James Cotton Blues Band

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James Cotton (July 1, 1935 – March 16, 2017) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, who has performed and recorded with many of the great blues artists of his time and with his own band. He formed the James Cotton Blues Band in 1967. The band mainly performed its own arrangements of popular blues and R&B from the 1950s and 1960s. Cotton's band included a horn section, like that of Bobby Bland's. After Bland's death, his son told news media that Bland had recently discovered that Cotton was his half-brother. James Cotton played drums early in his career but is famous for his harmonica playing. He began his professional career playing the blues harp in Howlin' Wolf's band in the early 1950s. He made his first recordings in Memphis for Sun Records, under the direction of Sam Phillips. In 1955, he was recruited by Muddy Waters to come to Chicago and join his band. Cotton became Waters's bandleader and stayed with the group until 1965. In 1965 he formed the Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet, with Otis Spann on piano, to record between gigs with Waters's band. He eventually left Waters to form his own full-time touring group. His first full album, on Verve Records, was produced by guitarist Mike Bloomfield and vocalist and songwriter Nick Gravenites, who later were members of the band Electric Flag. In the 1970s, Cotton played harmonica on Waters's Grammy Award–winning 1977 album Hard Again, produced by Johnny Winter. James Cotton (called Cotton by his friends)

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35th Anniversary Jam

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The Best Blues Album in the World... Ever Disc 2

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Blues Revue Sampler 2002

Dealing With The Devil & Other Favorites (Digitally Remastered)

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Harmonica Classics By The Blues Masters

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Live & On The Move [Bonus Track]

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Dealin' with the Devil

100% Cotton

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Blues Masters, Vol. 16: More Harmonica Classics

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Blues Masters Vol. 04 - Harmonica Classics

Taking Care of Business

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Blues Masters, Vol. 4: Harmonica Classics

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