Blistering Barnacles, Albert Algoud

Texte intégral de " Comment gagner sa vie sur celle des autres" de Christophe Bertin et albert Algoud lu par Albert Algoud accompagné d'un livret préfacé de Jean-Marie Abgrall, criminologue, psychiatre, expert national agréé par la Cour de Cassation. …

L'auteur en quelques mots… Auteur prolifique s'il en est, Albert Algoud diffuse son humour de qualité et son talent de caricaturiste verbal depuis de nombreuses années.
Livres, magazines, radio et même télévision, rien ne l'arrête ! Tintinophile diplômé et respecté, il admire l'oeuvre d'Hergé tout en refusant la béatitude. …

"L'oeuvre d'Hergé est inusable." Michel Serres
"Depuis l'enfance, les aventures de Tintin n'ont cessé de m'accompagner. Je les ai lues tour à tour avec mes yeux d'enfant, d'adolescent et d'adulte (ou de ce qui ressemble à un adulte). Ce qui m'a toujours enchanté chez Tintin, c'est sa liberté : sans parents, sans enfants, sans fiancée, sans âge… M'ont plu aussi ses compagnons, tous fêlés… Haddock le colérique au grand coeur, Tournesol le sourdingue génial, les Dupondt, la Castafiore, Milou, et tous les autres…

It's an all-star blues extravaganza as legendary guitarist B.B. King brings a whole host of popular performers to the stage for a magical night of music captured live at the Ebony Showcase Theater on April 15, 1987. In addition to such classics as "The Thrill Is Gone" and "In the Midnight Hour", King is joined by such talented contemporaries as Eric Clapton, Etta James, Dr. John, Phil Collins, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, Billy Ocean, and Chaka Kahn in performing nine more songs including "Ain't Nobody's Business", "The Sky Is Crying", and "Let the Good Times Roll".

This provided fresh looks at 11 Collins classics, among them such epic numbers as "Don't Lose Your Cool," "Frosty," "Honey Hush" and "Tired Man." There were slow, wailing ballads with blistering solos, electrifying uptempo wailers with a great horn section answering Collins' phrases with their own bleats, and first-rate mastering and production. Guest stars included B.B. King, Branford Marsalis, Kim Wilson and Gary Moore, while Collins injected vitality into numbers he'd already made standards years ago. This set is a wonderful tribute to an incredible guitarist and musician.

Albert King recorded a lot in the early '60s, including some classic sides, but they never quite hit the mark. They never gained a large audience, nor did they really capture the ferocity of his single-string leads. Then he signed with Stax in 1966 and recorded a number of sessions with the house band, Booker T. & the MG's, and everything just clicked. The MG's gave King supple Southern support, providing an excellent contrast to his tightly wound lead guitar, allowing to him to unleash a torrent of blistering guitar runs that were profoundly influential, not just in blues, but in rock & roll (witness Eric Clapton's unabashed copping of King throughout Cream's Disraeli Gears). Initially, these sessions were just released as singles, but they were soon compiled as King's Stax debut, Born Under a Bad Sign.

Albert King recorded a lot in the early '60s, including some classic sides, but they never quite hit the mark. They never gained a large audience, nor did they really capture the ferocity of his single-string leads. Then he signed with Stax in 1966 and recorded a number of sessions with the house band, Booker T. & the MG's, and everything just clicked. The MG's gave King supple Southern support, providing an excellent contrast to his tightly wound lead guitar, allowing to him to unleash a torrent of blistering guitar runs that were profoundly influential, not just in blues, but in rock & roll (witness Eric Clapton's unabashed copping of King throughout Cream's Disraeli Gears).

Deluxe Edition is a solid, albeit imperfect, 13-track collection of highlights from Albert Collins latter-day recordings for Alligator. There are only a handful of genuine classics, but there are a lot of great performances that spotlight Collins stinging guitar work and impassioned vocals. Nevertheless, it's only adequate as an introduction, since Ice Pickin' remains the place to become acquainted with Collins blistering blues.