs.......this was THE Show Band to see. Albert went beyond guitar player. He went beyond the old blues........He went beyond, "fans matter". Albert truly presented each and every audience a SHOW. His band helped make that happen. Show Band. Go check out BIG Something for more of the same devotion to fans.....
In the meantime, go find Frosty LIVE!
Tears of laughter and joy hearing Frosty at that show
He's higher than an Albert Collins Capo
Amazing playing all round, but that bass solo was really great. Don't often hear something like that in a blues.
would love to have seen him and Prince on the same stage.The Godfarther and the Prince of the Telecaster.
I am going to look up all of ALBERT COLLINS music I just love his music I wish that he was still alive today getting ready 3 down load all his stuff R I P Mr ALBERT COLLINS
In my opinion he was the best guitar man even better than Eric Clapton. I wish i could just get in to a time machine just to see him playing alive.........
@@paulolimasoares9337 He was mind blowing, best live shows i ever went to.
Oh man...a treat to your soul like NO OTHER,my favorite by far,congratulations for discovering him...never forgotten
Incredible man and band.
💎The Ice Man💎
@9:56 when AC points to the sky.. goosebumps. what an amazing performance.
Albert the whole band is all that he bass player was kicking up some serious dust though love Albert though what he brings to the blues his voice playing cant be matched
Wow !!!! that was amazing , what a band loved it
Maestro total querido , siento un amor muy grande por su música .❤🎸
Один из лучших гитаристов в мире, и мой любимый!!!
Funkin' out with Albert.........and his "Icebreakers" (Great name), especially the 'thwacking' bass man.
Why did US Media and Artists not discover him? Really interesting.
4ever music.....All of them great musicians in perfect harmony and chemistry.
Gotta love the horns
PERFECT
I love that horn too!!🥰
Your loves that,but noting love me,i haven band muzik to parenship albertus
And "the ahmad basahil"kom.
unikatip so parners ,thank you,,, ,,,,, ,,,, @@$?@@$
ho avuto la fortuna di vederlo a pistoia blus grandissimo❤
This song "same old..." with albert collins and ice brakers ....i think it is what best we ever heard...a non clisse sound....
RIP "ICE MAN"
Mullet man is one bad mother for ya ,wouldn't think Albert would of had it any other way ,the whole band was smokin.
Albert's tone sometimes confuses me is it a guitar or a saxophone! awesome as usual. Thanks for posting. 2020. still getting amazed listening to this.
what a bass player~~
Johnny "Badass" B. Gayden rulesss
Hi
@@VinnieBlues1 In my oppinion the best bassist of blues ever, Johnny B. Gayden, monster !!!
What a fantastic jam. New Subscriber.
What a giant.
yepp one of my all-time heroes, without a doubt! Bought a telecaster because of him, but of course it doesn't have a humbucker in neck position...whatever..it's in the fingers for sure...
Always good
GOTDAMN BOYS!!! THATS HOW YOU DO IT SON!!! Long live the ICEMAN... Rock in peace my space quakin motha brotha! ✌🖤🤘 Funk yes
God bless Albert Collins!
Thank you.
muy bueno gracias
I have Adventures in Babysitting to thank for being here. Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues!
Anyone know the names of his band mates? They are great!
Albert looks like one of those gentlemen you would smoke with and have a cold beer with after a long work week.
Friggin Awesome!
Beautiful thing
Playing em strings like DRUMS love these guys ❤👌🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎶🎼💥💥☝️☝️😎🤸♂️💃🤸♂️
I love Albert Collins music, but we must also give credit to the sound guy who has a lot of work keeping the stage noise under control, Albert sings a mile away from the microphone and in all directions which keeps the sound guy turning knobs all night long. The band is amazing and so tight even at extreme noise levels. The Blues is so good to my ears.
Albert backed off from the mic precisely because of the sound guy's caique incompetence. Albert is blameless.
he is the master of tele...and disaster of fashion...god, those shirts he wears....
ENAMORAO DE MI TELECA hahahaha
Quelle merveille
killer ass band
Great job !!
BEST !!!!!!
Kickin' them Blues!!! On the highwire!!!
Music!! where have you been??
Impresionante.....
The mullet must give him super guitar powers!
Show de bola muito bom
Dude tore that bass a new arse.
great trumpet and a cool guy on the Strat (despite the mullet)
Wow. Wow. Wow. ✌
🎸❤️
Collins a su aire, magnífico.
I didn't know David Hasselhoff is a drummer! A.C. had passion and finesse. He could put together a good band, too.
Damn❗💯💯👍
These hairstyles... double mullets and Albert Collins with a mean bass player etc
Sick shit here. Johnny Gayden..band. wow