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Biography
BLP sources|date=November 2011inline citations|date=November 2011 Albert Cummings (born 1968, Williamstown, Massachusetts|Williamstown , Massachusetts , United States ) is an United States|American blues musician . Cummings started playing the five-string banjo at the age of twelve, but later switched to guitar . In his late twenties he formed a band, Swamp Yankee, and in 1999 released an independently produced album . The trio spent two hours in a recording studio to record the nine songs for the album.
His next recording was issued as an album with Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon , known as being part of Stevie Ray Vaughan 's backing team. Serving as record producer s, they also arranged a deal to ensure wider distribution. Only Shannon remained as the bassist for Cummings' next album. Two years later, in 2006, Cummings recorded a fourth album with new band members.
In 2008, Cummings released a live album , recorded at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Massachusetts .
Discography
The Long Way (Albert Cummings and Swamp Yankee), 1999
From the Heart 2003
True to Yourself , 2004
Working Man Blues , 2006
Feel So Good , 2008
External links
http://albertcummings.com Official Albert Cummings Website
http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/000796.html 2005 Interview with Brian D. Holland of Modern Guitars Magazine
http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/09/real_estate/master_builder_blues/index.htm CNNmoney.com article - February 13, 2006
Persondata | NAME = Cummings, Albert | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = United States|American blues musician | DATE OF BIRTH = 1968 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Williamstown, Massachusetts , United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Cummings, Albert Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:American blues guitarists Category:American blues singers Category:Musicians from Massachusetts Category:People from Williamstown, Massachusetts
