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  • I only caught the ast 20 seconds. Is it Albert Collins?

  • Didn't know Sloth from The Goonies played rhythm guitar.

  • Is that James Lipton (Inside the Actors Guild) on the trumpet? LOL!

  • Love this video! Albert is wild and edgy, somewhat like the time I saw Buddy Guy.

    Mr. Collins just sets that Tele on fire!

    Great mullet on the other guitarist, and the drummer does look like Mel Gibson.

    Thank you for the post!

  • Dude was insane good. Notice how he realizes one of his strings is out of tune around 1:08, he just reaches over and twists it right into tune, like it's no big deal.

  • From my many years of seeing this type of talent I can only assume he was a real handful. Guys like that don't take nothin from nobody. Bless his heart.

  • Hell. greetings from japan.

  • i like how the rythm guitar player tried to get his coolness in at the end of the song lol

  • The drummer looks like Mel Gibsons brother 02:37. Sweet video!

  • 1:31 Awesome lick!

  • How does he get the the range with the kapo set in that position?

  • @MrPhotodoc 6 strings?

  • I met AC back in the late 80's. Sweet, sweet, gracious soul.

  • man that quad reverb sounds like a dream..ICE PICKIN ALBERT!

  • shut your faces!

  • Technically everything is wrong, but musically everything is soooo right!!!

  • @YuToobVids i don´t think so...everything is sooo right...his right hand technique is great... metal blues band

  • Everyone look at his rythm guitarist.......Ready??? AAAAAAACHOOOOOO! He looks like he's gonna sneeze! LOL

  • Nice mullet on the strat player

  • you can learn the tech, and theory but you cany buy wot this dude had~!

  • I still remember well his live in Japan (not this stage). He played in small live house, and it was really a fun. Very nice funky guy. Nobody can play guitar like him.

    Is it Open Dm tuning ?

  • @pokerin3545 Open F minor, he used the capo to get the D minor.

  • As he got older he got more complex - unlike many of his contemporaries. There's pull-offs on top of pull-offs, with bent chords sandwiched between. I just love this man. He will always be my favorite.

  • what a vibrato

  • Damn why do so many great ones leave so early?

  • i dont get how he can bend like that with a capo on, its freakin hard

  • Holy Shit!

    This is like the 3Kings tones mixed with speed!

    really good sstuff!

  • what's this about Malmsteens or Garymoores? Not sure what they are "saying" when they are playing guitar. If they pay attention, they might be able to learn something about music from Albert.

    But it has abolutely nothing to do with race or nationality, and I'm sure Albert would have said that himself.

  • Pure power, smiling face , goodvibes over goodvives , living tone......

  • To the 2 dislikes, stick to your HIP HOP garbage. This is real deal .

    taariqtaaiq it must of been mind blowing, I envy you.

  • I saw this man live in Melbourne AU , he was red hot :-) but then he died a year later.

  • This is why white people have to play a lot of notes to say the same thing...

    ***jcmcneilband***

  • To do List:

    1- Practice a whole lot more.

    2- Punch the 2 people who dislike in the frickin FACE.

  • 2 people are fucking retarded.

  • holy shit

  • Damn! Alberts playing his ass off!! Go ahead Al!  I aint mad @ ya!

  • jeeeeeeeeeeeezus, what a mullet

  • @rvz77 I would wear that mullet over my harry baals if it let me stand next to the Ice Man on stage.

  • How cool is this!!! :) Albert Rules!

  • WOW!!! Great video!

  • Twenty years ago i was doing timein a Missouri prison and everyday for 6years me an Albert spent time together in a cell, of course he was only there by cassete but, he was my savior in those dark days. Well, look at me now Albert im all grown up and never going there again but i took you with me and here you will remain by my side dear friend. Thank you!

  • He has everything he needs within half the fretboard space than a regular guitarist would need. Just unreal! God Bless you Albert and God rest your soul, brother.

  • haha he's tuning during his solo at 1:08.

  • holy shit he's so good. i love how into it he gets. this is the first time seeing albert collins and hearing him play. FANTASTIC. Was just listening to SRV and heard him mention albert collins and searched immediately for him. thanks for the upload!

  • Looks like he is finger pickin' with a thumb pick,fast playin' no doubt

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  • Feel and emotion will always trump technique. AC proved it every night.

  • People like Albert is just... so fucking freaking awesome! I mean just listen too the guitar sound!!! It is too much! How is it even possible too give a guitar so much love!? Its awesome!!! Damn, I love it!

  • GODDAMN. thanks for the post.

  • This guy does more with a signal note than Malmsteen does with an entire scale.

  • @ProfessorWonder Malmsteen should bow to Albert Collins every morning before breakfast

  • @ProfessorWonder "Professor", how can you even imagine to compare those two? Malmsteen plays neo-classical metal, Albert Collins plays blues. They have almost nothing in common.

  • @erolr900

    Quality vs. quantity.

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  • @erolr900

    Yeah, I guess you're right. Thanks, mysterious stranger.

  • @erolr900

    Not that I agree with comments underrating Malmsteen but your analogy is a little off I believe. You're comparing apples with oranges: Composers with a shredder...

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  • @ProfessorWonder Albert was an Artist, not a mechanic.

  • @ProfessorWonder No, man... this guy does more with a single note than Malmsteem does in an entire concert.

  • @ProfessorWonder Amen to that!

  • @ProfessorWonder You´re totally right!

  • Yes, this is the stuff of the IceMan! I love his edgy, biting tone on that Tele!

    Roy Buchanan sounds somewhat like Albert Collins.

    Thank you for the post! What a legend!

  • Depois ainda perguntam pq torço o nariz para Eric Clapton (aquele branquinho)...

    Albert Collins simplesmente mata a pau com sua telecaster.

    Durante o solo ele percebe que está um pouco fora de tom e acerta a afinação sem parar de tocar, aos 1:08. Demals!

  • I am not a Preacher Man. Logic is hard to avoid. Dueteronomy, IS in the music, blaring to rival the trumpet on stage. If you don't hear it, have a good time for me. I'll see you a lttle farther down the road, swinging in the breeze.

  • The great master note that the guitar was out of tune and correct it just in time !!! amazing ear...

  • brividi da Iceman!!!  MASTER OF TELECASTER

  • When he tunes on the fly and rolls into that ascending scale pattern...priceless! He was a master! People can trash talk him cause he used a capo, but so what? He was one of the best!

  • Yeah. I capo did him in.

  • Who is the mullet?

  • what a wonderful man !

  • i had the pleasure of playing with albert and i had a picture of it some goof stole it damn that man anyway we shared a hotel room and we use to talk on the phone anyway i miss him we were good friends

  • that rhythm guitarist has one gnarly mullet!

  • @Gotama456

    "one gnarly mullett"

    Can you imagine his well preserved frozen remains being found in the Swiss Alps five thousand years hence?

    "Anthropologists call him '1991 man'. It's unclear what the frosted markings on the denim were meant to signify."

  • @Gotama456 thats a king mullet!!! lmao

  • Oh,and lest I forget Hubert Sumlin!!!

  • To 10 electric bluesmen, no particular order Albert,Freddie ,B.B King Earl Hooker,Magic Sam,Otis Rush,Albert Collins,Buddy Guy,T Bone Walker and yes Jimi Hendrix.

  • easily one of the top 5 electric blues men in HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!

  • Nobody makes a guitar cry like The Iceman.

  • God's gift

    

  • Nobody sounds like Albert Collins. He has no clones. Albert King has his SRV and Freddie King has his Clapton, but AC is totally unique. I guess it's that crazy tuning of his which allows all the pulloffs. You really can't do his licks justice in standard tuning.

  • @1Doz I bet even he couldn't do "his licks" in standard tuning. Not to diminish his talent, he's got a great feel. He's probably using that capo on the 10th fret cause the band's playing in D instead of the common E or A. It's pretty important for a musician to know stuff in all keys. The standard blues I IV V I is not a tough progression either. You'd think a lifelong player would have spent some time learning his instrument a little better. The altered tuning and capo is cop out.

  • @ChrisGuerre

    AC capos everything. There's no way to do his licks in standard tuning. I've tried. You can play the notes but you can't get the feel quite right. AC is one of the greats and I don't begrudge him a thing. He's a lead player, a singer, a songwriter, and a bandleader. He leaves the chords to someone else. That's how a lot of those guys did it. Nothing wrong with it. They left us some great music.

  • @ChrisGuerre when you can make it work like albert with your knowledge, let us know...

  • @zenbolt How do you know I haven't already? So many people have "made it work" like Albert. Trust me, if there is anything that leads one to better musicianship, it's knowledge of the craft and instrument. I dare you to see if you can figure any way to dispute this fact. Musicians are supposed to be trained like any other trade. You want a mechanic taking shortcuts while working on your car? How about a chef who doesn't know the difference between sugar and salt?

  • @1Doz The other dude who as no copies is Johnny Guitar Watson. Most white dudes can't fuck with 'em cause it's got too much funk, too much rythm in it. White lead blues players ain't really interested in rythm or groove.

  • @SlikkTim

    I hear ya. Groove is what sets apart the great lead players from the average ones, black or white. You gotta remember that right hand. Limp, unfunky lead playing gets old after about 10 seconds no matter how clever the notes are.

  • Senti come ie viaggia co sta chitaretta!!!Uozzamericanboy!!­!!!!Oh Yea

  • the sax player on the right is John R Smith was in Edgar Winter's "White Trash Horn Section" and was on alot of great albums, I helped him move out of home in Charlotte nc

  • One hellava mullet on 2nd guitar!

  • I don't think this is Albert's band. I've seen him a lot, & none of these guys look familiar. Actually, they sound better than many versions of the Ice breakers., but who are they?

  • Makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Simply bad ass! The sound, from the first note, coming from the telecaster...amazing.

  • Albert Collins was the man,YES!

  • Did you know he tuned to F minor?!!! Freakin' awesome, RIP Al :'(

  • My favorite blues guitarist is the ICEMAN.  No one else sounds like this man!

  • the best...the best...and I've seen SRV, BB King, John Lee Hooker, Roy Buchanan, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton,  Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana, ..etc..to name a few....Albert was like nothing you've ever imagined...no pause between sets, non-stop, jamming blues concerts...

  • note that his high string is out of tune until he fixes it at 1:11 - he did not seem to notice in the intro. great video - that you for posting

  • "tuning on the fly" was nothing to this Master.

  • This guys is such an awesome player.

    Thanks for sharing

    Jake

  • I'm sure the guy on rhythm is a shit-hot guitar player himself, or he wouldn't be playing with AC. But that mullet has to be scaring the locals.

  • am I wrong or was that the BEST blues guitarist of his entire generation????!

  • :28 ayy sound dude, wake the F up.

  • seriously man albert is so sick...I think I got cut during that solo

  • You'd think running a capo that high would limit his range, but I guess you don't need many notes if you can tear the hell out of a few.

  • YOWZA! FUCKING RIP IT!

  • Nobody but nobody tears into a note like Albert. His vibrato just kills. Awesome post!

  • @fleafarteasy Albert tore right through his guitar, powerful hands, what an inspiration.

  • Mr Albert Collins - The Master of the 'Caster

  • Shit that tele SCREAMS

  • good lord look at that mullet! i feel embarrased for that guy

  • Did the rhythm guitarist sneeze or is he going to?

  • What is the french word for Mullet?

  • Frullet. (Fru-Lay)

  • LOL!

  • I want a Tele like that.

  • You can have an Albert Collins custom Telecaster guitar from the Fender Custom Shop for around $4000.

    Albert Collins Signature Telecaster®

    The Ice Mans 66 Custom Telecaster guitar is faithfully replicated in this screamer! The Albert Collins Signature Telecaster features a double-bound swamp ash body, specially-shaped maple neck with 21 frets, a custom Seymour Duncan® humbucking pickup at the neck and a custom vintage Fender Tele pickup at the bridge.

  • LOL - does it come with the CAPO?

  • AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACHUUUU!

  • Albert died of liver cancer.

  • Still can't stop listening to this.. I have known this video for 5 months now.. this is something I would call SUPER!

  • i played tgis song loud as hell as i drove out of detroit back to cincinnati. i hate detroit.

  • Turn that fender supper reverb up all the way, let it rip,man that guy could play. There will never be another one like him, we are losing all the blues masters. I dont see anyone to replace any of them.

  • Looks like rented Fender Twin Reverb this time. Albert's own amp was a Fender Quad Reverb.

  • @lazur1

  • hé, le guitariste rythmique, c'est Chris WADDLE ?

    He, Is this Chris WADDLE playing the rythme guitar?

  • Ha ! Marseille supporter ?

  • Of course! Aren't you?

    Waddle was the best football player I have never seen?

    Do you speak french?

  • No, not a Marseille supporter but Waddle was a legend. I don't speak French.

  • This is in my must learn guitar songs list. God I wish I could play like that..

  • He sure could bend the notes! God bless him, and God bless Philip Antone who brought him to his Home of the Blues in Austin...God rest both of their souls!

  • I think you mean Clifford Antone ; )

  • Oops! Blonde moment...sure do. Just had dinner a couple weeks ago with my friend Pete who used to tour with the Iceman...Pete plays a monster guitar as well...When he came in to play at Antone's, he always brought Pete (Texas boy with family in the area) in with him even though there's a great house band...says alot about Albert Collins' generous nature,

  • One of the greatest blues men of all time and kids gotta come in with comments like he didn`t eat and he swore. Go back to your teeny chat rooms you fukwits and let we adults enjoy the mastery of the iceman !!!!!

  • Some of us actually have an ounce of maturity. Collins is amazing

  • ha ha he swore

  • caution, guitar bites.

  • Most appropriate 3 words ever! Very cool

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  • >ravensmead Good luck! Are you dead or something? Then you might see him in heaven. He died '93.

  • I had the good fortune to witness Iceman live and it was literally a religious experience, I miss him so much...

  • God I love Albert. I learned how to play guitar by just riffing pentatonic over "Too Many DIrty Dishes" when I was a kid and drove my family crazy. I had a POS Peavey Predator and would crank up the treble on my amp to the max to try and get that trebly sound.

    I will always love Albert Collins for getting me into the Blues. Go Iceman!!

  • Great tune to learn guitar to ricbob!!!

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  • @ricbob I knew Albert and loved him. I first met him at Budddy Guy's Legends in Chicago. After the show ended, Albert invited me to the Blackstone Hotel, where he was staying. Wanted me to sit in with him, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, and a bunch of others. We didn't get out of Legends until about 5:30 AM. I knew then I was screwed. However, the jams turned out to be delightful, and we had a really, really good time.

  • tremendous

  • i cant believe this guy died of lung cancer, he looks really healthy to me

  • He was the ultimate showman. As part of every show, he had hundreds of foot of cord on a giant spool and would work his way through the crowd and go out into the street and continue, where all you could hear was the plucking of the strings.

  • He makes the guitar sing

  • he is nice. That was such a quick tune. It sounds so beautiful.

  • wonderfull moments when he hear the untuned E note at 1:08 and while hes plaing he fix imediatly and not stop the solo ... i love it , real god of blues !!!

  • its just that perfect touch. And then its the way he ripps back into that solo. beautiful!

  • Nice catch. That was amazing.

  • of all the blues guys Albert's the one I always come back to. He's the best.

  • Yes he is

  • + brutto OI

  • That ice cold tone cuts my head off every time!

  • You want to realized how real jump blues was meant to be played? Listen to this guy.. Flow like a butterfly..sting you w/the ice picking tone..I can listen to this guy all day. Death to John Mayer

  • That guy on rhythm guitar sure has one killer mullet !!!

  • Why don't people make music like this anymore?

  • I read that he was playing at Antone's in Austin and walked next door through an alley and ordered a pizza- while he was still playing. Then the delivery guy walked into the show and didn't know what was happening.

    THAT is a showman.

  • I guess Albert was hungry to order pizza :) Probably didn't get a chance to eat beforehand. :)

  • Bend it AC play them strings - even with that capo on 9.

  • IN-COM-PARA-BLE..

    No comparing.. none.. no no no no!

    Yes yes yes.. Albert Collins! WHOA!

  • hotter than peppa puddin

  • WOW

  • I really wish this man was still alive because he impacted the music scene and the world.

  • Albert Collins was one of THE BEST!!!

  • Yes, sir!  ;)

  • sounds just like frosty!

  • Ice mAn/Alber collins picked that telecaster like a eskimo making a igloo, easy & relaxed, sting me, ice man..

  • It doesent get any better than Albert Collins..Buy of all of his Cds folks..

  • great player and had a great personality ..

    man he could play

  • hahaha the guy with the mullet

  • Great performance! Thank god he tunes up his high E string at 1:11 it was making me cringe!

  • 9th fret