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Albert Collins
| Guitar player Date of Birth: Country: USA |
Content:
- Biography of Albert Collins
- Early Career and Influences
- Breakthrough and Success
- Later Career and Legacy
Biography of Albert Collins
Early Life and Musical InfluencesAlbert Collins was an American guitarist and singer, and a prominent figure in electric blues.
He was born on October 3, , in Leon, Texas, about a hundred miles from Houston.
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He was the second cousin of the legendary guitarist Lightning Hopkins on his mother's side. Despite his aristocratic guitar lineage, Collins first passion was the piano, which he began playing at six years old. He turned to the guitar because it was difficult to find a piano teacher.
He started learning the instrument from another cousin with an open tuning, but his true inspiration came when he heard John Lee Hooker's record "Boogie Chillun". Collins strained his fingers trying to play the hypnotic boogie riff on an acoustic guitar and quickly switched to