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Quiz about Starring Albert Collins
Quiz about Starring Albert Collins

Starring Albert Collins Trivia Quiz


The great bluesman Albert Collins was taken from us too early. This quiz covers general information about his recording career.

A multiple-choice quiz by deputygary. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
deputygary
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
256,898
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
229
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Top 5% quiz!
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Question 1 of 10
1. What guitar did Albert play? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which of the following was one of Albert's nicknames? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Albert recorded 7 albums with a well-known blues recording company. What was its name? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Albert shared a grammy with two other blues guitarists for the 1985 album, "Showdown." Who were the other two guitarists? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What 1987 movie starring Elizabeth Shue did Albert appear in? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which of his albums won the W.C. Handy Award for best blues album of 1983? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Albert had a unique style of playing that included minor tuning, use of a capo, and an attacking fingerstyle. His style had a name. What was it? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Albert Collins played on albums for people like Branford Marsalis, John Mayall, David Bowie, Robert Cray and Jack Bruce. Which of his songs did he play on B.B. King's "Blues Summit?"
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What was the name of the song from his "Ice Pickin'" LP about a man who got his wife a credit card for her birthday? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Where was Albert born? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What guitar did Albert play?

Answer: Fender Telecaster

Albert was "The Master of the Telecaster." Chet Atkins played a Country Gentleman. I play a Yamaha F325 (badly). It is an acoustic guitar.
2. Which of the following was one of Albert's nicknames?

Answer: Iceman

His band was the Icebreakers, so he was known as the Iceman. The Velvet Fog is the nickname of crooner Mel Torme. Gitfiddle Jim was a bluesman. Several musicians have been known as Blind Boy.
3. Albert recorded 7 albums with a well-known blues recording company. What was its name?

Answer: Alligator Records

Alligator Records' stable of artists included: A.C. Reed, Johnny Copeland, Roy Buchanan, Koko Taylor, Robert Cray, Son Seals, Johnny Winters, and Gatemouth Brown, among many others.
4. Albert shared a grammy with two other blues guitarists for the 1985 album, "Showdown." Who were the other two guitarists?

Answer: Robert Cray and Johnny Copeland

Angus Young and Bon Scott were/are in AC/DC. Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs were Country & Western musicians. Ravi Shankar played the sitar while George Harrison was a Beatle.
5. What 1987 movie starring Elizabeth Shue did Albert appear in?

Answer: Adventures in Babysitting

Albert played himself.
6. Which of his albums won the W.C. Handy Award for best blues album of 1983?

Answer: Don't Lose Your Cool

"Don't Lose Your Cool" included "Get to Gettin'", "When a Guitar Plays the Blues", "...But I Was Cool", and, of course, "Don't Lose Your Cool."
7. Albert had a unique style of playing that included minor tuning, use of a capo, and an attacking fingerstyle. His style had a name. What was it?

Answer: Collins Shuffle

"The Master of the Telecaster" used an open Em tuning: E-G-E-G-B-E.
8. Albert Collins played on albums for people like Branford Marsalis, John Mayall, David Bowie, Robert Cray and Jack Bruce. Which of his songs did he play on B.B. King's "Blues Summit?"

Answer: Call it Stormy Monday

"Crossroads Blues" is a Robert Johnson song that has been covered by many artists. "Voodoo Child" is a Jimi Hendrix song which has also been done by Stevie Ray Vaughan. Stevie Ray also recorded a version of "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
9. What was the name of the song from his "Ice Pickin'" LP about a man who got his wife a credit card for her birthday?

Answer: Master Charge

"I can see in my mind
on a horse like Paul Revere
I check my mail box
'cause these bills keep coming here"
10. Where was Albert born?

Answer: Texas

On October 1, 1932 in Leona, Texas. The Iceman was related to Lightnin' Hopkins.
Source: Author deputygary

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