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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Bill Milkowski

“Freddie King would ask me why I never tried using thumbpicks... I really like digging in with my fingers”: He replaced Jimi Hendrix in Little Richard's band, was idolized by Stevie Ray Vaughan, and is one of the most underrated Tele slingers of all time

Albert Collins performs at the San Francisco Blues Festival at Fort Mason in San Francisco, California on September 15, 1990.

It's a sweaty, booty-shakin', chick-chasin', money-wastin' Saturday night at Tramps, a Manhattan R&B/zydeco club that comes about as close to a down-home N'awlins/Houston juke joint as New York gets.

No pretensions here. These thirty something yupsters are throwing down heartily after a hard day's work on Wall Street. Power ties are removed, and correct blazers are peeled and draped around chairs as patrons knock down shots of tequila and bottles of Corona before heading for the dance floor.

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