James Cotton - The Best Of James Cotton - The Alligator Records Years (2014)

Tracklist
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01. Diggin' My Potatoes (Remastered)
02. Little Car Blues (Remastered) [feat. Junior Wells]
03. 24 Hours (Remastered)
04. Superharp (Remastered)
05. Cross My Heart (Live) (Remastered)
06. Blues For Koko (Remastered)
07. Cotton Mouth Man (Remastered) [feat. Joe Bonamassa]
08. Wasn't My Time To Go (Remastered) [feat. Keb' Mo']
09. High Compression (Remastered)
10. Sad Sad Day (Remastered) [feat. Tom Holland]
11. Ain't Doing Too Bad (Remastered)
12. He Was There (Remastered) [feat. Darrell Nulisch]
13. Here I Am (Knocking At Your Door) (Live) (Remastered)
14. Just To Be With You (Live) (Remastered)
15. Born In Chicago (Live) (Remastered)
16. With the Quickness (Remastered)
17. Black Night (Remastered)

At his high-energy, 1970s peak as a bandleader, James Cotton was a bouncing, sweaty, whirling dervish of a bluesman, roaring his vocals and all but sucking the reeds right out of his defenseless little harmonicas with his prodigious lung power. Due to throat problems, Cotton's vocals are no longer what they used to be, but he remains a masterful instrumentalist. Cotton had some gargantuan shoes to fill when he stepped into Little Walter's slot as Muddy Waters' harp ace in 1954, but for the next dozen years, the young Mississippian filled the integral role beside Chicago's blues king with power and precision. Of course, Cotton had been preparing for such a career move for a long time, having learned how to wail on harp from none other than Sonny Boy Williamson himself.

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