Ice Pickin is the album that brought Albert Collins directly back into the limelight, and for good reason, too. The record captures the wild, unrestrained side of his playing that had never quite been documented before. Though his singing doesnt quite have the fire or power of his playing, the album doesnt suffer at all because of that -- he simply burns throughout the album. Ice Pickin was his first release for Alligator Records and it set the pace for all the albums that followed. No matter how much he tried, Collins never completely regained the pure energy that made Ice Pickin such a revelation. - Review by Thom Owens Track listing Honey, Hush! (Talking Woman Blues) (Lowell Fulson, Washington) - 04:28 When the Welfare Turns Its Back on You (Weaver, Thomas) - 05:26 Ice Pick (Collins) - 03:08 Cold, Cold Feeling (Jessie Mae Robinson) - 05:19 Too Tired (Saul Bihari, Maxwell Davis, Johnny Guitar Watson) - 03:00 Master Charge (Gwen Collins) - 05:12 Conversation with Collins (Collins) - 08:52 Avalanche (Collins) - 02:39 Albert Collins - guitar & vocals Larry Burton - guitar Allen Batts - keyboards Aron Burton - bass Casey Jones - drums A.C. Reed - tenor sax Chuck Smith - baritone sax
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 07:24:56 +0000
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