James Cotton
US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter
United States • 1935-07-01 – 2017-03-16
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Fly Like An Eagle
1976
Folk Singer
1964
Hard Again
1977
Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live
1979
Living In The 20th Century
1986
King Bee
1981
Muddy Waters At Newport 1960
1960
The Great Blues Men
1972
What's Shakin'
1966
Recorded Live At Antone's Night Club
1988
Chicago/The Blues/Today!
1984
McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters
1971
Taking Care Of Business
1971
The Blues - Volume 2
1965
Chess Blues
1992
Blues Anthology
1990
Trouble No More (Singles 1955-1959)
1989
Live From Chicago - Mr. Superharp Himself!
1986
Queen Of The Blues
1985
Rare And Unissued
1984
Nothin' But The Blues
1977
It's Rough Out Here
1975
Can't Get No Grindin'
1973
Live
1971
Credited work
1,309 releases · 189 albums · active 1960–2025
- Other credits · 1,562
- Performance · 1,470
- Production · 47
Studios: The Schoolhouse · CBS Studios, San Francisco · Streeterville Studios · Kaye-Smith Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Muddy Waters
- Howlin' Wolf
- Johnny Winter
- Otis Spann
- James Cotton Blues Band
- Steve Miller Band
- The James Cotton Band