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Born: July 01, 1935 in Tunica, MS
Years Active: 60 's, 70 's, 80 's, 90 's, 00's
Genre: Blues

Biography:
At his high-energy 1970s peak as a bandleader, James Cotton was a bouncing, sweaty, whirling dervish of a bluesman, roaring his vocals and all but sucking the reeds right out of his defenseless little harmonicas with his prodigious lungpower. Due to throat problems, Cotton's vocals are no longer what they used to be, but he remains a masterful inst... Continue Bio >>

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Tickets:
01/08/2010 B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
01/16/2010 Orpheum Theatre Sioux City
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Discography:
2004 Baby, Don't You Tear My Clothes
2003 Got My Mojo Workin'
2002 35th Anniversary Jam of the James Cotton Blues Band
2001 It Was a Very Good Year
2000 Fire Down Under the Hill
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Filmography:
1966 Blues Masters
1966 Masters of the Blues
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Similar Artists: Jimmy Reed Paul Butterfield Carey Bell Charlie Musselwhite Magic Slim More >>

Influenced By: Little Walter Muddy Waters Junior Wells Howlin' Wolf Snooky Pryor More >> Followers: Billy Branch Nelsen Adelard Big Wheeler Sam Myers William Clarke More >>

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