Blues
legend James Cotton's history reads like a veritable
musical who's who. Orphaned at the age of nine, he was
raised by Sonny Boy Williamson, toured as a teenager
with Howlin' Wolf, and as an adult with Muddy Waters
before forming his own band. He is a Grammy Award winner,
an inductee into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2006, an
inductee into the Smithsonian Institution in 1991, and
the winner of countless W.C. Handy Blues Awards. Cotton,
as his friend's call him, has shared the stage with
B.B. King, Johnny Winter, the Allman Brothers, Santana,
Bonnie Raitt, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Sam and Dave,
The Grateful Dead and a long list of others. Now in
his 66th year in the entertainment business, James Cotton's
powerful blues harmonica has amazed audiences around
the world. This is a rare treat to hear a legendary
artist whose name is already in the history books!
