James Cotton Autographs
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.
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.
In the 1970s, Cotton played harmonica on Muddy Waters' Grammy Award–winning 1977 album Hard Again, produced by Johnny Winter.
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Traded items with a signature of James Cotton
The most expensive item with a signature of James Cotton (JAMES COTTON - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH WITH CO-SIGNERS) was sold in August 2025 for $1,439.44 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 (3) was March 2025 with an average selling price of $83.10 for an autographed item of James Cotton. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2025 with $495.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was February 2024. In average, an autographed item from James Cotton is worth $50.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of James Cotton were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1969 Fillmore Poster BG-157-OP-1 - Iron Butterfly & James Cotton - CGC 10 SIGNED | $495.00 |  |
| Chicago James Cotton Concert Poster 1970 DAVID SINGER SIGNED! BILL GRAHAM #229 | $180.00 | |
| Giant by James Cotton Personnel Autographed (CD, 2010) American Blues Harmonica | $27.85 | |
| JAMES COTTON - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH WITH CO-SIGNERS | $1,439.44 | |
| James Cotton - Giant (CD, 2010, Alligator Records) Signed Autographed | $49.99 | |
| James Cotton Autographed Signed CD! Framed! Cotton Mouth Man, Blues Legend! | $80.00 | |
| James Cotton Blues Musician Signed Bluesband Harmonica JSA Authenticated | $149.99 | |
 | JAMES COTTON Signed 100% COTTON Blues Promo/DJ Album~Muddy Waters~BUDDAH #5620 | $110.00 | |
| JAMES COTTON Signed 100% COTTON Blues Promo/DJ Album~Muddy Waters~BUDDAH #5620 | $110.00 | |
| James Cotton Signed Autograph Harmonica Blues Muddy Waters Howlin' Wolf BAS COA | $407.99 | |
| JAMES COTTON Signed CD Autographed HIGH COMPRESSION Blues Legend Muddy Waters | $24.70 | |
| JAMES COTTON Signed cd TAKE ME BACK 1988 Blind Pigl | $30.70 | |
| JAMES COTTON Signed Photo Autographed Promo 8x10 Muddy Waters Blues Harmonica | $76.90 | |
| NM+ SIGNED 1969 IRON BUTTERFLY JAMES COTTON Lee Conklin AOR BG 157 POSTER | $266.95 | |
| SINGER JAMES COTTON BLUES SINGER AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO | $220.00 | |
