I saw him in Lubbock TX in the 80's. He had an extra long amp cord, he walked out of the club and played on the sidewalk then through the crowd. No more like him.
I. lived down the block from Seattle's G Note tavern. Walked down to check out Albert Collins one night and asked a lady sitting up front if I might join her. She turned out to be Albert's wife Gwendolyn. After the show they came to my place for an after hours party of sorts...at least it was for me. Very nice couple in every respect! Next night,my friend John Pearce was in town....I had just bought a 66 Mustang and was letting him drive it. We pulled up to a ted light at the G Note when Albert was playing on the street with his extra long cord. Pearce (r.i.p.) was impressed!
I know right? Gip Noble - longtime keyboardist w/Johnny "Guitar" Watson and Etta James, among so many others. He can play anything and is a terrific guy, badass for sure.
2024 Who is still here, listening to this stuff? REAL MUSIC! Ooh, how could I forget that Albert was one of my favourite Blues players. I love that earthy energy this guy had. Underrated lead player... Ladies and Gentlemen, this is how a good guitar solo must be felt like, when you release that Mojo... ❤ Andrew - PLUTONEON
I saw this cat in Rochester NY around 1985, give or take a few years, Me and my girl were the only white people there. The weird part was that 200 really cool blues folks were buying us drinks all night. Met Albert, smoked some weed in the parking lot, I was looking at him like a God and he just played it cool. The one thing I remember about our conversation is that we were talking cars and I drove my fathers 71' Cadillac that night and he said "That's a cool car Man."...Good enough for me.
It’s October 3rd, 2024. Just discovered Albert Collins through a group of Telecaster owners. So I came here and found a hero and am ashamed of not having known him sooner. Stevie Ray Vaughan was a guitar hero in his own right-but he had nothing on Albert Collins but wider recognition. 🎸
@@andrewlowe9969 I seen him in Detroit. He went out into the audience playing his guitar must of been 50 ft with his horn section following him like he was the Pied Piper. What a fuckin class act he was and what a great sense of humour :-) Peace
THIS is the BLUES personified . . . talk about making a guitar TALK ! Wish A C was still here but so thankful that we have these takes to remember him by . . .
@@jeremymiller4341 I almost just shit a brick when I saw my notifications. I was just voicing my opinion about what a douche John Mayer is (in another thread) and thought it was a reply to that. I totally agree with you. Albert Collins is my favorite.
Your right master of disaster. And these untalented hacks are making millions and can’t even play an instrument or sing without auto tune. Most of Today’s music is way overrated.
I was working in a music store in Vegas, Vesleys; Albert came in and hung out with us for a whole afternoon. A true scholar of his discipline, as well as a humble gentleman.
Sir Albert Collins is an old school blues legend! Unbelievable!! Atmospheric!! Fantastic!! He breathes music! The blues gods are smiling with inspiration, enjoying his performance - long live the blues!
Albert Collins near the end of his life, having a great time, and playing to a captive audience. At 4:05 Jerry Peterson plays one of the best blues sax solos you will ever hear.
Farallon Deeps Yup! Sublime and engaging and soulful and just right. This entire performance is absolutely stellar. Albert Collins gives a master class here. Bravo, bro! I know you can hear me, man! Rest In Peace, Albert Collins.
I got to see him play in a club in Lafayette, La in 1988. Man, what a show. He did the thing with the long guitar cable where he played a guitar solo from the stage, through the crowd, out the front door of the club. Killer guitar tone, great voice, amazing band.
This man has no parallel. He can raise your emotion and get you totally immersed! It's not just Albert Collins' vocal and guitar excelling in this track - what a fantastic band, the keyboard player, saxophonist and others, perfectly in unison!
It's like liquid chocolate for your ears. The smoothest, sweetest sounds coming from that band had me just mesmerized. Keys and sax showed up to play too
I saw him 5 times one time in Dallas Tx he walked outside the club. I was the first one out the door ALL the rich yuppies were sitting there thinking where did he go. He stood out in the middle of Greenville Ave on a Friday night in the Middle of the Street on the yellow line. There were 5 of us clapping who followed him out. Albert played in Traffic we were all laughing our asses off in the Middle of a busy street. Most people dont realize but Alberts Amp was in the club blasting. But outside his guitar went plink plink plink. It was hilarious!!! People were driving by thinking what is this old black dude doing standing out in the Middle of the street playing a guitar??? Albert was the Best. Rip. Jc. He was ONE of the GREATS!!!
I heard a similar story about albert Collins where they said he walked out into the lobby, ordered a pizza, and they brought the pizza man on stage to deliver it go him...Lmao
Albert did that same thing at Antone's in Austin in 1985. he walked outside the club just rippin' the night air while the band was swinging their asses off. One night, between sets, they brought out another amp and set it up. We knew we were in for something special. Then Stevie Ray walked on stage and they lifted the roof right off the joint. They played until the cows came home. We never truly appreciated how truly wonderful those times really were. Magical in many ways.
Been going down the Albert Collins rabbit hole again today. I love how Albert would "sing" the guitar notes as he played them in the opening solo. It was like he became one with the guitar and the guitar was playing him as much as he was playing the guitar.
Google/RUclips politics aside... Blues music and drag racing is the only things RUclips is good for. Hearing these blues masters is one thing, seeing them perform is quite another.
With that high capo and all that vibrato and no pick - this guys musta have had the strongest fingers ever - unique tone. Love everything I ever heard from this dude.
Kool- Aid The craziest part to me isn’t just the capo; it’s the fact that his guitar is tuned to an open F minor chord. I’ve played for years and have been playing around with slide/open tunings/lap steel since I was a teenager but I’ve never played (nor met anyone else that plays) in Fm. He’s usually got the capo in the 5/6/7 frets so I’m assuming the Fm open tuning gave him the exact feel he wanted. He’s just such a beast of a player.
It all starts with the fingers no ? If you can do it - tell me where you're playing and I'm jumping on a plane! I've heard plenty doing good impressions of BB and Albert King but I ain't ever heard anyone get close to AC's unique sound.
Such great music the younger generation just doesn’t realize what they missed. When I was a teenager I would just sit back and close my eyes and let the music seep into my very soul. I have listened to blues my whole life. When I was just a girl I would turn on my transistor radio on and hide under my covers and listen to a radio station I believe was in Georgia and they played nothing but blues. Never cared for any other music since.
I haven't done much with my life of 58 yrs, im a nurse and take good care of my patients, that's about the extent of it, when I watch a video like this I feel like I'm stealing, like I don't deserve it, its so perfect, the masterful playing, the passion, the team work, jesus, if I were more mediocre and plain i'd just be a slab of cement, thanks universe for letting me experience this ladder to bliss
Saw Albert many times..absolute monster on guitar and ultimate crowd pleaser. Every show was absolutely electrifying.. the Ice Man walking through the crowd with his guitar screaming and everyone in a frenzy..lol .yes those were great times.
I listen to all kind of music sometimes I don't listen to the Blues for weeks but there are no other music genre that brings me to my knees. The music that makes you happy and sad at the same time. I am not American but Americans should be so proud of the Blues and Jazz. Those kind of music are very complex and do not get created over night.
Probably the greatest innovator in the blues genre on guitar. Many imitators but no one gets the same blistering "attack". That high capo thing invented and owned solely by the great great Albert Collins. God bless you Albert.
Saw him in FRANCE many years ago about three times in concert , and one day aftershow I could approach him and we had a talk together , such a gentleman. RIP my blues friend. I will never forget him !
Saw Albert back in 89 in Durham NC , was and still is my favorite concert of all time followed by SRV in same year in Durham also. We got to speak to Albert while he was unloading his bus , he Hell of a nice guy to that is well missed .
Such a pity.. How disposable modern music is.. How has all the soul gone away? Not a drop left today.. B.B., Stevie, Freddie to name a few.. The songs of life and struggle.. Its beautiful what just soul and a guitar can do...
The perfect blues instrumentalist!! Phrases then pauses, never overplays like so many other “greats”. Plays hard and sweet. He is the apex blues guitarist.
Band is great for the same reasons. I like the way the piano player and rhythm section back the track. Sound mixer is great as well. Keeping the volume level of the band from overwhelming the mix.
im 37 years old.....maybe just maybe this is not music of my thime.....if you know what i mean...... but this gold........ genious..... beautiful music!!!!!
Many of us feel just like you do, but take the opportunity to speak with current musicians who have played alongside the legends. They have great stories to share! This is also how we keep the Blues music alive and strong. Take it as an honor if you can feel the blues music because there's no other music that has this kind of power to capture one's soul.
Blues is something mysterieus.. I mean i'm only 29 years of age and i grew up with Robbie Williams and more of that popstuff all fine and Nice but man when i first discovered the blues my musical preference changed into old music and i started listening to led Zeppelin , the Stones , the Beatles, Brian Adams and Many more.. later i listened alot to newwave and synthpop but i finaly came back to the blues that's something different it goes into your soul and it transforms something in you that i can't explain i don't know if i feel happy or sad but it's an exclusive art form for Shure!
That telecaster tone cuts through like a knife. Saw him backing up the Allman Bros at Pine Knob years ago. He came off the stage and was walking up and down the aisles playing to the crowd.
I saw the Ice Man in Santa Fe, it was either 1991 or 1992, It was in a small club and it was one of the best shows that I was lucky enough to see. You are truly missed Mr.Collins.
Nothing I can say can appropriately tell how beyond great was Mr. Collins in his interpretations and playing of the blues. He was born with it and it simply percolated deeply up and down his body through to his toes.
Awesome post!! My late, great boyfriend Floyd Phillips (keyboardist/dear friend of Johnny Clyde Copeland) went on the road w/the great Albert Collins at age 16!! 💓 💗 💖 💘 THE ICE MAN!!!!!
Now there's some real talent right there!! Amazing musician. This kind of musical genius doesn't much at all today. The music of today is all about the money, and that kills the music and that's one of the reasons why music is what it is today. "Nobody leaves without playin' the blues"
Everyone copies the latest hit or covers a Dylan song...there is no thing new or creative that makes its way to mainstream. I keep digging into these great old original songs. I love the blues that make my eye twitch ..if you know what Im sayin.
Don't lose too much hope. I'm 22 and despise the shit that is on the radio or that has been produced in my lifetime. I listen to, and play only blues. As soon as I turned 21 I started playing open mic nights at a blues bar in town and have been for about a year, meeting other musicians and doing jam sessions with them. Texas is still great for young people and good music. Lots of blues down south.
Albert was always my favorite. The tone, the dynamics, the very language he speaks on his guitar, hits me the right way. On top of that, he always seemed like a regular guy.
Albert Collins the blue's legend in his day..Thank you God for guitars..Every performance Albert did was sensational..He could entertain you by whipping out all those cords while jamming on that guitar and make you feel every sound of that strat..Band is terrific..Albert felt everthing in strumming on that guitar and everything came out good.
What a performance not long before he died. One of the most important people in music history imo. As Muddy Waters once said : "Blues had a baby and it was called Rock and Roll"
Dear led to the light by Albert Collins & his Band Class, what a joy this tune is to hear and sing along to, egad. What a wondrous work it is, praising up the peoples, in hymnals & praise, singing for hours and hours a day. This song cheers us all up, peoples, try singing along it will bring you right up to the heaven-state, with Albert teaching us lesson(s) about old crazy money, lol. The saxophone solo in this tune is "top form" out, with bewildering, blinding harmony, melody, B-bopping, jazz, blues riffs....wow. This Saxophone player was giving it all he had, in "top form", Class, as good as it can possibly get, the Angel man a 10th Degree - Whitebelt in/re 10 Commandment Way always, regardless of all always in this Music video performance. It's miraculous the heights you can reach in music & regarding things as a GRADUATE, man, yikes lol. These are the "throw money at em every time" deal Band that deliver the goods, the truth, & outstanding music every time. Albert Collins has so many riffs, lol, his versed in styles style he shows a bit here, is a vocal phenomena & a style that George Benson also does sometimes, singing the notes you play on your instrument simultaneously, it makes you feel good, harmonizing & resolving out. For related Music check out the theme song to the TV series "The Jeffersons", wow it has positive energy peoples, have courage to sing, try it and find another happy plane in the Universe, a state of mind, and realities yay!
![Albert Collins - "The Things That I Used To Do" [Live from Austin, TX]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5TnQy1awKDg/mqdefault.jpg)
I saw him in Lubbock TX in the 80's. He had an extra long amp cord, he walked out of the club and played on the sidewalk then through the crowd. No more like him.
I. lived down the block from Seattle's G Note tavern. Walked down to check out Albert Collins one night and asked a lady sitting up front if I might join her. She turned out to be Albert's wife Gwendolyn. After the show they came to my place for an after hours party of sorts...at least it was for me. Very nice couple in every respect!
Next night,my friend John Pearce was in town....I had just bought a 66 Mustang and was letting him drive it. We pulled up to a ted light at the G Note when Albert was playing on the street with his extra long cord. Pearce (r.i.p.) was impressed!
That piano player should be a millionaire. He’s awesome too’
I know right? Gip Noble - longtime keyboardist w/Johnny "Guitar" Watson and Etta James, among so many others. He can play anything and is a terrific guy, badass for sure.
@@BobbyMurrayBluesGuitar Johnny Guitar Watson , another class act !
I miss real music, talent, instruments. This crap they call music today is a joke!!!
especially porn poems gettin hollered out to a drum machine, and not one real live musician in the house!!!!
There's real music today, you're just too stupid and lazy to find it. Stop punking yourself out and put in the work.
2024...The Blues Never Change...
Why should it , it perfect the way it is
These videos should be mandatory in the school system !
I agree
Haha yes for sure - this is MUSIC and talent on full display :-)
Luv all the blues players, but this guy gives me shivers !!!
I know that feeling is so real.😊
2024
Who is still here, listening to this stuff?
REAL MUSIC!
Ooh, how could I forget that Albert was one of my favourite Blues players. I love that earthy energy this guy had. Underrated lead player... Ladies and Gentlemen, this is how a good guitar solo must be felt like, when you release that Mojo... ❤ Andrew - PLUTONEON
Me
NEVER STOPPED
I am, and I will listen to it till I die (in 2060) ;)
Always
here forever, brother
I saw this cat in Rochester NY around 1985, give or take a few years, Me and my girl were the only white people there. The weird part was that 200 really cool blues folks were buying us drinks all night. Met Albert, smoked some weed in the parking lot, I was looking at him like a God and he just played it cool. The one thing I remember about our conversation is that we were talking cars and I drove my fathers 71' Cadillac that night and he said "That's a cool car Man."...Good enough for me.
+steve little It doesn't get any better. I envy you.
+steve little Cooler story than mine wish I met him!
Cool ass story my dad had a 70 caddy
that's awesome Steve! what a cool memory... God bless!
+steve little
treasure that memory. He was one of the best.
That's the most agressive and dirty telecaster tone I've ever heard in my life. Thanks god bless Albert Collins ❤
Master of the Telecaster
@@dcorey3481that dude was badass just the raw intensity of his playing like damn
It’s October 3rd, 2024. Just discovered Albert Collins through a group of Telecaster owners. So I came here and found a hero and am ashamed of not having known him sooner. Stevie Ray Vaughan was a guitar hero in his own right-but he had nothing on Albert Collins but wider recognition. 🎸
saw him in 1987.....I was 20. Cowboy in LA. BADDEST MF EVER
Albert was one of Stevie’s hero’s.
To the one's that gave this a thumbs down , you don't know what a real blues master is ! Albert is a legend and loved playing and his fans .
How can anyone put down Albert Collins? One of the best Blues artists of all time. Send that person on a one way ticket to the moon never to return.
@@andrewlowe9969 I seen him in Detroit. He went out into the audience playing his guitar must of been 50 ft with his horn section following him like he was the Pied Piper. What a fuckin class act he was and what a great sense of humour :-) Peace
RIP Albert Collins (October 1, 1932 - November 24, 1993), aged 61
You will be remembered as a legend.
THIS is the BLUES personified . . . talk about making a guitar TALK ! Wish A C was still here but so thankful that we have these takes to remember him by . . .
OH ! My God. Most badass thing ever. And the sax man....
That is some of the sexiest sax I've ever heard...
Isn’t it ?😊
Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues
IYKYK!😂🙌
Adventures In Babysitting!
I would trade a thousand of today's "stars" for this man.
YOU'VE GIVEN US A NEW HOPE
OG shred God. It don't get no better.
@@jeremymiller4341 I almost just shit a brick when I saw my notifications. I was just voicing my opinion about what a douche John Mayer is (in another thread) and thought it was a reply to that. I totally agree with you.
Albert Collins is my favorite.
How bout all of them. Aint nobody like AC these days but gary clark jr be doing his thing
Your right master of disaster. And these untalented hacks are making millions and can’t even play an instrument or sing without auto tune. Most of Today’s music is way overrated.
If you don't dig the blues you got a hole in your soul. RIP, Master of the Telecaster.
I was working in a music store in Vegas, Vesleys; Albert came in and hung out with us for a whole afternoon. A true scholar of his discipline, as well as a humble gentleman.
Sir Albert Collins is an old school blues legend! Unbelievable!! Atmospheric!! Fantastic!! He breathes music!
The blues gods are smiling with inspiration, enjoying his performance - long live the blues!
Beautifully put!
Albert Collins near the end of his life, having a great time, and playing to a captive audience.
At 4:05 Jerry Peterson plays one of the best blues sax solos you will ever hear.
Farallon Deeps Yup! Sublime and engaging and soulful and just right. This entire performance is absolutely stellar. Albert Collins gives a master class here. Bravo, bro! I know you can hear me, man! Rest In Peace, Albert Collins.
He got THE fuck dooooooown....daaamn
The sax player looks like nacho libre
@@manrique420
Nachoooooooo! Lol I was thinking the same thing.
Oh man, I'm telling you. That was solo tears into your soul
I got to see him play in a club in Lafayette, La in 1988. Man, what a show. He did the thing with the long guitar cable where he played a guitar solo from the stage, through the crowd, out the front door of the club. Killer guitar tone, great voice, amazing band.
I like when Collins sings along with his guitar playing. So talented this guy.
This man has no parallel. He can raise your emotion and get you totally immersed! It's not just Albert Collins' vocal and guitar excelling in this track - what a fantastic band, the keyboard player, saxophonist and others, perfectly in unison!
So sad he's gone that man could move a rock emotionally with his music! And his awesome Telecaster I only wish I could have ever met him!
It's like liquid chocolate for your ears. The smoothest, sweetest sounds coming from that band had me just mesmerized. Keys and sax showed up to play too
The sounds he gets out of the guitar are incredible . My favourite blues guitarist by far, what an artist. Great band too
He is a legend and should be inducted in the Hall of Fame if he hasn't yet
+samme79 He was inducted in 1986, right on!
I agree!
agreed.
+OneSelfTemptation(Pais
they don't want us in the hall of fame cause we brown skinned😞
I saw him 5 times one time in Dallas Tx he walked outside the club. I was the first one out the door ALL the rich yuppies were sitting there thinking where did he go. He stood out in the middle of Greenville Ave on a Friday night in the Middle of the Street on the yellow line. There were 5 of us clapping who followed him out. Albert played in Traffic we were all laughing our asses off in the Middle of a busy street. Most people dont realize but Alberts Amp was in the club blasting. But outside his guitar went plink plink plink. It was hilarious!!! People were driving by thinking what is this old black dude doing standing out in the Middle of the street playing a guitar??? Albert was the Best. Rip. Jc. He was ONE of the GREATS!!!
That's an awesome story!
I heard a similar story about albert Collins where they said he walked out into the lobby, ordered a pizza, and they brought the pizza man on stage to deliver it go him...Lmao
I saw him do that at the Cabooze Bar in Mpls but through the out the bar. It was winter.
Same experience at the Cellar Door in DC in the 80s. He was jamming on M Street - with like a 100-foot cord behind him.
Albert did that same thing at Antone's in Austin in 1985. he walked outside the club just rippin' the night air while the band was swinging their asses off.
One night, between sets, they brought out another amp and set it up. We knew we were in for something special. Then Stevie Ray walked on stage and they lifted the roof right off the joint. They played until the cows came home. We never truly appreciated how truly wonderful those times really were. Magical in many ways.
He was one of the best. RIP Albert Collins. I will miss you and your music, It was over.
Those snappy, biting licks in the intro is why they call him The Iceman and the Razor Blade.
bro he looks so happy and just seems more alive with energy and enthusiasm
Sir Albert Collins, the master of the telecaster ! RIP man and thanks a million for the memories !
One of the coolest blues entertainers ever. the talent and charisma. I love some Albert.Thanks for sharing the love.
The master of the telecaster. The videos from this concert are all so damn good.
Been going down the Albert Collins rabbit hole again today. I love how Albert would "sing" the guitar notes as he played them in the opening solo. It was like he became one with the guitar and the guitar was playing him as much as he was playing the guitar.
Amen to you@@CarlVandenberg
Thanks for this. All hail Albert Collins.
Google/RUclips politics aside... Blues music and drag racing is the only things RUclips is good for. Hearing these blues masters is one thing, seeing them perform is quite another.
You got it there you bet . Good call
Nobody rips the ass end pickup like this man did!! Pure feeling.. and soul to fingers to strings blues!!! R.I.P.
This guy knows what time is and how to play with it. Sensational!
dude sure did, guy wore 2 watches
With that high capo and all that vibrato and no pick - this guys musta have had the strongest fingers ever - unique tone. Love everything I ever heard from this dude.
Strings prob weren't that heavy either
A lot of his vibrato is from shaking the guitar amazingly quickly.
Yea dont get why capo but cool anyway
Kool- Aid The craziest part to me isn’t just the capo; it’s the fact that his guitar is tuned to an open F minor chord. I’ve played for years and have been playing around with slide/open tunings/lap steel since I was a teenager but I’ve never played (nor met anyone else that plays) in Fm. He’s usually got the capo in the 5/6/7 frets so I’m assuming the Fm open tuning gave him the exact feel he wanted. He’s just such a beast of a player.
It all starts with the fingers no ? If you can do it - tell me where you're playing and I'm jumping on a plane! I've heard plenty doing good impressions of BB and Albert King but I ain't ever heard anyone get close to AC's unique sound.
Such great music the younger generation just doesn’t realize what they missed. When I was a teenager I would just sit back and close my eyes and let the music seep into my very soul. I have listened to blues my whole life. When I was just a girl I would turn on my transistor radio on and hide under my covers and listen to a radio station I believe was in Georgia and they played nothing but blues. Never cared for any other music since.
Never gets old.It's on my car playlist for ever.❤
I haven't done much with my life of 58 yrs, im a nurse and take good care of my patients, that's about the extent of it, when I watch a video like this I feel like I'm stealing, like I don't deserve it, its so perfect, the masterful playing, the passion, the team work, jesus, if I were more mediocre and plain i'd just be a slab of cement, thanks universe for letting me experience this ladder to bliss
Well said ,I luv ya
Being a nurse and a caring person suggests to me that you’ve done plenty with your life! Kudos to you. 👍
You've lived a good life,
You've lived a good life,
Nurses are the best people.
Something I learned a long time ago that the blues is nothing but a good man feeling down.
that's one underrated sax solo!
I personally found it way too much
Form emptiness that's exactly what you are my friend.....empty
i was just thinking to myself, goddamn that sax solo needs to be highly noted
A perfect solo. I would pay good money to watch this guy play sax all night long,
Well put!! My dad, the muso would have been wrapped!!
Just incredible talent. So unique and beautiful as a guitarist and singer
That was a time when bands cared for REAL pianos...... Great!!!
That might be the best guitar Ive ever heard in my life.
Yer darn tootin it might
This guy has got to be my favorite bluesman his sense of humour is awesome:)
Hello Lauren I see happiness all around you, can I please share from it?
BEST LYRICS OF ANY EXISTING BLUESMAN ..ALBERT IS THE KING
Saw Albert many times..absolute monster on guitar and ultimate crowd pleaser. Every show was absolutely electrifying..
the Ice Man walking through the crowd with his guitar screaming and everyone in a frenzy..lol .yes those were great times.
You are lucky !!!
Blues masterclass! The whole band is solid gold.
I listen to all kind of music sometimes I don't listen to the Blues for weeks but there are no other music genre that brings me to my knees. The music that makes you happy and sad at the same time. I am not American but Americans should be so proud of the Blues and Jazz. Those kind of music are very complex and do not get created over night.
Hol-Le-Shit, that was amazing! My first time hearing him; I'm hooked.
There is just something about the blues and how they can make you feel so good about something so bad. :)
Scott Q. Hey,you made a nice point there. Maybe only humans can feel good about something bad,when listening to music.
Buddy Guy said it the best. "When you play the blues, you lose them"
that's right scotty--that bitter sweet feeling. It really is kind of an exorcism of sorts.
The Blues ain't nothing but a good woman on your mind...Philip Sayce
I think my bro said it best, "he is the very definition of less is more"
Probably the greatest innovator in the blues genre on guitar. Many imitators but no one gets the same blistering "attack". That high capo thing invented and owned solely by the great great Albert Collins. God bless you Albert.
Albert Collins... the only man to make you shiver in the heat. R.I.P iceman!!
Saw him in FRANCE many years ago about three times in concert , and one day aftershow I could approach him and we had a talk together , such a gentleman.
RIP my blues friend.
I will never forget him !
No one leaves here without singing the blues!
Stringy Fingers Adventures in Babysitting....my favorite scene lol
Stringy Fingers are here
Looks like a hard wincomin
Ret Samwal such a good movie
Adventures in Babysitting. I love that scene.
Damn, man, sax man just got up and KILLED IT.
+SeerTrulth
Whats that guys name?
+miamigroove I think that's a young Greg Piccolo
miamigroove that’s Jerry Peterson on that soulful sax. Sadly the world lost him to COVID the other day. So many sad losses
@@miamigroove Jerry Peterson
@@amynyc122 =(
He sure as hell surrounded himself with some great musicians! A True Master!
I loved his line in "Adventures In Babysitting": "Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues!"
Funny movie. I remember that now.
This one of the best of the best, eat you heart out Clapton!
Saw Albert back in 89 in Durham NC , was and still is my favorite concert of all time followed by SRV in same year in Durham also. We got to speak to Albert while he was unloading his bus , he Hell of a nice guy to that is well missed .
Wow lucky guy I was not around yet. Wish I had the opportunity to see SRV or old Albert. Not many like them left that I know of.
Such a pity..
How disposable modern music is..
How has all the soul gone away?
Not a drop left today..
B.B., Stevie, Freddie to name a few..
The songs of life and struggle..
Its beautiful what just soul and a guitar can do...
RUclips was solely created for me to watch and enjoy this video. Godamn Joe Walsh at the end had me cracking up, "Thanks for the licks!" Albert
Joe drank a bit in those days. Git off my neck Joe.
@@fenderbender3982 i would drink to if i was Joe Walsh having to follow Albert Collins😂
Rick Rosas on bass...As Joe Walsh always said it: 'Rick the bass player'
The perfect blues instrumentalist!! Phrases then pauses, never overplays like so many other “greats”. Plays hard and sweet. He is the apex blues guitarist.
Yessir❄️🔥
Band is great for the same reasons. I like the way the piano player and rhythm section back the track. Sound mixer is great as well. Keeping the volume level of the band from overwhelming the mix.
Holy smoke. That last 12 bar solo he played was on fire.
Man, why are those blues riffs so seductive? I LOVE IT!
im 37 years old.....maybe just maybe this is not music of my thime.....if you know what i mean...... but this gold........ genious..... beautiful music!!!!!
Many of us feel just like you do, but take the opportunity to speak with current musicians who have played alongside the legends. They have great stories to share! This is also how we keep the Blues music alive and strong. Take it as an honor if you can feel the blues music because there's no other music that has this kind of power to capture one's soul.
Rico, Blues is the music of all times. Everyone gets the blues at some point in their life.
If u dont dig this u aint got no soul imo❤
Met him in France backstage during his 70's / 80's tours.GREAT GUY.RIP Albert (from the bottom of my heart)
Blues is something mysterieus..
I mean i'm only 29 years of age and i grew up with Robbie Williams and more of that popstuff all fine and Nice but man when i first discovered the blues my musical preference changed into old music and i started listening to led Zeppelin , the Stones , the Beatles, Brian Adams and Many more.. later i listened alot to newwave and synthpop but i finaly came back to the blues that's something different it goes into your soul and it transforms something in you that i can't explain i don't know if i feel happy or sad but it's an exclusive art form for Shure!
That telecaster tone cuts through like a knife. Saw him backing up the Allman Bros at Pine Knob years ago. He came off the stage and was walking up and down the aisles playing to the crowd.
'The Master of the Telecaster", the "Ice man" just a tortured sounding soul on the guitar. Great!
I saw the Ice Man in Santa Fe, it was either 1991 or 1992, It was in a small club and it was one of the best shows that I was lucky enough to see. You are truly missed Mr.Collins.
ive seen this a million times yet everytime i see it in recommended videos i just have to watch it again. a true tele legend , rip albert
In saw Albert Collins in Vancouver Washington at THE Hay Loft , a local venue. He just blew us away. That was in the very early 70's. He was amazing.
Amazing artist and an excellent performance! He barely broke a sweat!! Still listening in 2024
That sax solo was so damned good I'm gonna play it again!
Is that an alto sax? I thought it was harsh.
I think the tenor sax plays a warmer tone. I'll be going down the googl rabbit hole in a minute...
A true original. Two notes and you know it's AC.
Ain't nobody can play the blues like a black man!!! R.I.P. Mr. Collins!!!🎼🎸
Awesome performance!!! Rest in Peace A.C.🙏
Nothing I can say can appropriately tell how beyond great was Mr. Collins in his interpretations and playing of the blues. He was born with it and it simply percolated deeply up and down his body through to his toes.
Awesome post!! My late, great boyfriend Floyd Phillips (keyboardist/dear friend of Johnny Clyde Copeland) went on the road w/the great Albert Collins at age 16!! 💓 💗 💖 💘 THE ICE MAN!!!!!
one of the rare class that can make a guitar talk & cry!!!1
Now there's some real talent right there!! Amazing musician. This kind of musical genius doesn't much at all today. The music of today is all about the money, and that kills the music and that's one of the reasons why music is what it is today.
"Nobody leaves without playin' the blues"
Everyone copies the latest hit or covers a Dylan song...there is no thing new or creative that makes its way to mainstream. I keep digging into these great old original songs. I love the blues that make my eye twitch ..if you know what Im sayin.
most of todays mainstream are illuminati mk-ultra and very well managed.
Don't lose too much hope. I'm 22 and despise the shit that is on the radio or that has been produced in my lifetime. I listen to, and play only blues. As soon as I turned 21 I started playing open mic nights at a blues bar in town and have been for about a year, meeting other musicians and doing jam sessions with them. Texas is still great for young people and good music. Lots of blues down south.
+Chris Aviles good for you. Open jams playing with others. Great lesson. I'm still learning
Albert was always my favorite. The tone, the dynamics, the very language he speaks on his guitar, hits me the right way.
On top of that, he always seemed like a regular guy.
God Bless and keep the Master of the Telecaster always !!! Another Blues Stringer gone home...♥️
I saw him at the "Joint" on the west bank in Minneapolis in the late 70's. Albert king played a couple nights later. God I miss the 70's!!!
These guys are the Mozart's of the blues world!!! Pukka stuff!!!
That killer guitar tone, the hazy glimpse and the drunken-pervert-smile. this guy was all charisma and talent at best
pervert or player a fine line i suppose
@@sinclairmarcus 😂😂😂
And that sometimes look of "I know somethin' you don't."
Albert Collins the blue's legend in his day..Thank you God for guitars..Every performance Albert did was sensational..He could entertain you by whipping out all those cords while jamming on that guitar and make you feel every sound of that strat..Band is terrific..Albert felt everthing in strumming on that guitar and everything came out good.
The Blues gods are smiling here --- long live the Blues Amen
this brought tears to my eyes its so fuckin good. no words can express what this made me feel. What ever it is i needed it thank you ..........
Yah me too it's so f'en assume.
Just got me like that too.
Never has a performance given me 8 minutes of goosebumps, until now.. 😍❤️
Man that is one SMOOTH piano player, WOW what a great jam!!! Albert Collins is the MAN
What a performance not long before he died. One of the most important people in music history imo.
As Muddy Waters once said : "Blues had a baby and it was called Rock and Roll"
Dear led to the light by Albert Collins & his Band Class, what a joy this tune is to hear and sing along to, egad. What a wondrous work it is, praising up the peoples, in hymnals & praise, singing for hours and hours a day.
This song cheers us all up, peoples, try singing along it will bring you right up to the heaven-state, with Albert teaching us lesson(s) about old crazy money, lol. The saxophone solo in this tune is "top form" out, with bewildering, blinding harmony, melody, B-bopping, jazz, blues riffs....wow. This Saxophone player was giving it all he had, in "top form", Class, as good as it can possibly get, the Angel man a 10th Degree - Whitebelt in/re 10 Commandment Way always, regardless of all always in this Music video performance.
It's miraculous the heights you can reach in music & regarding things as a GRADUATE, man, yikes lol. These are the "throw money at em every time" deal Band that deliver the goods, the truth, & outstanding music every time.
Albert Collins has so many riffs, lol, his versed in styles style he shows a bit here, is a vocal phenomena & a style that George Benson also does sometimes, singing the notes you play on your instrument simultaneously, it makes you feel good, harmonizing & resolving out.
For related Music check out the theme song to the TV series "The Jeffersons", wow it has positive energy peoples, have courage to sing, try it and find another happy plane in the Universe, a state of mind, and realities yay!
That is some of the best blues piano you'll ever hear as well. What a song!
Blues is just a bunch of artists making love to their instruments.
I think there's a term for that?
Yep. they call it music
Real good in times!!!
"Blues is just a bunch of artists making love to their instruments." #ytmostidioticcomments
Yea ,yea
saw him in Joliet ! after all these years, he still gives me chills!
Albert IS Legendary.... Knew him back in the 60's.
One of the greatest performances of all-time.. RIP, “Mr. Collins”!