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Born: July 01, 1935 in Tunica, MS
Years Active: 50 's, 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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Discography:
Live at Electric Lady
2004 Baby, Don't You Tear My Clothes
2003 Got My Mojo Workin'
2002 One More Mile
2002 35th Anniversary Jam of the James Cotton Blues Band
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Filmography:
1966 Blues Masters
1966 Masters of the Blues
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Influenced By: Muddy Waters Howlin' Wolf Junior Wells Little Walter More >> Followers: Nelsen Adelard Big Wheeler Sam Myers William Clarke George "Wild Child" Butler More >>

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