James Henry Cotton (July 1, 1935 – March 16, 2017) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, who performed and recorded with many fellow blues artists and with his own band. He also played drums early in his career. More about James Cotton
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Cotton 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 Muddy'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 the Muddy Waters band. He eventually left to form his own full-time touring group. His first full album, on Verve Records, was produced by the guitarist Mike Bloomfield and the singer and songwriter Nick Gravenites, who later were members of the band Electric Flag.The most expensive item with a signature of James Cotton (James Cotton Signed High Compression Vinyl Record Blues Super Harp LEGEND RAD) was sold in June 2020 for $149.99 while the cheapest item (BLUES Musician JAMES COTTON (1935-2017) AUTOGRAPH 8 x 10 PHOTO~) found a new owner for $0.99 in February 2024. The month with the most items sold (2) was March 2021 with an average selling price of $67.47 for an autographed item of James Cotton. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2023 with $129.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was February 2024. In average, an autographed item from James Cotton is worth $32.49.
Most recently, these items with a signature of James Cotton were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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2003 Signed Blues on the Fox Poster - James Cotton, Gatemouth Brown, Others | $90.00 | ||
Blues Harmonica Player and Singer James Cotton autograph with 4x6 photo | $20.00 | ||
BLUES Musician JAMES COTTON (1935-2017) AUTOGRAPH 8 x 10 PHOTO~ | $0.99 | ||
Chicago Blues Special Poster SIGNED by James Cotton w/Koko Taylor & more 1980s | $69.99 | ||
James Cotton Autographed Original Photo Blues Legend | $9.99 | ||
James Cotton Autographed Original Photo Blues Legend D.17 | $12.00 | ||
JAMES COTTON BLUES N' BOOGIE IN CONCERT POSTER SIGNED AUTOGRAPH RARE L@@K | $49.99 | ||
James Cotton David Maxwell Autograph Signature Concert Poster BLUES Boulder CO | $99.99 | ||
James Cotton Signed Autograph Antone's Austin TX Concert Poster Blues 11x17 | $129.99 | ||
ORIGINAL SIGNED CONCERT POSTER-CHICAGO BLUES SPECIAL-JAMES COTTON-KOKO-8-21-1977 | $99.00 |