Albert Collins - Ice Pickin'

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 doesn't quite have the fire or power of his playing, the album doesn't 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. ~ Thom Owens, All Music Guide

Name Credits A.C. Reed Sax (Tenor) Albert Collins Vocals, Guitar Allen Batts Keyboards Aron Burton Bass Bruce Iglauer Producer Casey Jones Drums Chuck Smith Sax (Baritone) Dick Shurman Producer Eddie B. Flick Assistant Engineer Fred Breitberg Engineer Jim Matusik Photography Larry Burton Guitar Richard McLeese Producer