in praise of: "Ice Pickin'" by Albert Collins

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One of the first blues albums I purchased, which I picked up after seeing Adventures In Babysitting when I was 12 (in which Collins made a memorable cameo). Still one of my favorite blues albums, and it seems that every AC album after that was in its shadow (despite him releasing some very good albums in the '80s).

"Cold, Cold Feeling" is maybe the best slow blues tune of the '70s.

― gear (gear), Saturday, 12 November 2005 00:31 (twenty years ago)

I like the little I've heard of him. I'll have to look for that one.

― curmudgeon (Steve K), Saturday, 12 November 2005 03:16 (twenty years ago)

right the fuck on. saw him live in a tiny Michigan club when this came out and he was crowd-pleasing frosty showman a la Buddy Guy.

check out his 60s sides on Truckin With Albert Collins

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Saturday, 12 November 2005 12:19 (twenty years ago)

I have the follow-up to this, Frostbite. The closing slow blues "Snowed In" is great, he tells a story of his car being broke down and he uses the guitar to illustrate all kinds of effects (like the car not being able to start). I heard it on the radio when I was driving in a snowstorm once so I had to buy it. Never heard this one, though.

― Keith C (lync0), Saturday, 12 November 2005 15:11 (twenty years ago)

One of the true originals on the electric guitar. NO ONE sounds like him. I think it had very little to do with him minor tuning/capo set up and a lot to do with his hands. What a genius he was.

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Saturday, 12 November 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

twelve years pass...

dope album is this.

― calzino, Monday, 10 September 2018 22:57 (seven years ago)

I had this casette as a kid. I think I'll need to rescreen it at some point.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 10 September 2018 23:18 (seven years ago)

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