COTTON, JAMES. Blues harmonica player ( in Tunica, Mississippi). His father was a minister, and he sang in the church choir as a child. He also listened to broadcasts of
Sonny Boy Williamson, No. 2
(Willie Rice
Miller)
from radio station KFFA in Helena, Arkansas, and taught himself to play blues by imitating Williamson. At the age of nine, he ran away from home to join Williamson's band and played with the band for six years. During the...