JOHN CHRISTY:
1971, L.A., playin' the Whiskey wid a rock band. Went to a jam session in--- somewhere around Beverly Hills---dragged my Hammond organ in. And this guy came up to me and said, "Man, you played good, you wanna do some gigs with me?" And I said, "Oh---okay." It was Albert Collins. And we played at USC, and we played some big concerts out...in Anaheim and around L.A. area. And it was the coolest thing. Man, he had this---it musta been a hundred and fifty foot---guitar cord. He went out in the audience. People were rolling in the aisles. Albert Collins---great guy.
Twenty-five years later or somethin' like that, he came to the Kingston Mines and stood there and watched me play a whole set. And he said, "I remember you."
That's it. End of story. (7/30/00 AE)
1971, L.A., playin' the Whiskey wid a rock band. Went to a jam session in--- somewhere around Beverly Hills---dragged my Hammond organ in. And this guy came up to me and said, "Man, you played good, you wanna do some gigs with me?" And I said, "Oh---okay." It was Albert Collins. And we played at USC, and we played some big concerts out...in Anaheim and around L.A. area. And it was the coolest thing. Man, he had this---it musta been a hundred and fifty foot---guitar cord. He went out in the audience. People were rolling in the aisles. Albert Collins---great guy.
Twenty-five years later or somethin' like that, he came to the Kingston Mines and stood there and watched me play a whole set. And he said, "I remember you."
That's it. End of story. (7/30/00 AE)