Born in Leona, Texas, Collins was a distant relative of Lightnin' Hopkins and grew up learning about music and playing guitar. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, he absorbed the blues sounds and styles from Texas, Mississippi and Chicago. His style would soon envelop these sounds.
Albert's greatest success came after he signed with Alligator in 1978 and cut Ice Pickin'. It won the Best Blues Album of the Year Award from the Montreux Jazz Festival, and was nominated for a Grammy. His following Alligator albums helped earn Collins every award the blues world had to offer. And, along with Johnny Copeland and Robert Cray (who decided on a career as a bluesman after seeing Collins play his high school prom) Collins cut the Grammy-winning Showdown!.

Personnel
Albert Collins - guitar & vocals
Larry Burton - guitar
Allen Batts - keyboards
Aaron Burton - bass
Casey Jones - drums
A. C. Reed - tenor sax
Chuck Smith - baritone sax

Track listing
Honey, Hush! (Talking Woman Blues) (Fulson/Washington) - 04:28
When The Welfare Turns Its Back On You (Weaver/Thomas) - 05:26
Ice Pick (Collins) - 03:08
Cold, Cold Feeling (Robinson) - 05:19
Too Tired (Bihari/Davis/Watson) - 03:00
Master Charge (Colins) - 05-12
Conversation With Collins (Collins) - 08:52
Avalanche (Collins) - 02:39



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