DER US-AMERIKANISCHE MUNDHARMONIKASPIELER JAMES COTTON IST GESTORBEN
17.03.2017 Der am 1. Juli 1935 in Tunica (Mississippi) geborene US-amerikanische Blues-Mundharmonikaspieler und –Sänger James Henry Cotton (Bild) ist am 16. März 2017 in Austin (Texas) gestorben.
Foto: Bengt Nyman, 2007 - CC-Lizenz: Attribution 2.0 Generic - Zur Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Cotton_2007_2.jpg
James Cotton, a pioneering harmonica player who worked with Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and helped establish his instrument as an integral part of modern blues, died on Thursday in Austin, Tex. (...)
Many of Mr. Cotton's lasting early contributions came during his first tenure with Waters, in Chicago, where from 1954 to 1966 he played in a band that included the guitarist Jimmy Rogers and the pianist Otis Spann.
Bill Friskics-Warren
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/arts/music/james-cotton-dead-blues-harmonica-great.html?_r=2
"Mr. Superharp" played with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Gregg Allman, Santana and Grateful Dead, among many others
Kory Grow
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/james-cotton-blues-harmonica-veteran-dead-at-81-w472545
Cotton, known as "Mr. Superharp," was born on a cotton plantation in Tunica, Mississippi on July 1, 1935. He performed professionally since age 9 and went on to share stages with Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, B.B. King, Santana, Steve Miller, Freddie King and many others. Cotton backed Muddy Waters in his landmark album At Newport on Chess Records. He would work with Waters many times through the years.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7728516/james-cotton-obit
Nachdem er mit der Band von Muddy Waters berühmt geworden war, spielte Cotton bei Konzerten von Janis Joplin und den Grateful Dead und arbeitete mit Led Zeppelin zusammen. 2013 veröffentlichte er sein letztes Album, "Cotton Mouth Man", mit dem er zu seinen Wurzeln zurückkehrte.
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James Cotton wuchs unter ärmlichen Bedingungen auf einer Baumwoll-Plantage im Südstaat Mississippi auf. Mit neun Jahren wurde er zum Waisen. Bevor seine Mutter verstarb, schenkte sie ihm eine Mundharmonika. Er fing an Geräusche nachzuahmen und entdeckte sein Talent und die Faszination für die Musik.
morm; acka
https://www.srf.ch/news/panorama/james-cotton-ist-tot
Audios / Videos:
NAMM Oral History Program
https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/james-cotton
JAMES COTTON - STRAIGHTEN UP BABY - SUN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac4XuVpiFYo
James Cotton Cotton Crop Blues SUN 206
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAqTrbuxCRI
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working - 1956
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI_JFcrTooM
Grateful Dead Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 06-25-92
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki97M73vbe8
James Cotton - Blues Is Good for You (Cotton Mouth Man 2013)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv8mqjIuOic
James Cotton- High Compression ( Full Album)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9zwDlQHfBo
James Cotton - Slow Blues (Angel Of Mercy / Blues in my sleep)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBeuco0PgJs
James Cotton - The Creeper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZXMWklGf84
James Cotton Blues Band - Full Concert - 06/15/73 - Winterland (OFFICIAL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfpZIfQcR1A
James Cotton live at Dutch Mason Blues Festival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzCiohfPMII&list=RDUzCiohfPMII#t=39
Keith Richards & James Cotton Rehearsing, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FQT8zrsLzE
Mehr:
http://jamescottonsuperharp.com/
https://www.discogs.com/artist/36605-James-Cotton
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8a40d683-e22f-491d-9bff-5e094d212964
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cotton
Foto: Carl Lender, 2006 - CC-Lizenz: Attribution 2.0 Generic - Zur Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Cotton_One.jpg