Albert Collins
- MatchAlbert Collins
- 100%Freddie King
- 92%Albert King
- 87%Buddy Guy
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- 76%Otis Rush
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- 68%T-Bone Walker
- 66%Robert Cray
- 65%Johnny Winter
- 64%Willie Dixon
Biography
3 October 1932, Leona, Texas, USA, d. 24 November 1993, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Collins was the embodiment of the Texas blues guitar style, using non-standard tuning, and slashing out blocked chords and sharp flurries of treble notes (played without a plectrum) to produce an ‘ice-cold’ sound from his Fender Telecaster. As a youth he developed his style by listening to fellow-Texan Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown, Frankie Lee Sims and his own cousin Willow Young. His first... Read more
Genres
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blues
blues rock
guitar
classic rock
blues
blues rock
guitar
classic rock
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