and Johnny Copeland, who shaped the legacy of T-Bone Walker into a modern blues template that was to have a major influence on many later players. In an interview with Guitar World magazine, Robert Cray said, "it was seeing Albert Collins at a rock festival in 1969 that really turned my head around." Two years later, Collins played at Cray's high-school graduation party in Tacoma, Washington, and the ice-pick sound sunk in deep: "That was it," Cray recalled. "That changed my whole life around. From that moment I started seriously studying the blues." Rolling Stone ranked Collins at number 56 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists. Discography Studio albums 1965: The Cool Sound of Albert Collins (TCF Hall TCF-8002) collection of singles, reissued in 1969 as Truckin' with Albert Collins (Blue Thumb BTS-8) 1968: Love Can Be Found Anywhere (Even in a Guitar) (Imperial LP-12428) 1969: Trash Talkin''' (Imperial LP-12438) 1970: The Compleat Albert Collins (Imperial LP-12449) 1971: There's Gotta Be a Change (Tumbleweed TWS-103) 1978: Ice Pickin' (Alligator AL-4713) 1980: Frostbite (Alligator AL-4719) 1983: Don't Lose Your Cool (Alligator AL-4730) 1986: Cold Snap (Alligator AL-4752) - with Jimmy McGriff 1991: Iceman (Point Blank/Virgin VPBCD-3; 91583; 86197; 39194) Collaborations 1985: Showdown! (Alligator AL-4743) - with Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland Live albums 1969: Alive & Cool (Red Lightnin' RL-004) - live at the Fillmore West, 1969 1976: "The Bicentennial Session" (Crossed Arrow Music 2008) 1978: Albert Collins with The Barrelhouse Live (Munich Records BM 150225) 1979: Jammin' with Albert (Blues Tune BT-008) - with Champion Jack Dupree, Rory Gallagher 1981: Frozen Alive! (Alligator AL-4725) - live at the Union Bar, Minneapolis, MN 1984: Live in Japan (Alligator AL-4733) - live at Kudan Kaikan, Tokyo, 1982 1989: Jazzvisions: Jump the Blues Away (Verve 841287) - with Etta James, Joe Walsh 1995: Live '92/'93 (Point Blank/Virgin 40658) 1995: Cold Tremours (Blues Boulevard) 250186, Music Avenue – 250186 1995: Charly Blues Legends Live – Vol. 7 (Charly CBL-756) 1998: Molten Ice (Cass Records CAS-70108) - live at the El Mocambo Club, 1973; also released as The Things He Used To Do, The Iceman Cometh, and The Hot 'Cool' Sound of Albert Collins 2005: The Iceman at Mount Fuji (Fuel 2000/Varese 061457) - live at the Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival, 1992 2008: Live at Montreux 1992 (Eagle ER-20124) 2014: Funky Blues – Live 1973 (Rockbeat ROC-3275) - live at Joe's Place, Cambridge, MA