[Harp-L] James Cotton info

[B Boggs <ceudoazul@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Garry!
   
   
   
   
  Garry posted:
   
   
  From: Garry Hodgson <garry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Fwd: Re: James Cotton
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more and better info on cotton,
forwarded with permission.

> Hi Garry & Sonny~
>  
> That's pretty much the truth.
>  
> Cotton is an old and dear friend. I worked with him as his agent in  
the 70's 
> and 80's.
>  
> Yes, his mother did play harmonica. Chicken & train sounds.  And  
probably 
> hymns. His father was a Baptist preacher.
>  
> Both of his parents had died by the time he was nine. It was his 
uncle that  
> took him to see (and meet) Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller) who had 
a  radio 
> show on KFFA in Helena, AK at the time. Cotton played Sonny Boy's 
radio  
> theme song for him, note for note. Impressing Sonny Boy to no end.
>  
> From that time on the two were like father and son.
>  
> There were dozens of juke joints in the South at the time and Sonny 
Boy  
> played in nearly every one in Mississippi and Arkansas. Now he had an  
opening 
> act!  Because Cotton was too young to go inside he would "open" for  
Sonny Boy on 
> the steps of these juke joints, sometimes making more money in tips  
outside 
> than Sonny Boy did at the gig inside. 
>  
> After a gig early one morning Sonny Boy split for  Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin, to 
> live with his estranged wife, leaving his band to  Cotton. Cotton 
being young 
> (much younger than the others in the band) he was  simply unable to 
keep the 
> group together.  
> Soon, thereafter he met and began playing with  Howlin' Wolf (who was 
a mean 
> harp player in his own right) 
> More at Cotton's official website: 
> _http://www.jamescottonsuperharp.com/Bio.html_ 
(http://www.jamescottonsuperharp.com/Bio.html)  


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Garry Hodgson, Senior Software Geek, AT&T CSO



       
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