#james cotton

[lisamarie-vee]

#big mama thornton #blues music #women in rock #rock and roll hall of fame #b&w #1960s #muddy waters #james cotton #otis spann #jim marshall #hatshop

[bestfrozentreats2]

Bonnie MacLean

"One of the GREAT Artists of the Psychedelic sixties left this worldly plane with the passing of Bonnie MacLean on February the 4th, 2020 in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

During the early days of the Fillmore, Bonnie was the most "present" member of the staff. She collected tickets, passed out handbills, blew up balloons and counted money for Fillmore productions. Impressed with her lettering skill on the upcoming attractions chalkboards, Bill Graham (who she later married 1967-1975), surprised her with an easel and art supplies for Christmas, 1967, and her poster artist career was launched. Untrained in graphic arts, her early style evolved into ornate, Medieval-Gothic designs. Faces in her posters wore trance-like stares, steady and serene, and evoke the detached spirituality of the sixties.

Bonnie continued creating artwork to the end.... She will certainly be remembered as one of the True Pioneers of our Psychedelic Poster past."

--Rusty Goldman

#bonnie maclean #fillmore auditorium #the yardbirds #the doors #james cotton #richie havens

[thislovintime]

Peter Tork, late 1966.

“[On] April, 3, 1966, [Peter] Tork opened for blues legend Muddy Waters at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. [...] [Tork] remembers the 1966 nightclub show well. ‘I learned a valuable lesson there,’ he said in an interview from his home in Connecticut. ‘Folks came to hear Muddy Waters sing the blues. The opening act should play the blues.’ Tork, 64, said he played pop music until the last song, when he played a blues number. Afterward, Waters’ famous harmonica player, James Cotton, came up to him and said, ‘Why didn’t you tell me you did the blues? I would have come up and played the harp with you!’ Tork realized he missed the opportunity of a lifetime to play with Cotton, as well as to give the audience members what they came for.” - Toledo Blade, July 2008

“In a casual conversation with Monkee Peter Tork recently, I discovered that not only did he perform at Hollywood’s Troubadour, but I was actually at his opening there, April 3, 1966. Unfortunately, while Pete was making his début, I was backstage interviewing Muddy Waters, who was headlining! However, I did find the review of the show in the April 4 ‘Daily Variety,’ which described Peter as ‘a youthful folkster with a rock look.’ (Little did they know!) Though the overall program including Peter’s spot, was called excellent, he himself was declared ‘less successful and apparently new. He’s uneven, shows vocal insecurities in ballads, but hits a nice stride in what he calls a terror song, “Broken In The Dust Again,” and in a social message, “I Truly Understand.”’” - Tracy Thomas, NME, March 18, 1967

#Peter Tork #Tork quotes #1960s #60s Tork #Shoe Suede Blues #The Monkees #Monkees #what if... of Tork history #Muddy Waters #James Cotton #Troubadour #00s Tork #<3 #1966 #Tork performances #The Troubadour #Toledo Blade #can you queue it

[mostlythemarsh]

James Cotton

#friday #records #james cotton

[blackros78]

Little Walter and James Cotton. Photo by Ernest Withers.

#little walter #james cotton #blues

[musicboys]

Muddy Waters and James Cotton par Raeburn 'Ray' Flerlage, 1963.

#muddy waters #james cotton #Raeburn 'Ray' Flerlage #1963

[musickickztoo]

James Cotton  † March 16, 2017

#james cotton #march 16 #july 1

[ifelllikeastar]

James Henry Cotton was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. He became interested in music when he first heard Sonny Boy Williamson II on the radio. He played drums early on but he began his professional career playing the blues harp in Howlin' Wolf's band in the early 1950s. He made his first recordings as a solo artist for Sun Records in Memphis in 1953 and he began working with the Muddy Waters Band around 1955.

James died on March 16, 2017 at the age of 81.

#james cotton #love #music legend #howlin wolf #memphis #harmonica #drums #delta blues #mississippi #texas #arkansas #muddy waters #black lives #sonny boy williamson II #willy dixson #march

[rastronomicals]

2:00 PM EDT October 8, 2023:

James Cotton - "Cotton Crop Blues" From the album   The Black Keys Present The Hill Country Blues (May 2021)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Giveaway with the July 2021 issue, the one with Joni Mitchell on the cover, and the Troggs story inside.

#James Cotton #The Black Keys Present The Hill Country Blues #Cotton Crop Blues

[radiophd]

james cotton -- cotton crop blues

#1950s #blues #guitar #james cotton

[justahillbillyfromouterspace]

The James Cotton Blues Band - The Creeper ( Pure Cotton ) 1968 ... ... ... if you listen long enough you will hear jingle bell about the halfway mark . Saw Cotton many times always put on a great show

#youtube #jingle bells #james cotton

[lisamarie-vee]

#johnny winter #james cotton #muddy waters #blues music #rock and roll hall of fame #b&w

[longliverockback]

Johnny Winter Nothin’ but the Blues 1977 Blue Sky ————————————————— Tracks: 01. Tired of Tryin‘ 02. TV Mama 03. Sweet Love and Evil Women 04. Everybody’s Blues 05. Drinkin’ Blues 06. Mad Blues 07. It Was Rainin’ 08. Bladie Mae 09. Walkin’ thru the Park —————————————————

Charles Calmese 

James Cotton

Bob Margolin

Pinetop Perkins

Willie Smith

Muddy Waters

Johnny Winter

* Long Live Rock Archive

#JohnnyWinter #Johnny Winter #Charles Calmese #James Cotton #Bob Margolin #Pinetop Perkins #Willie Smith #Muddy Waters #Nothin but the Blues #LP #Blues #1977

[bundle-of-blues]

James Cotton ~ Something for Me

#james cotton #Blues #blues music #blues-sevenfold

[mostlythemarsh]

1975

#james cotton #friday #records

[blackros78]

James Cotton, Muddy Waters & Pee Wee Madison

#muddy waters #james cotton #pee wee madison #on stage #blues