Known as the Master of the Telecaster, Texas-born Albert Collins had a very distinctive sound and a unique approach to blues guitar. His ferocious attack, his unique guitar setup, and his tone, which ...

Even more impressive, he brought in two bona fide blues legends to play with him and the Destroyers: Bo Diddley and Albert ...

Guitar lessons: One of the original Texas bluesmen, by the age of 18, Albert Collins had discovered the cutting sound he wanted to achieve was most easily coaxed from the Fender Telecaster. This was ...

On this day (November 24) in 1993, Albert Collins died after a short battle with cancer in his Las Vegas, Nevada, home. He was 61 years old. Throughout his career, Collins made a name for himself with ...

The Iceman cometh… in the shape of ace blues guitarist Albert Collins, whose distinctive guitar style earned him a wealth of high profile rock ‘n’ roll supporters, though not exactly the recognition ...

In the mid-1970s, Albert Collins — “The Iceman,” “The Master of the Telecaster” — hired Coco Montoya, a young drummer from California, to play a few gigs with Collins’ group on tour. Montoya stuck ...

Townes Van Zandt, who was a very blue singer-songwriter, is often quoted for stating "There are only two kinds of songs: There's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah." We'll save zip-a-dee-doo-dah ...

Grammy Award-winning guitarist Albert Collins died Wednesday in Las Vegas after a three-month fight against cancer. He was 61. Collins’ razor-sharp guitar style and dynamic stage presence won him the ...