FRANK PELLEGRINO:
Albert Collins was at the Mines doing a benefit when we were on Clark Street, where the rock 'n' roll McDonalds is currently located. And that afternoon, 'Two On Two', which was a local newsmagazine show on Channel 2, had did a thing on Doc Pellegrino and the Kingston Mines...and Albert...just went, "And you gotta be a doctor to do all this."
Albert was always real accessible to other blues musicians. He was just that kind o' guy. And he would talk to you about the little things, y'know, details. So much in getting blues right is the little details. And there was little things that he used to do that set his guitar playin' and his writing and arranging apart from other people. Just the way he heard the music. But it was still what everybody considered real live blues.
Other than that, there's a million conversations, and most of 'em I can't repeat. (7/30/00 AE)
Albert Collins was at the Mines doing a benefit when we were on Clark Street, where the rock 'n' roll McDonalds is currently located. And that afternoon, 'Two On Two', which was a local newsmagazine show on Channel 2, had did a thing on Doc Pellegrino and the Kingston Mines...and Albert...just went, "And you gotta be a doctor to do all this."
Albert was always real accessible to other blues musicians. He was just that kind o' guy. And he would talk to you about the little things, y'know, details. So much in getting blues right is the little details. And there was little things that he used to do that set his guitar playin' and his writing and arranging apart from other people. Just the way he heard the music. But it was still what everybody considered real live blues.
Other than that, there's a million conversations, and most of 'em I can't repeat. (7/30/00 AE)
