James Cotton - The Creeper Amazing!!! the real deal! check: www.jamescotton...
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@Modernbluesharmonica17 жыл бұрын
There is just no other harp player, living or dead, who had a sound like this. Note that he's playing right on the vocal mike, through the PA. No retro (Astatic, Green Bullet, etc.) harp mike, no Tweed Champ. Just mouth, harp, and mike. I've heard stories about Sonny Boy (Rice Miller) rocking juke joints with just harp and a stomping foot. I understand now. Loved Cotton since I was 16; saw him for the first time then, too.
@jacksullivan6196 жыл бұрын
Modern Blues Harmonica you bet Adam, as inspirational as it gets man!
@ProfHarp-ck3nl5 жыл бұрын
Could very well be, Adam. You could never tell with Cotton, though, because he sounded the same WHATEVER he used. Thought I saw one of those tall Silverface amps that he'd use on the stage (Quad Reverb or Super 6). One time he used MY Super Reverb and Green Bullet in a little joint in Chicago and sounded like that, another time, I saw him play thru just his voice mike and he sounded like that-it was that thick "Virginia ham" tone that overwhelmed any system, PA or amp .....
@nathanoman13 жыл бұрын
Man what a harmonica player. My dad always loved this guy and I always knew why
@chrisjaybecker3 жыл бұрын
A few years back, I listened to Cotton for the first time in years, and I realized that MY style of playing, which includes a lot of octaves, double-stops, and mouth distortion, was actually about 95% James Cotton. LOL.
@Claymann712 жыл бұрын
That's why James was 'the Hendrix' of Harmonica. _Trailblazer!_
@caferive12 жыл бұрын
I gate crashed this guys 64th birthday party, on Beale Street, Memphis, and he jammed with Sean Costello all night, without a doubt, the best gig I ever, ever went to....Love it, absolute 'harp' genius...!!!
@alfrednawrocki80614 ай бұрын
Saw him in Detroit my hometown in about 1968 at the Chessmate on 6 mile and Livernois !!! One kickass show !!! James went out doors on that snowy night and played a few riffs before coming back on stage !!! Great memories for me!!!!!
@WhatWentWrong2244111 жыл бұрын
This guy has more talent in his hair than the entire modern music industry.
@ronalda.saname396 Жыл бұрын
You are 100% correct.
@stuffnuns Жыл бұрын
The thing about James C is there are other players who have super fast runs and greater technical facility. Tho Cotton’s vocabulary is smaller than some, he has other stuff at his disposal: great tone, showmanship, great feeling and his playing is always in the pocket. He hits those notes and bends at the right moment. His sound is distinctive. I can always tell when it’s James Cotton playing. He made us stand up and have a great time. RIP, James Cotton.
@musoid16 жыл бұрын
There just aint anyone with a deeper, more soulful tone on blues harp, not to mention his rhythmic sensibility. A true giant.
@conarym916 жыл бұрын
i was lucky enough to meet the man. I talked to him and didn't understand a word he was saying until he played his harp.
@sweetdaddycoolbreeze16 жыл бұрын
JC - "Live And On The Move" Recorded at the Shaboo in Wilamantic CT. One of Cottons Best L P's Ever. Thanks for the conment.
@sheilaburnham96134 жыл бұрын
shaboo
@unionjack21213 жыл бұрын
If that was the Shaboo show say early to mid 70's I was there.
@admiral377 жыл бұрын
RIP, James Cotton. It'll be a rockin' good time with Muddy, Junior Wells, B.B., John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Stevie Ray and all those blues greats. Thanks for the wicked awesome harp playing.
@philipjerrome195210 жыл бұрын
He does Sonny Boy Williamson, Jr Wells. and Howlin Wolf effortlesly, and you know he has his own style. Everyone reading this post should send James Cotton his just appriciation for all the work he has done.
@harmonicabill6 жыл бұрын
Philip Jerrome right on power house
@HazySpirit4 жыл бұрын
Simply the best ever with a harp
@kendalllaughon96644 жыл бұрын
HazySpirit If that harp could sing!? Baby it's alright!!!!!
@Fezzee4 жыл бұрын
He did he play Howlin Wolf and Sonnyboy effortlessly? I suppose he would, he played in Sonnyboys band as a drummer, and he played harp for Howlin Wolf
@dennisharris29423 жыл бұрын
I saw him in Alaska about 3 months before he died. He was still recovering from throat surgery and couldn't but one of the band members did. He only made it about halftway through the second set, but we all knew that he wasn't well. No autographs, no visits. He almost collapsed on stage. It's so sad to see that olks like him and Ella keep on performing when they should be enjoying retirement because they need the money.
@Noname-dd6ly3 жыл бұрын
I would be curious to know how many great blues black genius are dead without really a lot of money...Yes is so sad...it 's so...blues
@liquidvisual2 жыл бұрын
Sometimes they do it because it keeps their band members working.
@kinkajou77711 жыл бұрын
James Cotton has a way of making a person getting up to dance along. I am not much for getting up to dance and James Cotton had me dancing at the Chicago Blues Festival of 2013 on Sunday 6-9-13.
@JohnWhite-xc3md Жыл бұрын
Saw Cotton many times back in the 80s. He had a line up with Micheal Coleman on guitar, I think Neil Noel on bass kinda being the focal point of the band until James came up on stage. Absolute dynamite. Those guys were so high energy, and tight. Best band I ever saw!
@cloisterene14 жыл бұрын
He lives and breathes that harmonica! Got the music in his soul!
@bluesdrummer71516 жыл бұрын
I've been telling every wanna bee blues drummer for years about Mr. Ken Johnson. He just has that perfect feel in anything he played! The hands and feet are matched perfectly. As a drummer you strive to have where one limb isn't always the lead. As a not he was the drummer on Steve Miller's "Fly like an Eagle" A groove that Miller didn't deserve!! Kenny makes that tune bigtime. I sure miss seeing him, he was a huge influence on me!
@stevetessier65684 жыл бұрын
I miss Cotton, with every beat of my heart. He was my first harp teacher. A dear dear friend, a confidante. My beloved mentor. God blesses his eternal soul. As the blessed Angels attend Cotton in Heaven......!!!!
@kenhamasaka25247 жыл бұрын
Thank you James Cotton, I saw you in a bar in '75, you played this tune and had us all jumping up and down, laughing and who knows what. Thanks Rest in Peace, there's going to be an outrageous concert in Heaven tonight.
@swinginonthespiral87653 жыл бұрын
Can't stop smiling. What a performance!
@curleyteeth9 жыл бұрын
The great James Cotton.First harp player I ever heard that I can remember actually playing the blues so will always have a firm place in my heart.Jim.liverpool.
@curleyteeth7 жыл бұрын
Mind you that was back in the early 70s and actually may have been On The Road again,with the late and great Al Wilson on harp.Jim.Liverpool.
@susannablue11 жыл бұрын
Living in Mtl. '67, '68, James invited me to see him at L'Hibou in Ottawa - when I got there the first set was on, but they locked the doors, charging for ea. set. I was standing under a large light, just outside the door - James, walking around & playing, mic cord over his shoulder - was it the Creeper or Blues in my Sleep? & saw me outside, reached out, yanked me in, never missing a note -- after the set, the owner came & asked me to PAY the cover..I told him to go see James...what a nite...
@kendalllaughon96644 жыл бұрын
Sue Devoe 🍒🍒🍒
@Jameslopez5682 Жыл бұрын
Hello Sue how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family
@noogie1313 жыл бұрын
James Cotton is amazing, I was lucky enough to see him live. I was *blown* away by his performance even at his old age!
@HUSEYiNADANA8815 жыл бұрын
he is not human! god of the blues! you are number one
@angrytek12 жыл бұрын
Only 3 minutes into it and my face is already melting.... Love it!
@matheus68944 жыл бұрын
Man, Cotton was so fun and soulful on his thing... just a legend
@musicalone96899 жыл бұрын
My favorite harp player! He had us all dancing around in the rain and mud (muddy waters!) to his music at the Poconos Blues Fest! Can you hear why? DEFINITELY THE REAL DEAL!
@ColinDDC15 жыл бұрын
How could anyone know what the blues is before seeing this? I've been lost all this time. This is just amazing.
@leeyost80074 жыл бұрын
Mid 60's Fillmore West…Bill Graham turned us all onto Cotton, Muddy Waters, BB King, Butterfield, Miles Davis, Freddy King, Albert King all of em' fantastic…thanks Mr. Graham for a lifetime of BLUES
@jimhealey49614 ай бұрын
I've been playing bass since 1968, recently introduced to Mr. Harp. Amazing, he plays like an angel. I've played with a lot of fake musicians, but this guy is legit!
@sayyes2bull15 жыл бұрын
damn, man. don't hurt yourself! love it.
@arnulfoalbornoz43474 жыл бұрын
first time learned to appreciate his music was on a philippine tv program 'in concert' channel 13, something like 1972. and i loved the way he played his harmonica and the way he entertained his audience with the creeper and and his next music with his guitarist doing a solo. and i was around 14years old then. will never grow tired of his music.
@lazur117 жыл бұрын
The late Kennard Johnson on drums, also played on some Steve Miller records. From the electrified delta blues of Chicago's south side, to the James Brown beats and BB King-influenced guitar mixed into the west side blues, Cotton took Chicago blues into its third incarnation : high energy.
@kenfranks171410 жыл бұрын
Saw JCB in '82. The man was possessed; rolling somersaults in the aisle, right at my feet. Super Harp, god his lungs were bursting. This tune closed one set. He was a young man and just filled the room w/his spirit. You had to be there to know. *****Star performance.
@kenfranks171410 жыл бұрын
Saw JCB in '82. The man was possessed; rolling somersaults in the aisle, right at my feet. Super Harp, god his lungs were bursting. This tune closed one set. He was a young man and just filled the room w/his spirit. You had to be there to know. *****Star performance.
@JesseCSmithJr14 жыл бұрын
Watching great talent is such a gift.
@Pop33955 жыл бұрын
Lee Oskar of war. Always my harp hero. Led me to Sonny Boy. And James Cotton. An underrated musical instrument. In the hands of these artist. Mind Blowing!
@Hiperruimteindustriee2 жыл бұрын
It's a massive pity the general public doesn't have any taste whatsoever, and therefore doesn't listen to the blues. -from a South African teenager.
@paganballs13 жыл бұрын
Saw him in Toronto about 5 years ago. Great show, killer band, and James himself was fabulous. Got to shake the man's hand. Aces, baby, aces!
@diabluz16 жыл бұрын
Hohner Marine Band in the key of A, definitely tough to play like this, it's the sense of rhythm, the tone, everything, he's the master on that!
@stevefanger28388 жыл бұрын
Little Walter had so much melodic inventiveness as well as fabulous tone & technique. His playing on the Muddy Waters stuff from the 50's & 60's is unsurpassed for economy & excitement. There've been some great players - Sonny Boy - Sonny Terry & Big Walter but LW had so much more in terms of beautiful runs & high flying harp that is breathtaking!... So much variation!
@shuaiflip16 жыл бұрын
It's always a treat to see Mr. Cotton as I always call him when I see him and Pinetop still tearing it up at Antone's after 30 years. Bless Cliff for bringing him to Austin. Last year when he sat in with Johnny Winter at Antone's I swear could feel Cliff, and all the Saints in the place that night! Talk about your Cosmic Cowboys! While we have Mr Cotton and so many basing out of Austin, NYC go see Les Paul still doing his weekly show! Let him Les Paulverize you!
@JaySchwartz15 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing! Something to aspire to ... really!
@MrCARLOSPEREZ201213 жыл бұрын
TUVE LA GRANDIOSA OPORTUNIDAD DE VERLO EN VIVO HACE UNOS AÑOS EN ARGENTINA... UN COPO Y SI LOS HAY !!!!!!!!
@55tuddy11 жыл бұрын
What a rhythm section Kennard Johnson on drums and Nate Applewhite on bass..
@c4abundance Жыл бұрын
Traveled with James in an old Ford Van to Monterey Pop Festival from their BenLomond Gig 1974, after previously traveling with them in 1972 down around Florida … bass player, then the drummer. James visited house in1985 asking me to head back out on the road.
@wadesternator47877 жыл бұрын
RIP Blues Brother
@stevemeyer8027 Жыл бұрын
Eagles Auditorium 1968 blew the place down…many New Year’s Eve’s in BC…also his bro Otis Spann
@charlesmack118 жыл бұрын
Feels good to see this video. We do it with James without the sax. Love it!
@MACGATELEY13 жыл бұрын
And yet another of my heroes
@SteveYates-uo4dq4 ай бұрын
❤❤I personally love the 1920’s blues harp and I would sit in my bedroom eyes closed just loving every note played xx
@wtfthano7 жыл бұрын
RIP sir. 1935- 2017
@humankindmedia97415 жыл бұрын
Mr. Cotton, I owe you so much, I can't even count. I'm a pretty good harp player who has lifted dozens of licks from you or the other people who've done the same. More to the point, your sound and energy inspired me to push past the simple stuff and go for the gritty, sophisticated blues-rock style you introduced. I'm sure Magic Dick, Huey Lewis, Sugar Blue, Jason Ricci and dozens of others would agree. You were a force of nature and a pioneer. Thank you for all you taught us!
@andyrosstate15 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant! I'm such a fan of James and he's really having a great time here (bursting out laughing in the middle of a harp break, just brilliant!) I'm glad to say that I saw him many years ago at Colne in the UK and managed to get a signed poster, Just one of the Best ever!
@MrDjembeclaude13 жыл бұрын
I saw him in 1985 at Quebec City...Wonderfull
@johntrik15 жыл бұрын
This is so true!!! Pure magic!!!
@tataso13 жыл бұрын
By god this harmonic is on fire!
@alyse1277714 жыл бұрын
Date:Oct 28 1988 Charles R. Calmese, 34, a native Chicagoan who played bass in several top rock and blues bands, died in Hartford, Conn., from injuries sustained in an auto accident. Mr. Calmese began his musical career in Chicago at 16 with the James Cotton Band, recording and touring in the United States and Canada for eight years. He moved to Willimantic, Conn., in 1975. He performed with such musicians as Muddy Waters, Ike &Tina Turner, Johnny and Edgar Winter, Chuck Berry and Mat...
@susannablue14 жыл бұрын
My old friend James -- just like he was in '67, '68 and '69 -- always fun and crazy and brilliant
@curleyteeth13 жыл бұрын
Listen to him on the album Hard Again with Muddy Waters and JohnnyWinters and you will realise what a master he really is.
@tedpowers20453 жыл бұрын
I had it on cassette and was playing it on my box and I drove off and all was gone I came back. I cried
@comunicalejo14 жыл бұрын
Definitivamente uno de los mejores!!! Grande James Cotton..
@remingtonride8 жыл бұрын
what a band - JC in his prime
@alyse1277714 жыл бұрын
charles was leaving a gig in Mass going back to CT. Car accident. my birthday. he is so missed.
@jmsbk1234516 жыл бұрын
Fabulous. Without doubt the second greatest blues harpist of all time.
@TMGLost12 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing this is mid-to-late 1970's - this is the time period I saw him play at "The Place", a bar in Eugene, Oregon. Best blues shows I've ever witnessed.
@rinskepv13 жыл бұрын
I got to see him in the 70s and got to shake his hand also - so awesome!!!!
@MichaelLariviere-dz4jq4 ай бұрын
The great James Cotton
@SonnyBoyFreud7 жыл бұрын
The last of the original architects of amplified harmonica. Singular tONE, unrivaled inTENsity.
@novascotiaurbanexploration30217 жыл бұрын
R.I.P superharp very glad I had the chance of meeting you when you were in town
@caracho198014 жыл бұрын
This man got a everytime-state-of-the-art harpsound! Gorgeous! THanks for posting that video!!!!!
@tohtohtohtohtohtoh11 жыл бұрын
it's not about ur talent, its about work and desire
@HazySpirit15 жыл бұрын
This guy is amazing !
@Yeuxducoeur12 жыл бұрын
Holy shit after listening to him, my soul just went balistic just amazing!!
@bobke1146 жыл бұрын
Cotton was one of the last great Chicago blues guys...He played in a lot of historic rock and roll albums. Good guy ...
@MARACUTAIA2396 жыл бұрын
Abe Gibron kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYDGcomAeb-ipZo I tryied to play a 2001 Version Love this guy. James, and Little Walter are my favorite harp sucker players. Jaja 😈
@bobke1146 жыл бұрын
I gave that a listen...strong on the harp. I had the honor of knowing Cotton a long time and spent a lot of time around him. I am not a musician but Cotton taught me a lot about life in general. I guess Buddy is the last of the Chicago cats thats still around. Check out Kim Wilson on harp.
@MARACUTAIA2396 жыл бұрын
Abe Gibron creeps, creeps again
@gonegizazy78 жыл бұрын
A Harp delight!
@mmzait14 жыл бұрын
@2009framat Charles passed away in 1988 in an automobile accident on Route 6 in CT. He is deeply missed for his musicianship and generous spirit. He was awarded a Platinum album for Steve Miller's Fly Like and Eagle and Book of Dreams and a Grammy for Muddy Water's album Hard Again. More recently, we also lost drummer,Kenard (Kenny) Johnson.
@marceloeberhardt122211 жыл бұрын
idoloooooooooooooooooooooooo
@SylvermanMusic14 жыл бұрын
the best harp player in the WORLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@bluesharp351514 жыл бұрын
Keep it Coming James!!!!! YEAH!!!!!
@preissert12 жыл бұрын
To whoever was asking about they key, James plays it on an A harp (3rd position). He is one of my top four, with Big Walter, Little Walter, and George Smith... can I even limit it to four!!!!
@TheShakeylee3 жыл бұрын
This is second position work, not third.
@Capo51 Жыл бұрын
Just amazing! 👍. One of his own, in harmonica.
@screwmaster40415 жыл бұрын
Right on. I smile like crazy also.
@WhatWentWrong2244111 жыл бұрын
The guy that walked out at the beginning can't take the heat of this performance.
@5150zombie9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading this. Its made my day a few times.
@islebuythat13 жыл бұрын
The best. I met him in 76 on LI.
@sweetdaddycoolbreeze16 жыл бұрын
I worked with the Drummer Ken Johnson. Just check him out. He's one of the very best blues drummers of all times. I only wish that someone in the blues world would give him he's do respect. Kennard Johnson passed away in March of 05. He spent 13 years with James Cotton & 13 years with Kenny Neal and was on to many LP's CD's to mention. Just to let you know. The blues world lost a great one and nobody knows it. Well, Now you do. Pass it on. "Sweet Daddy"
@riskyvirga6913 жыл бұрын
take my time to watch more and more again.
@elizabethmegna127910 жыл бұрын
What a talent!!!!!
@rbaleksandar13 жыл бұрын
0:38 - 1:11 That is so coooooool! ^^ The whole performance is damn brilliant.
@tamarrus114 жыл бұрын
My Kin!!! Jackson,MS!!!
@walydrums3380 Жыл бұрын
Pufff me encanta cotton es increíble este tipo un crack de verdad
@mcleanartists8 жыл бұрын
I'll never forget being in The Oakridge with Scruff when Cotton walks in and yells HEY MAN!
@moncefmrad729911 жыл бұрын
toute la musique du monde entier m'inspire , surtout le jazz , le blues sans oublier la musique des noirs américains.
@SanctuaryOfDissent15 жыл бұрын
this is the most awesome show ive ever seen in my whole life....lol
@johnnychaos9118513 жыл бұрын
People tell me I'm a good harmonica player. But it's only because they aint heard no James Cotton or lil' Walter yet. It's like a fire in your soul. I can't match it.
@larrybeetree11 жыл бұрын
no. They were at Ford Auditorium around l971 or 72 opening for Marshall Tucker and Charlie Daniel's Band. Matt Murphy(g), same drummer, Little Bo(Ts) I had to leave after James band. They were tight and they swung for blues leaving the southern rock bands in a heap of dust.
@manuelgem4492 жыл бұрын
Such a master.. Up there with mr jacobs..
@ScottMcCulloughBmax4197 жыл бұрын
James Henry Cotton (July 1, 1935 - March 16, 2017)
@starkparker16Ай бұрын
What a performance
@elc196013 жыл бұрын
@dcoch2000 Good move. James was the guy who replaced Little Walter in Muddy Waters' band (that's James on "Got My Mojo Workin' " and "Walkin' Thru The Park"). This clip was from the time when James was still able to sing (he had throat cancer in the late '90s, but overcame it; unfortunately it robbed him of the ability to sing). His solo albums to start with are "The Vanguard Years" and his Alligator Records releases "High Compression" and his live album.
@johnrocket11713 жыл бұрын
i just love that part where he plays When the saints come marching
@SteveStalzle10 жыл бұрын
The master at work! I'm guessing this is the 19 eighties?
@Pilotpatty114 жыл бұрын
@2009framat NOt sure who this guy is but the actual James Cotton is alive. Not entirely well, but well enough to perform a show near where I live. What a show! Bought a CD and he signed it too! He is in his 70's. Doesnt have much of a voice left but he can belt out the harmonica and his band can totally rock!