Ice Pickin
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Until this album was released in 1978, Albert Collins had been a journeyman Texas bluesman, little known and unrecorded for six years. His guitar playing here won him a new generation of fans, and set the stage for the popularity he enjoyed until his death. His clustered, sustained, choked, and bent notes, played with his thumb and fingers, set a generation of pickers agog. The tone was piercing; the timing impeccable. Collins' vocals were never quite as strong, but it scarcely mattered as he was the man for whom the electric guitar might have been invented. The eight songs on this set include "When the Wel
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Manufacturer: Alligator Records
Release date: 25 October 1990
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0014551471325 UPC: 014551471325
Release date: 25 October 1990
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0014551471325 UPC: 014551471325
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