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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American blues guitarist and singer (1932–1993)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Albert_Collins_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Albert Collins (disambiguation)">Albert Collins (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol 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style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Albert Gene Collins</b> (October 1, 1932 – November 24, 1993)<sup id="cite_ref-amg_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amg-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> was an American <a href="/wiki/Electric_blues" title="Electric blues">electric blues</a> guitarist and singer with a distinctive guitar style. He was noted for his powerful playing and his use of <a href="/wiki/Guitar_tunings" title="Guitar tunings">altered tunings</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Capo_(musical_device)" title="Capo (musical device)">capo</a>. His long association with the <a href="/wiki/Fender_Telecaster" title="Fender Telecaster">Fender Telecaster</a> led to the title "The Master of the Telecaster".<sup id="cite_ref-Music_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Music-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Collins was born in <a href="/wiki/Leona,_Texas" title="Leona, Texas">Leona</a>, Texas, on October 1, 1932.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was introduced to the guitar at an early age by his cousin <a href="/wiki/Lightnin%27_Hopkins" title="Lightnin&#39; Hopkins">Lightnin' Hopkins</a>, also a Leona resident, who played at family gatherings. The Collins family relocated to <a href="/wiki/Marquez,_Texas" title="Marquez, Texas">Marquez</a>, Texas, in 1938 and to <a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston</a> in 1941,<sup id="cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BluesGuitar-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> where he attended <a href="/wiki/Jack_Yates_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Yates High School">Jack Yates High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VitalBlues_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VitalBlues-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Collins took piano lessons when he was young, but when his piano tutor was unavailable his cousin Willow Young would lend Albert his guitar and taught him the altered tuning that he used throughout his career.<sup id="cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BluesGuitar-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Collins tuned his guitar to an open F-minor chord (FCFA♭CF), with a capo at the 5th, 6th or 7th fret.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the age of sixteen, he decided to concentrate on learning the guitar after hearing "<a href="/wiki/Boogie_Chillen%27" title="Boogie Chillen&#39;">Boogie Chillen'</a> " by <a href="/wiki/John_Lee_Hooker" title="John Lee Hooker">John Lee Hooker</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At 18, Collins started his own group, the Rhythm Rockers, in which he honed his craft. During this time he was employed for four years at a ranch in <a href="/wiki/Normangee,_Texas" title="Normangee, Texas">Normangee</a>, Texas; he then worked as a truck driver for various companies for 12 years.<sup id="cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BluesGuitar-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VitalBlues_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VitalBlues-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Collins played an <a href="/wiki/Epiphone" title="Epiphone">Epiphone</a> guitar during his first two years with the Rhythm Rockers, but in 1952, after seeing <a href="/wiki/Clarence_%22Gatemouth%22_Brown" title="Clarence &quot;Gatemouth&quot; Brown">Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown</a> playing a <a href="/wiki/Fender_Esquire" title="Fender Esquire">Fender Esquire</a>, he decided to purchase a <a href="/wiki/Fender_(company)" title="Fender (company)">Fender</a>. He wanted a <a href="/wiki/Fender_Telecaster" title="Fender Telecaster">Telecaster</a>, but because of the cost he chose to buy an <a href="/wiki/Fender_Esquire" title="Fender Esquire">Esquire</a>, which he took to the Parker Music Company in Houston to be fitted with a Telecaster neck pickup. This was his main guitar until he moved to <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, and it was the guitar that he used on his earliest recordings, including his signature song, "Frosty".<sup id="cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BluesGuitar-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For the rest of his career he played a "maple cap"–necked natural ash body Fender 1966 Custom Telecaster with a <a href="/wiki/Gibson_Brands" class="mw-redirect" title="Gibson Brands">Gibson</a> <a href="/wiki/PAF_(pickup)" title="PAF (pickup)">PAF</a> <a href="/wiki/Humbucking_pickup" class="mw-redirect" title="Humbucking pickup">humbucking pickup</a> retrofitted into the neck position, which became the basis for a <a href="/wiki/Fender_Custom_Shop" title="Fender Custom Shop">Fender Custom Artist</a> signature model<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> in 1990. </p><p>In 1954, Collins, then aged 22 and without a record release, was joined in the Rhythm Rockers by 17-year-old <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Copeland" title="Johnny Copeland">Johnny Copeland</a>, who had just left the Dukes of Rhythm (a band he had started with the Houston blues musician <a href="/wiki/Joe_%22Guitar%22_Hughes" title="Joe &quot;Guitar&quot; Hughes">Joe "Guitar" Hughes</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Hudson2001_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hudson2001-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Collins started to play regularly in Houston, notably at Shady's Playhouse, where James "Widemouth" Brown (brother of <a href="/wiki/Clarence_%22Gatemouth%22_Brown" title="Clarence &quot;Gatemouth&quot; Brown">Gatemouth Brown</a>) and other well-known Houston blues musicians would meet for "Blue Monday" jams.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By the mid-1950s, he had established his reputation as a local guitarist of note and had started to appear regularly at a <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Ward,_Houston" title="Fifth Ward, Houston">Fifth Ward</a> club, Walter's Lounge, with the group Big Tiny and the Thunderbirds.<sup id="cite_ref-Hudson2013_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hudson2013-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DownInHouston02_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DownInHouston02-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The saxophonist and music teacher <a href="/wiki/Henry_Hayes_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Hayes (musician)">Henry Hayes</a> heard about Collins from Hughes. After seeing him perform live, Hayes encouraged Collins to record a single for <a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_Records" title="Kangaroo Records">Kangaroo Records</a>, a label he had started with his friend M. L. Young.<sup id="cite_ref-Govenar2008-2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Govenar2008-2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Collins recorded his debut single, "Freeze", backed with "Collins Shuffle", for Kangaroo at <a href="/wiki/SugarHill_Recording_Studios#Gold_Star_Studios" title="SugarHill Recording Studios">Gold Star Studios</a>, in Houston, in the spring of 1958, with Hayes on saxophone.<sup id="cite_ref-Bradley_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bradley-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Texas blues bands of this period incorporated a horn section, and Collins later credited Hayes with teaching him how to arrange for horns.<sup id="cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BluesGuitar-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960s">1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1964, he recorded "Frosty" at Gulf Coast Recording Studio in <a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont, Texas</a> for Hall Records, owned by Bill Hall, who had signed Collins on the recommendation of <a href="/wiki/Jack_Clement" title="Jack Clement">Cowboy Jack Clement</a>, a songwriter and producer who had engineered sessions for <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> at <a href="/wiki/Sun_Records" title="Sun Records">Sun Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His debut album, <i>The Cool Sound of Albert Collins</i>, released in 1965 on the TCF Hall label, consisted of previously released instrumentals, including "Thaw-Out", "Sno-Cone", and "Don't Lose Your Cool".<sup id="cite_ref-Bradley02_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bradley02-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 June 1968, the group <a href="/wiki/Canned_Heat" title="Canned Heat">Canned Heat</a> was playing at the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Music_Hall" title="Houston Music Hall">Music Hall</a> in Houston, and a friend of theirs mentioned that Collins was playing at the Ponderosa Club, which they duly attended.<sup id="cite_ref-La2013_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-La2013-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After Collins had finished playing, they introduced themselves and offered to help secure an agent for him as well as an introduction to <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Records" title="Imperial Records">Imperial Records</a> in California.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> With the offer of a record deal and regular live work, Collins decided to move, relocating to <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City</a> in July 1968, where he played in the <a href="/wiki/Organ_(music)" title="Organ (music)">organ</a> trio of the <a href="/wiki/Keyboardist" title="Keyboardist">keyboardist</a> Lawrence Wright, and then in November moving to <a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BluesGuitar-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For his 1968 Imperial album, Collins chose the title <i>Love Can Be Found Anywhere (Even in a Guitar)</i>, from the lyrics of Canned Heat's "Fried Hockey Boogie", in honor of Canned Heat and their lead singer <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hite" title="Bob Hite">Bob Hite</a>, who wrote the liner notes for the album.<sup id="cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BluesGuitar-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the spring of 1969 Collins was hired by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Krasnow" title="Bob Krasnow">Bob Krasnow</a> to play on the <a href="/wiki/Ike_and_Tina_Turner" class="mw-redirect" title="Ike and Tina Turner">Ike and Tina Turner</a> album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hunter_(Ike_%26_Tina_Turner_album)" title="The Hunter (Ike &amp; Tina Turner album)">The Hunter</a></i>, which was released by Krasnow's <a href="/wiki/Blue_Thumb_Records" title="Blue Thumb Records">Blue Thumb Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Danchin2001_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Danchin2001-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The move to California was proving to be the right decision, with Collins establishing himself as a regular act on the West Coast circuit, playing at the <a href="/wiki/Fillmore_West" title="Fillmore West">Fillmore West</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Whisky_a_Go_Go" title="Whisky a Go Go">Whisky a Go Go</a><sup id="cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BluesGuitar-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and at the <a href="/wiki/Newport_Pop_Festival" title="Newport Pop Festival">"Newport 69"</a> festival in <a href="/wiki/Northridge,_Los_Angeles" title="Northridge, Los Angeles">Northridge, California</a>, in June 1969 and the Gold Rush Festival at <a href="/wiki/Lake_Amador" title="Lake Amador">Lake Amador, California</a>, in October.<sup id="cite_ref-Hunter2012_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hunter2012-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PoultneyArchives2006_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PoultneyArchives2006-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In December 1969, his debut album, <i>The Cool Sound of Albert Collins</i>, was reissued as <i><a href="/wiki/Truckin%27_with_Albert_Collins" title="Truckin&#39; with Albert Collins">Truckin' with Albert Collins</a></i> by Blue Thumb.<sup id="cite_ref-Inc.1970_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inc.1970-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He opened for the Grateful Dead at the Family Dog on the Great Highway in San Francisco in early August, 1969 and in June-July 1970 toured with them, the Band, Janis Joplin and other acts across Canada in the Festival Express. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s">1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 1971, the <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a> label Tumbleweed Records, which had been newly created by Larry Ray and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Szymczyk" title="Bill Szymczyk">Bill Szymczyk</a>, released Collins's album <i>There's Gotta Be a Change</i>; it was the label's first official release.<sup id="cite_ref-Inc.1971a_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inc.1971a-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Inc.1971b_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inc.1971b-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The single "Get Your Business Straight", backed with "Frog Jumpin'", was released by Tumbleweed in February 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-Inc.1972a_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inc.1972a-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Inc.1972b_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inc.1972b-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1973 Tumbleweed closed because of financial problems, leaving Collins without a record label.<sup id="cite_ref-Brown2004_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown2004-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was signed by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Iglauer" title="Bruce Iglauer">Bruce Iglauer</a>, the owner of <a href="/wiki/Alligator_Records" title="Alligator Records">Alligator Records</a>, in 1978 on the recommendation of <a href="/wiki/Dick_Shurman" title="Dick Shurman">Dick Shurman</a>, whom Collins had met in <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VitalBlues_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VitalBlues-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His first release for the label was <i><a href="/wiki/Ice_Pickin%27" title="Ice Pickin&#39;">Ice Pickin'</a></i> (1978), which was recorded at Curtom Studios, in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, and produced by Iglauer, Shurman and Richard McLeese. On 2 February 1978, Collins appeared in concert with the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Dutch</a> band Barrelhouse, which was his first live appearance outside the United States. The concert was filmed for the Dutch TV show <i>Tros Sesjun</i> and was subsequently released on vinyl in 1979 by Munich Records as <i>Albert Collins with The Barrelhouse Live</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Collins won a <a href="/wiki/Blues_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Blues Music Award">W. C. Handy Award</a> in the category Best Contemporary Blues Album in 1983 for his Alligator release <i>Don't Lose Your Cool</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1984 Collins did a two-tape instructional lesson for <a href="/wiki/Arlen_Roth" title="Arlen Roth">Arlen Roth</a> and his company, Hot Licks. </p><p>On 13 July 1985, Collins performed with <a href="/wiki/George_Thorogood" title="George Thorogood">George Thorogood and the Destroyers</a> at <i><a href="/wiki/Live_Aid" title="Live Aid">Live Aid</a></i>, appearing as guest soloist on "Madison Blues"; the US part of the charity concert was held at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia and, with simultaneous broadcasts in other countries, was viewed by over 1.5 billion people.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In December 1986, Collins appeared in concert with <a href="/wiki/Etta_James" title="Etta James">Etta James</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Walsh" title="Joe Walsh">Joe Walsh</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Pellissier_Building_and_Wiltern_Theatre" title="Pellissier Building and Wiltern Theatre">Wiltern Theater</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>; the concert was subsequently released on video under the title <i><a href="/wiki/Jazzvisions" title="Jazzvisions">Jazzvisions: Jump the Blues Away</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Clear1993_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clear1993-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The backing musicians for the concert were <a href="/wiki/Rick_Rosas" title="Rick Rosas">Rick Rosas</a> (bass), <a href="/wiki/Michael_Huey" title="Michael Huey">Michael Huey</a> (drums), <a href="/wiki/Sanford-Townsend_Band" title="Sanford-Townsend Band">Ed Sanford</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hammond_organ" title="Hammond organ">Hammond B3 organ</a>), Kip Noble (piano) and Josh Sklar (guitar). Also in 1986, Collins won a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Traditional_Blues_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album">Grammy Award</a> with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Cray" title="Robert Cray">Robert Cray</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Copeland" title="Johnny Copeland">Johnny Copeland</a> for their album <i><a href="/wiki/Showdown!" title="Showdown!">Showdown!</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Music_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Music-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Collins finished working on his seventh Alligator album, <i><a href="/wiki/Cold_Snap_(Albert_Collins_album)" title="Cold Snap (Albert Collins album)">Cold Snap</a></i>, by October 1986. It was released shortly afterwards to good reviews and received a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Blues Recording of 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-Inc.1986_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inc.1986-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Inc.1986B_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inc.1986B-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Collins cited the album as personally important to him because of the involvement of the organist <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_McGriff" title="Jimmy McGriff">Jimmy McGriff</a>, an early musical idol, with whom Collins had played in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BluesGuitar-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 12 February 1987, Collins appeared as a musical guest on the <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> talk show <i><a href="/wiki/Late_Night_with_David_Letterman" title="Late Night with David Letterman">Late Night with David Letterman</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He made a cameo appearance later that same year in the comedy film <i><a href="/wiki/Adventures_in_Babysitting" title="Adventures in Babysitting">Adventures in Babysitting</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-russell_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-russell-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Also in 1987, the American composer <a href="/wiki/John_Zorn" title="John Zorn">John Zorn</a> and Collins collaborated on a suite, "Two-Lane Highway", which was subsequently released on Zorn's album <i><a href="/wiki/Spillane_(album)" title="Spillane (album)">Spillane</a></i>. On 22 April 1988, Collins appeared at the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Jazz_and_Heritage_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival">New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival</a> in a group consisting of <a href="/wiki/B._B._King" title="B. B. King">B.B. King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Ray_Vaughan" title="Stevie Ray Vaughan">Stevie Ray Vaughan</a>; the group played on the steamboat <i><a href="/wiki/President_(1924_steamboat)" title="President (1924 steamboat)">President</a></i> as it cruised along the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a>, in recognition of the musical heritage of <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> and artists such as <a href="/wiki/Fate_Marable" title="Fate Marable">Fate Marable</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Red_Allen" title="Red Allen">Red Allen</a>, who had entertained passengers on the fleet of riverboats owned by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Streckfus_brothers&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Streckfus brothers (page does not exist)">Streckfus brothers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Collins was signed to <a href="/wiki/Point_Blank_Records" title="Point Blank Records">Point Blank Records</a>, a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Records" title="Virgin Records">Virgin Records</a>, in 1991 and released the album <i><a href="/wiki/Iceman_(album)" title="Iceman (album)">Iceman</a></i> the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-Buckley2003_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buckley2003-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Iglauer expressed his disappointment at the departure of Collins from Alligator while acknowledging that he had signed Collins on a record-to-record basis.<sup id="cite_ref-Jr.2010_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jr.2010-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 15 November 1991, Collins performed with Cray, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Cropper" title="Steve Cropper">Steve Cropper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Edmunds" title="Dave Edmunds">Dave Edmunds</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Guitar_Legends,_Seville_1991" title="Guitar Legends, Seville 1991">Guitar Legends</a> event in <a href="/wiki/Seville" title="Seville">Seville</a>, a series of five concerts to promote the upcoming <a href="/wiki/Seville_Expo_%2792" title="Seville Expo &#39;92">Seville Expo '92</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The preceding month, on 28 October, Collins was filmed in concert for the television program <i><a href="/wiki/Austin_City_Limits" title="Austin City Limits">Austin City Limits</a></i>; the concert was broadcast on 21 February 1992 and released on <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> in April 2008 as <i>Albert Collins: Live From Austin, TX</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1993, Collins played at the Point Blank Borderline Blues Festival in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, which ran from 17 March to 27 March; this was his last appearance in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-russell_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-russell-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Collins was performing at the <a href="/wiki/Pal%C3%A9o_Festival" title="Paléo Festival">Paléo Festival</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nyon" title="Nyon">Nyon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, in July 1993 when he was taken ill.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was diagnosed in mid-August with <a href="/wiki/Lung_cancer" title="Lung cancer">lung cancer</a>, which had <a href="/wiki/Metastasized" class="mw-redirect" title="Metastasized">metastasized</a> to his <a href="/wiki/Liver" title="Liver">liver</a>, with an expected survival time of four months. Tracks for his last album, <i>Live '92/'93</i>, were recorded at shows that September. Collins died on 24 November 1993 at the age of 61.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His final album, <i>Live '92/'93</i>, was posthumously nominated at the <a href="/wiki/38th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="38th Annual Grammy Awards">38th Grammy Awards</a> of 1996 in the category Best Blues Contemporary Album.<sup id="cite_ref-Inc.1996_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inc.1996-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Style">Style</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Collins is remembered for his informal and audience-engaging live performances. He would frequently leave the stage while still playing to mingle with the audience.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The use of an extended guitar cord allowed Collins to go outside clubs to the sidewalk; one anecdote stated that he left a club with the audience in tow to visit the store next door to buy a candy bar without once stopping his act.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is also remembered for his humorous stage presence, which can be seen in the comedy film <i><a href="/wiki/Adventures_in_Babysitting" title="Adventures in Babysitting">Adventures in Babysitting</a></i>. It is also prominent in the documentary <i>Antones: Austin's Home of the Blues</i>: Collins was playing a lengthy solo one night at <a href="/wiki/Antone%27s_Record_Label" title="Antone&#39;s Record Label">Antone's</a> and left the building while still playing. He returned to the stage still playing the solo and resumed entertaining the audience in person. Shortly afterwards, a man arrived at the club and gave Collins the pizza he had just ordered.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his early days, Collins worked as a paint mixer and <a href="/wiki/Truck_driver" title="Truck driver">truck driver</a> to make ends meet.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1971, when he was 39 years old, he worked in <a href="/wiki/Construction" title="Construction">construction</a>, since he could not make a proper living from his music. One of his construction jobs was a remodeling project for <a href="/wiki/Neil_Diamond" title="Neil Diamond">Neil Diamond</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He continued with this type of work until the late 1970s,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> when his wife, Gwen, talked him into returning to a career in music.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a three-month battle with cancer, Collins died at his home in <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas" title="Las Vegas">Las Vegas, Nevada</a>, on November 24, 1993. He was 61 years old. Surviving him were his wife, Gwendolyn, and his father, Andy Thomas.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Albert Collins is buried at Davis Memorial Park in Las Vegas, Nevada, a cemetery adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Harry_Reid_International_Airport" title="Harry Reid International Airport">Harry Reid International Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Collins was an inspiration to a generation of Texas guitar players, including <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Ray_Vaughan" title="Stevie Ray Vaughan">Stevie Ray Vaughan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Vaughan" title="Jimmie Vaughan">Jimmie Vaughan</a>. He was among a small group of <a href="/wiki/Texas_blues" title="Texas blues">Texas blues</a> players, along with <a href="/wiki/Johnny_%22Guitar%22_Watson" title="Johnny &quot;Guitar&quot; Watson">Johnny "Guitar" Watson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Copeland" title="Johnny Copeland">Johnny Copeland</a>, who shaped the legacy of <a href="/wiki/T-Bone_Walker" title="T-Bone Walker">T-Bone Walker</a> into a modern blues template that was to have a major influence on many later players. In an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/Guitar_World" title="Guitar World">Guitar World</a></i> magazine, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Cray" title="Robert Cray">Robert Cray</a> said, "it was seeing Albert Collins at a rock festival in 1969 that really turned my head around." Two years later, Collins played at Cray's high-school graduation party in <a href="/wiki/Tacoma,_Washington" title="Tacoma, Washington">Tacoma, Washington</a>, and the ice-pick sound sunk in deep: "That was it," Cray recalled. "That changed my whole life around. From that moment I started seriously studying the blues."<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolling Stone (magazine)">Rolling Stone</a></i> ranked Collins at number 56 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Studio_albums">Studio albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Studio albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1965: <i>The Cool Sound of Albert Collins</i> (TCF Hall TCF-8002) collection of singles, reissued in 1969 as <i><a href="/wiki/Truckin%27_with_Albert_Collins" title="Truckin&#39; with Albert Collins">Truckin' with Albert Collins</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Blue_Thumb_Records" title="Blue Thumb Records">Blue Thumb</a> BTS-8)</li> <li>1968: <i>Love Can Be Found Anywhere (Even in a Guitar)</i> (<a href="/wiki/Imperial_Records" title="Imperial Records">Imperial</a> LP-12428)</li> <li>1969: <i>Trash Talkin'</i> (Imperial LP-12438)</li> <li>1970: <i>The Compleat Albert Collins</i> (Imperial LP-12449)</li> <li>1971: <i>There's Gotta Be a Change</i> (Tumbleweed TWS-103)</li> <li>1978: <i><a href="/wiki/Ice_Pickin%27" title="Ice Pickin&#39;">Ice Pickin'</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Alligator_Records" title="Alligator Records">Alligator</a> AL-4713)</li> <li>1980: <i><a href="/wiki/Frostbite_(album)" title="Frostbite (album)">Frostbite</a></i> (Alligator AL-4719)</li> <li>1983: <i><a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Lose_Your_Cool" title="Don&#39;t Lose Your Cool">Don't Lose Your Cool</a></i> (Alligator AL-4730)</li> <li>1986: <i><a href="/wiki/Cold_Snap_(Albert_Collins_album)" title="Cold Snap (Albert Collins album)">Cold Snap</a></i> (Alligator AL-4752) - with <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_McGriff" title="Jimmy McGriff">Jimmy McGriff</a></li> <li>1991: <i><a href="/wiki/Iceman_(album)" title="Iceman (album)">Iceman</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Point_Blank_Records" title="Point Blank Records">Point Blank</a>/Virgin VPBCD-3; 91583; 86197; 39194)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Collaborations">Collaborations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Collaborations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1985: <i><a href="/wiki/Showdown!" title="Showdown!">Showdown!</a></i> (Alligator AL-4743) - with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Cray" title="Robert Cray">Robert Cray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Copeland" title="Johnny Copeland">Johnny Copeland</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Live_albums">Live albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Live albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1969: <i>Alive &amp; Cool</i> (Red Lightnin' RL-004) - live at the <a href="/wiki/Fillmore_West" title="Fillmore West">Fillmore West</a>, 1969</li> <li>1976: <i>The Bicentennial Session</i> (Crossed Arrow Music 2008)</li> <li>1978: <i>Albert Collins with The Barrelhouse Live</i> (Munich Records BM-150225)</li> <li>1979: <i>Jammin' with Albert</i> (Blues Tune BT-008) - with <a href="/wiki/Champion_Jack_Dupree" title="Champion Jack Dupree">Champion Jack Dupree</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rory_Gallagher" title="Rory Gallagher">Rory Gallagher</a></li> <li>1981: <i>Frozen Alive!</i> (Alligator AL-4725) - live at the Union Bar, <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis, MN</a></li> <li>1984: <i>Live in Japan</i> (Alligator AL-4733) - live at Kudan Kaikan, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, 1982</li> <li>1989: <i>Jazzvisions: Jump the Blues Away</i> (<a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve</a> 841287) - with <a href="/wiki/Etta_James" title="Etta James">Etta James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Walsh" title="Joe Walsh">Joe Walsh</a></li> <li>1995: <i>Live '92/'93</i> (<a href="/wiki/Point_Blank_Records" title="Point Blank Records">Point Blank</a>/<a href="/wiki/Virgin_Records" title="Virgin Records">Virgin</a> 40658)</li> <li>1995: <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cold_Tremours_(album)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Cold Tremours (album) (page does not exist)">Cold Tremours</a></i> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blues_Boulevard&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Blues Boulevard (page does not exist)">Blues Boulevard</a> 250186, Music Avenue 250186)</li> <li>1995: <i>Charly Blues Legends Live – Vol. 7</i> (<a href="/wiki/Charly_Records" title="Charly Records">Charly</a> CBL-756)</li> <li>1998: <i>Molten Ice</i> (Cass Records CAS-70108) - live at the El Mocambo Club, 1973; also released as <i>The Things He Used To Do</i>, <i>The Iceman Cometh</i>, and <i>The Hot 'Cool' Sound of Albert Collins</i></li> <li>2005: <i>The Iceman at Mount Fuji</i> (<a href="/wiki/Fuel_2000" title="Fuel 2000">Fuel 2000</a>/Varese 061457) - live at the <a href="/wiki/Mount_Fuji_Jazz_Festival" title="Mount Fuji Jazz Festival">Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival</a>, 1992</li> <li>2008: <i>Live at Montreux 1992</i> (<a href="/wiki/Eagle_Records" title="Eagle Records">Eagle</a> ER-20124)</li> <li>2014: <i>Funky Blues – Live 1973</i> (Rockbeat ROC-3275) - live at Joe's Place, <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge, MA</a></li> <li>2016: <i>Live at <a href="/wiki/Rockpalast" title="Rockpalast">Rockpalast</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a> 1980</i> (MIG Music 90632, 2-CD + DVD set)</li> <li>2017: <i>At <a href="/wiki/Onkel_P%C3%B6" title="Onkel Pö">Onkel Pö</a>'s Carnegie Hall – <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> 1980</i> (Delta Music N-77040, 2-CD set)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Compilations">Compilations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Compilations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1991: <i>The Complete Imperial Recordings</i> (<a href="/wiki/EMI_America_Records" title="EMI America Records">EMI America</a> 96740, 2-CD set)</li> <li>1993: <i>Collins Mix (The Best Of)</i> (Point Blank/Virgin 39097) - re-recordings of his classic tracks</li> <li>1997: <i>Albert Collins: Deluxe Edition</i> (Alligator ALCD-5601)</li> <li>1999: <i>The Ice Axe Cometh (The Collection 1978–1986)</i> (Music Club MCCD-406)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guest_work">Guest work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Guest work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Moore" title="Gary Moore">Gary Moore</a>, "Too Tired" on <i><a href="/wiki/Still_Got_the_Blues" title="Still Got the Blues">Still Got the Blues</a></i></li> <li>Gary Moore, "The Blues is Alright" on <i><a href="/wiki/After_Hours_(Gary_Moore_album)" title="After Hours (Gary Moore album)">After Hours</a></i></li> <li>Gary Moore, "Too Tired" on <i><a href="/wiki/Blues_Alive" title="Blues Alive">Blues Alive</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Underground_(David_Bowie_song)" title="Underground (David Bowie song)">Underground</a>" on <i><a href="/wiki/Labyrinth_(David_Bowie_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Labyrinth (David Bowie album)">Labyrinth</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Bruce" title="Jack Bruce">Jack Bruce</a>, "Blues You Can't Lose" on <i><a href="/wiki/A_Question_of_Time_(album)" title="A Question of Time (album)">A Question of Time</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Cray" title="Robert Cray">Robert Cray</a>, "You're Gonna Need Me" on <i><a href="/wiki/Shame_%2B_A_Sin" title="Shame + A Sin">Shame + A Sin</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lee_Hooker" title="John Lee Hooker">John Lee Hooker</a>, "Backstabbers" on <i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Lucky_(Hooker_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mr. Lucky (Hooker album)">Mr. Lucky</a></i></li> <li>John Lee Hooker, "Boogie at Russian Hill" on <i>Boom Boom</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B.B._King" class="mw-redirect" title="B.B. King">B.B. King</a>, "Call It Stormy Monday" on <i><a href="/wiki/Blues_Summit" title="Blues Summit">Blues Summit</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Levy" title="Ron Levy">Ron Levy</a>'s Wild Kingdom, "Chillin' Out" and "Defrostin'" on <i>B-3 Blues and Grooves</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branford_Marsalis" title="Branford Marsalis">Branford Marsalis</a>, <i>Super Models in Deep Conversation</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckshot_LeFonque" title="Buckshot LeFonque">Buckshot LeFonque</a>, "No Pain, No Gain" on <i><a href="/wiki/Buckshot_LeFonque_(album)" title="Buckshot LeFonque (album)">Buckshot LeFonque</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mayall" title="John Mayall">John Mayall</a>, "Light the Fuse" and "I'm a Sucker for Love" on <i><a href="/wiki/Wake_Up_Call_(John_Mayall_album)" title="Wake Up Call (John Mayall album)">Wake Up Call</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Zorn" title="John Zorn">John Zorn</a>, "Two-Lane Highway" on <i><a href="/wiki/Spillane_(album)" title="Spillane (album)">Spillane</a></i></li> <li>"Blues for Stevie" on <i>Guitar World Presents...'Guitars That Rule The World' </i> (various artists 1991 sampler)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Singles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"Freeze" / "Collins Shuffle" (Kangaroo KA-103/KA-104)</li> <li>"Defrost" / "Albert's Alley" (Great Scott 0007; Hall-Way 1913; Hall-Way/<a href="/wiki/Smash_Records" title="Smash Records">Smash</a> 1795)</li> <li>"Homesick" / "Sippin' Soda" (Hall-Way/Smash 1831)</li> <li>"Frosty" / "Tremble" (Hall 1920)</li> <li>"Thaw-out" / "Backstroke" (Hall 1925)</li> <li>"Sno-Cone, Part I" / "Sno-Cone, Part II" (TCF Hall 104)</li> <li>"Hot 'n' Cold" / "Dyin' Flu" (TCF Hall 116)</li> <li>"Don't Lose Your Cool" / "Frost Bite" (TCF Hall 127)</li> <li>"(What'd You Say) I Don't Know" / "Soulroad" (Tracie 2003)</li> <li>"Cookin' Catfish" / "Taking My Time" (20th Century/<a href="/wiki/ABC_Records" title="ABC Records">ABC</a> 6708)</li> <li>"Ain't Got Time" / "Got a Good Thing Goin'" (Imperial 66351)</li> <li>"Do the Sissy" / "Turnin' On" (Imperial 66391)</li> <li>"Conversation with Collins" / "And Then It Started Raining" (Imperial 66412)</li> <li>"Coon 'n' Collards" / "Do What You Want to Do" (<a href="/wiki/Liberty_Records" title="Liberty Records">Liberty</a> 56184)</li> <li>"Get Your Business Straight" / "Frog Jumpin'" (Tumbleweed 1002)</li> <li>"Eight Days on the Road" / "Stickin'" (Tumbleweed 1007)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Videography">Videography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Videography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1986 <i>Further On Down the Road: Albert Collins, <a href="/wiki/Lonnie_Mack" title="Lonnie Mack">Lonnie Mack</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Buchanan" title="Roy Buchanan">Roy Buchanan</a> – Live at Carnegie Hall</i> (Alligator)</li> <li>2003 <i>The Iceman at Mount Fuji</i> (Fuel 2000/Varese 061299)</li> <li>2003 <i>In Concert: One Filter</i> (Music Video Distributors 6526)</li> <li>2005 <i>Albert Collins: Warner Bros. Classics</i> (Warner Bros. 9086390)</li> <li>2006 <i>Live Has Many Faces</i> (Munich MRDVD-6004)</li> <li>2008 <i>Live From Austin TX</i> (New West NW-8051)</li> <li>2008 <i>Live at Montreux 1992</i> (Eagle Vision EREDV641)</li> <li>2016 <i>Live at Rockpalast – Dortmund 1980</i> (MIG Music 90632, 2-CD + DVD set)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film_and_television">Film and television</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Film and television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1978 <i>Live Has Many Faces</i> (Barrelhouse featuring Albert Collins, filmed for the Dutch television show <i>Tros Sesjun</i>)</li> <li>1987 <i><a href="/wiki/Late_Night_with_David_Letterman" title="Late Night with David Letterman">Late Night with David Letterman</a></i> (television show musical guest)</li> <li>1987 <i><a href="/wiki/Adventures_in_Babysitting" title="Adventures in Babysitting">Adventures in Babysitting</a></i> (motion picture film cameo with his band)</li> <li>1992 <i><a href="/wiki/Austin_City_Limits" title="Austin City Limits">Austin City Limits</a></i> [season 17, episode 5] (1991 studio concert)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Collins&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-amg-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-amg_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Skeely, Richard. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p6321">"Albert Collins: Biography"</a>. Allmusic.com.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Music-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Music_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Music_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDu_Noyer2003" class="citation book cs1">Du Noyer, Paul (2003). <i>The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music</i>. Fulham, London: Flame Tree Publishing. p.&#160;164. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-904041-96-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-904041-96-5"><bdi>1-904041-96-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Illustrated+Encyclopedia+of+Music&amp;rft.place=Fulham%2C+London&amp;rft.pages=164&amp;rft.pub=Flame+Tree+Publishing&amp;rft.date=2003&amp;rft.isbn=1-904041-96-5&amp;rft.aulast=Du+Noyer&amp;rft.aufirst=Paul&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlbert+Collins" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Johnson, John G. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fcowg">"Albert CollIns"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131014110728/http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fcowg">Archived</a> 2013-10-14 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i>Handbook of Texas Online</i>. Texas State Historical Association. Accessed July 17, 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BluesGuitar-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BluesGuitar_4-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Obrecht, Jas, ed. (1993). <i>Blues Guitar: The Men Who Made the Music</i>. 2nd ed. Miller Freeman Books. pp. 246–259. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87930-292-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-87930-292-5">0-87930-292-5</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-VitalBlues-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-VitalBlues_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-VitalBlues_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-VitalBlues_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Albert Collins</i>. Vital Blues Guitar Series. Transcriptions by Richard DeVinck. Creative Concepts Publishing (California), 1994. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56922-047-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-56922-047-6">1-56922-047-6</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151220125410/http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/alt-tunings-who-uses-what-0914-2012.aspx">"Alt. Tunings: Who Uses What?"</a>. Gibson.com. 2012-09-14. 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