The American blues guitarist and singer Albert Collins had a few nicknames
"The Ice Man", "The Master of the Telecaster" and "The Razor Blade". All descriptions of his playing style.
He began using Fender Telecasters in the late 1950's and developed a unique sound featuring minor tunings, sustained notes and an "attack" finger style. He also frequently used a capo on his guitar, particularly on the 5th, 7th, and 9th frets. He primarily favoured an "open F-minor" tuning (low to high: F-C-F-Ab-C-F). and "D minor D-A-D-F-A-D" tuning.
Albert died 24th November 1993, and as the 20th century came to a close fewer and fewer of these great electric blues guitarists remained. They are the link to the origins of rock and roll and the last inheritors of the blues tradition from that century. Many having worked or learnt from the master players stretching back to the early part of the 1900's. Whether a new generation of American black (or white) guitarists will ever have the same impact as these players did still remains to be seen.
Here is Albert playing Ice Man. The capo is on the 7th fret.
