Albert Collins - Live At Montreux 1992 (2008) DVD Repost

Filmed just a year before his untimely death from cancer, this 1992 concert from Montreux finds the great Albert Collins still at the top of his game. With his trademark Fender Telecaster and distinctive finger picking style well to the fore "The Iceman" delivers a set that runs from his early million selling single "Frosty" right up to songs from his final studio album "Iceman".

1992

In a cruel twist of fate, Collins' invitation to the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1992 would presumably be the last recorded concert footage of the blues guitarist, as he died in 1993 from complications of cancer.

01. Iceman
02. Honey Hush
03. Lights Are On (But Nobody's Home)
04. If You Love Me Like You Say
05. Too Many Dirty Dishes
06. Put The Shoe On The Other Foot
07. Frosty

1979

As a bit of a bonus, there are four songs from Collins' earlier appearance at the 1979 festival.

08. Listen Here
09. Snatchin' It Back
10. Cold Cold Feeling
11. Frosty

Executive Producers: Claude Nobs, Terry Shand & Geoff Kempin

Musicians

• Albert Collins - Guitar, Vocals
• Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (track: 11), Larry Burton (tracks: 8 to 11), Peter Thoennes (tracks: 1 to 7) - Guitar
• Johnny B. Gayden - Bass (tracks: 1 to 7)
• Aron Burton - Bass, Vocals (tracks: 8 to 11)
• Marty Binden - Drums (tracks: 1 to 7)
• Casey Jones - Drums, Vocals (tracks: 8 to 11)
• Bobby Alexis - Keyboards (tracks: 1 to 7)
• Jon Smith - Saxophone (tracks: 1 to 7)
• A.C. Reed - Tenor Saxophone, Vocals (tracks: 8 to 11)
• Steve Howard - Trumpet (tracks: 1 to 7)

Notes

For those who like to do the obligatory movie tie-in, Albert Collins is known as one of the musicians who Elisabeth Shue shared the stage with in Adventures in Babysitting, and to be sure Collins seemed to possess a unique look with a soul patch of sorts and his slightly pronounced cheekbones, with his face contorting into various "oohs" and "aahs" during the songs he played onstage.

For those unfamiliar with Collins' work, he grew up in Texas with a wide variety of blues influences, and the music he plays sounds like a mix of Kansas City and Chicago blues styles. One could say that Collins' songs sound a lot like B.B. King's, save for powerful vocals. But Collins' songs are more about jamming and feeling the blues in instrumental expression, and a lot of his work reflects the joy of the jam. In addition, he influenced other guitar performers like Texas native Stevie Ray Vaughn in the process.






Many thanks to the original uploader: Igor_O25

SEE also:
Albert Collins 2008 Live At Montreux 1992