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James Cotton in 2007.
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James Cotton was born into a Mississippi farming family in the middle of the summer, 1935. As the youngest of eight children, his prospects in the Tunica cotton fields held few opportunities beyond hauling water buckets for laborers or endless hours on a plantation tractor seat in the sweltering Delta sun. Fortunately for all of us, fate and a fifteen cent harmonica placed James in exactly the right place at exactly the right time.<\/p>\n

It was an uncle who would coerce the young Cotton to walk up to, and play his harp for, radio personality Rice Miller (Sonny Boy Williamson II) Then there was the small radio spot that turned into a recording session in Memphis for Sam Phillips in the pre-Elvis era of Sun Studios. Oh, it gets better\u2026 Junior Wells would quit Muddy Waters\u2019 band in the middle of a southern tour, forcing an immediate search for a replacement harp player. That search ended in Memphis, when Muddy met James. A meeting that began a musical collaboration and friendship that would last decades.<\/p>\n

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Alligator Records album cover 2013<\/span><\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Soft spoken unless it concerned his music and extremely humble, Cotton rarely talked of his awards, Grammy nominations, or his status on the worlds blues stage. He was just a bluesman and his focus remained solely on his music. Our conversation took place backstage at a club in Southern California in the late 80s and began with his early influences in music.<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to listen to people.\u201d<\/strong> James said. \u201cLike Memphis Minnie and Charlie Patton. And it was Sonny Boy who kinda\u2019 taught me how to play the harp. Sonny Boy #2, Rice Miller.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Didn\u2019t you live in Sonny Boy\u2019s house? \u201cSix years!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

How did that happen? \u201cWell, Sonny Boy was on station KFFA in Helena, Arkansas. He had a fifteen minute program everyday from 12:00 to 12:15. I used to listen to it every day. We get out in the field with the radio and listen at that. <\/strong><\/p>\n

My uncle, me and him drove tractors together. He taught me how to drive a tractor when I was a kid. We was getting three dollars a day for driving a tractor. Get paid $36 every two weeks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So he\u2019d taken me to Helena to meet Sonny Boy. I told him I was orphaned, my uncle told me to say that. I walked up to him and he talked to me, you know? Me and him <\/strong>(Sonny Boy) got to talking, so he took me in. My uncle talked to him also when he seen it was working, you know?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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James Cotton and his biggest fan. PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIAN MCGOWEN.<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After your move to Memphis, other than Sonny Boy, who else were you playing with? \u201cHowlin\u2019 Wolf, Willie Love\u2026 I played with quite a few people down there.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

Any special memories of those Beale Street years? \u201cSomebody stole my harps one day, that\u2019s what!\u201d <\/strong>(laughing<\/em>) Somebody stole your harps? Who stole your harps? \u201cI don\u2019t know man. They were hard to come by, too! You couldn\u2019t make no money\u2026 I had about ten of them. They ripped me off!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Did you play a lot on the streets? \u201cYeah I played on the street a little bit. Not much because I was lucky enough to be in a band with Sonny Boy and we were working pretty good.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

Some folks refer to the blues as a comforter, you ever feel that way? \u201cWell, blues do a lot of things for you, you know? Sometimes they make you sad, sometimes they make you comfortable.\u201d <\/strong>What do they do for James Cotton? \u201cThey do a lot of things for me. They make me\u2026 they make me cry.\u201d <\/strong>They make you cry? He nods, \u201cSometimes they make me cry.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"James
James Cotton (background left) with Muddy Waters. PHOTO COURTESY OF JEAN-LUC OURLIN FROM TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS \/ CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You moved to Chicago in 1954? \u201cHad a job with the late, great Muddy Waters. Muddy brought me to Chicago. He\u2019d been on tour, down through the South and Junior Wells left the band. Muddy was looking for a harp player and he heard about me in Memphis. So when he was coming up from Florida, he came through Memphis and asked me if I wanted a job.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

What was it like playing in Muddy\u2019s band? \u201cWell, I had a beautiful time playing with Muddy. I had the pleasure of working with Muddy twelve years. I had a really good time; he was like a father to me. I learned a lot of things in that band.\u201d <\/strong>Like what? \u201cHe was doing a lot more recording than Sonny Boy was. A lot about the studios, things like that.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of my favorite albums is Muddy at Newport in 1960. You and Muddy with Tat Harris, Otis Spann, Andrew Stevenson and Francis Clay. What do you remember about that recording? \u201cWell, I got fired the same day!\u201d <\/strong>You got fired? \u201cWe did a song called, \u2018I Put a Tiger in Your Tank.\u2019 Muddy forgot the words to it and I played the lines and he said I played it wrong!\u201d <\/strong>Did that happen a lot? \u201cAbout a dozen times, but I always got hired back. I was lucky. I was always trying to do more, you know? Trying to make it better. A lot of things I was doing, by me being younger, Muddy didn\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

What were regular recording sessions like? \u201cIt was beautiful in the studio. But I guess he\u2019d been doing it so long, when I got with him, you know?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chess provided a good environment? \u201cChess had got hip to the blues, man. I have to say this about the Chess brothers. I\u2019ve never been in the studio where they recorded harmonica like the Chess brothers did. They were good at that!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

What do you suppose made them so different? \u201cI don\u2019t know some magic they had with those buttons back there.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"James
James Cotton at the Hondarribia Blues Festival, July 2008. PHOTO BY ZALDI64, VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS \/ CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You had recorded at the famed Sun Recording Service in Memphis too, didn\u2019t you? \u201cI did four sides for Sun. This was before Elvis Presley or anybody like that. I did the recording in 1950, but I think it come out in \u201951. Uh, I did four sides for them\u2026 \u2018Straighten Up Baby,\u2019 \u2018Oh, Baby,\u2019 \u2018Hold Me in Your Arms\u2019 and \u2018Cotton Crop Blues.\u2019\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

You think you can still find copies of them? He just smiles, \u201cCost you a lot of money!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

You knew Little Walter<\/a>? \u201cLittle Walter was a beautiful cat, man. I had the pleasure of working in Chicago with him four or five years before he died. I don\u2019t thinks nobody will ever be better than Little Walter. I think he\u2019s so far ahead of his time, you know?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the 60s, you played a lot of Fillmore dates. \u201cWell, we probably worked at the Fillmore\u2019s more than any band I know. Fillmore East, Fillmore West, Fillmore East\u2026 man, we did that so much till I thought I was going to die between San Francisco and New York!\u201d <\/strong>(laughing<\/em>) You know that those venues and events introduced blues to a whole new generation of fans, that\u2019s quite the legacy. \u201cI don\u2019t even worry about things like that.\u201d <\/strong>He shrugs. \u201cI just want to be a good musician, do the best I can with it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Any one particular Fillmore event that stands out for you? \u201cYeah, I worked a date with Janis Joplin at the Fillmore West and we were managed by Albert Grossman. And then Monday she was in the office and said, \u2018Look, I want to work with this guy again, he makes me work like hell.\u2019 She said, \u2018I can\u2019t play around whenever he\u2019s working, so I have to work!\u2019 So, I did quite a few dates with Janis Joplin.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Are you still having fun playing? \u201cThe music does as much for me as it does to the people out there. It makes me get up and go, too.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

How long have you been on the road? \u201c40 years!\u201d <\/strong>Ever get you down? \u201cWell, when it ain\u2019t fun no more, that\u2019s when I quit. I\u2019m certainly not getting rich, so when it ain\u2019t fun, I\u2019ll have to go home then.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

James went home March 16, 2017, he was 81 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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