SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Coco Montoya (b. Henry Montoya, January 1, 1951 in Santa Monica, California) is a blues guitarist and former member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - his career began in the mid-70s with Albert Collins as a drummer. Some good staples on this album The Essential Coco Montoya The Essential Coco Montoya
darkblack (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Albert Collins , Cold, Cold Feelin' , 1978.
The Music Digest (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
In his Ash Grove recording, guitarist Dave Alvin laments the loss of a favorite Los Angeles club, a venue that should be on the National Register of Historic Places. It would have to be in an urn, however, the club burned not once, but three times. Ed Pearl (an uncle of Spirit's Randy California) founded the 250-seat Ash Grove in 1958.
Do Bianchi (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
From the “life could be worse” department… Last night found me and Tracie B at Austin’s top music destination, Antone’s, for a Doug Sahm tribute (Doug Sahm is considered by many the father of the Central Texas music scene). We were there to see legendary bluesman Jimmie Vaughan. Since I moved to Austin nearly a year [...]
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
" The Things That I Used to Do " is a song written by Guitar Slim (aka Eddie Jones) and his 1953 recording of it in New Orleans, was arranged and produced by a young Ray Charles. It was released on Specialty Records in 1954 to become a bestseller, staying in the rhythm and blues charts for 42 weeks'. I can't find that version but Buddy Guy discusses him here Wikipedia Ray Charles's arrangement...
Alternate Brain (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
I'm just drinkin'." Heh ... The great Albert Collins: Albert Collins - I Ain't Drunk
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Coco Montoya is a blues player who's has been around for a while, from his inspiration when he first heard Albert King play the blues, to his role as a drummer with Albert Collins , where he made the transformation to a blues guitar man under Collins' expert tutelage. Over the years he's turned into a man with an axe with a fine edge for the blues, both from his sharp guitar and bluesy vocals. And...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Blimey Wayne is educating Fallon on the finer points of Albert Collins' guitar technique and pointing her towards Joni Mitchell for alternative tunings? You just don't expect to hear that on The Archers.
Bluesdiary (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Albert Collins – Two’s A Crowd Super-Song-Premiere
Bluesdiary (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Albert Collins – Too Many Dirty Dishes Super-Song-Premiere
RochesterConservative.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
From wikipedia: Healey began playing guitar when he was three, developing his unique style of playing the instrument flat on his lap. When he was 17, he formed the band Blue Direction, a four-piece band which primarily played bar-band cover tunes. Among the other musicians were bassist Jeremy Littler, drummer Graydon Chapman, and a schoolmate, [...]
Strat-O-Blogster Guitar Blog (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
In this priceless video, the late great Albert Collins demos his licks for you up close and personal! Going through this a couple times, it suddenly struck me that aspects of Robben Ford's phrasing seem to be influenced by Collins. Any Ford fanatics out there are free to chime in. As for the capo and tuning, a bit of web research indicates 8th fret, minor tuning. The open strings are tuned: F-C-F-Ab-C-F...
Bluesdiary (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
Albert Collins – Lights Are On But Nobody’s Home Super-Song-Premiere
RochesterConservative.com (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
From wikipedia: Montoya’s career began in the mid-70s when Albert Collins asked him to join his band as drummer. Collins took Montoya under his wing and taught him his “icy hot” guitar style. The two remained friends even after Montoya left Collins’ band. In the early 80s John Mayall heard Montoya playing guitar in a Los [...]
Bluesdiary (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Albert Collins – If Trouble Was Money Super-Song-Premiere
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