<P> In November 1971 the Denver label Tumbleweed, which had been newly created by Larry Ray and Bill Szymczyk, released Collins's album There's Gotta Be a Change; it was the label's first official release . The single "Get Your Business Straight", backed with "Frog Jumpin"', was released by Tumbleweed in February 1972 . In 1973 Tumbleweed closed because of financial problems, leaving Collins without a record label . He was signed by Bruce Iglauer, the owner of Alligator Records, in 1978 on the recommendation of Dick Shurman, whom Collins had met in Seattle . His first release for the label was Ice Pickin' (1978), which was recorded at Curtom Studios, in Chicago, and produced by Iglauer, Shurman and Richard McLeese . On 2 February 1978 Collins appeared in concert with the Dutch band Barrelhouse, which was his first live appearance outside the United States . The concert was filmed for the Dutch TV show Tros Sesjun and was subsequently released on vinyl in 1979 by Munich Records as Albert Collins & Barrelhouse Live . Collins won a W.C. Handy Award in the category Best Contemporary Blues Album in 1983 for his Alligator release Don't Lose Your Cool . </P> <P> On 13 July 1985 Collins performed with George Thorogood and the Destroyers at Live Aid, appearing as guest soloist on "Madison Blues"; the US part of the charity concert was held at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia and, with simultaneous broadcasts in other countries, was viewed by over 1.5 billion people . In December 1986 Collins appeared in concert with Etta James and Joe Walsh at the Wiltern Theater, in Los Angeles; the concert was subsequently released on video under the title Jazzvisions: Jump the Blues Away . The backing musicians for the concert were Rick Rosas (bass), Michael Huey (drums), Ed Sanford (Hammond B3 organ), Kip Noble (piano) and Josh Sklar (guitar). In 1986 Collins won a Grammy Award with Robert Cray and Johnny Copeland for their album Showdown! Collins finished working on his seventh Alligator album, Cold Snap, by October 1986 . It was released shortly afterwards to good reviews and received a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Blues Recording of 1987 . Collins cited the album as personally important to him because of the involvement of the organist Jimmy McGriff, an early musical idol, with whom Collins had played in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1966 . </P> <P> On 12 February 1987 he appeared as a musical guest on the NBC talk show Late Night with David Letterman . Collins made a cameo appearance in the 1987 comedy film Adventures in Babysitting . In 1987 the American composer John Zorn and Collins collaborated on a suite, "Two - Lane Highway", which was subsequently released on Zorn's album Spillane . On 22 April 1988 Collins appeared at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in a group consisting of B.B. King, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan; the group played on the steamboat President as it cruised along the Mississippi River, in recognition of the musical heritage of New Orleans and artists such as Fate Marable, Louis Armstrong and Henry Red Allen, who had entertained passengers on the fleet of riverboats owned by the Streckfus brothers . </P> <P> Collins was signed to Pointblank Records, a subsidiary of Virgin Records, in 1991 . Bruce Iglauer of Alligator Records expressed his disappointment at the departure of Collins while acknowledging that he had signed Collins on a record - to - record basis . On 15 November 1991 Collins performed with Robert Cray, Steve Cropper and Dave Edmunds at the Guitar Legends event in Seville, a series of five concerts to promote the upcoming Seville Expo' 92 . On 28 October 1991 Collins was filmed in concert for the television program Austin City Limits; the concert was broadcast on 21 February 1992 and released on DVD in April 2008 as Albert Collins Live from Austin, TX . In 1993 Collins played at the Pointblank Borderline Blues Festival in London, which ran from 17 March to 27 March; this was his last appearance in the UK . </P>

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