Blues harmonica legend swings into Lincoln
By Matt Burton
Senior Reporter
Lincolnites will have the opportu
nity to see a bonafidc blues legend do
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his thing Saturday night.
James Cotton, one of the most
acclaimed blues harmonica players,
will swing through Bourbon Street,
200 N. 70th St., on his “Take Me
Home” tour.
Cotton has been playing blues
harmonica for most of his life. He
first began at the age of 5, learning
from his mother how to mimic sounds
such as trains and hens. After listen
ing to a blues program on the radio,
“King Biscuit Time,” Cotton dis
covered the blues through Sonny Boy
Williamson.
At the age of 9, Cotton got the
opportunity to travel with William
son , playing the harmonica and learn
ing the blues lifestyle first-hand.
By the time Cotton was 15, he had
his own band, James Cotton and the
Rhythm Playmates. Sam Phillips, of
the historic Sun record label, heard
Cotton and his Rhythm Playmates on
the radio and had them cut a single.
Colton’s band came to an end shortly
thereafter, giving him the opportu
nity to play a short stint with blues
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legend Howlin’ Wolf in Memphis,
Tenn. During this gig, Colton met
Muddy Waters, who needed a har
monica player at the time. Cotton was
a member of Waters’ band for 12
years.
Since then, Colton has shared his
harmonica talents with Paul Butter
field and Peter Wolf from the J. Gcils
Band.
Despite such acclaim as three
Grammy nominations and the W.C.
Handy International Blues Award for
“Best Instrumentalist/Harmonica,”
Cotton is still not satisfied with his
playing.
“I don’t think I’ve mastered it
yet,” Cotton said in a phone inter
view from his hotel room in Kansas
City, Kan. “I’m never satisfied. I
always think of something I could do
better.”
Cotton explained that playing the
harmonica is a way of life.
“You gotta play it, eat it, sleep it,
you can’t lay it down . . . it’s like
being married,” he said.
Normally Cotton goes on stage
without a song list, but past perform
ances of Colton’s band have featured
blues standards such as “Got My
Mojo Woman” and “Sweet Home
Chicago.”
In May of last year, Cotton was
featured nightly when “Late Night
with David Lcttcrman” did a series
of broadcasts from Chicago.
Tickets for the Cotton show are $9
in advance, S12 at the door. The show
starts at 9 p.m.
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nationally-known band) tunes.”
You never lie awake thinking
about them.
So go down to your local men’s
fashion store and get an applica
tion — suspenders and a disco shirt
or something, and some shades.
Oh yeah, then buy an instru
ment. Learn to play it if you feel
like it. Remember to maintain an
image.
And for Pete’s sake, when it
comes down to show time, and
millions of screaming fans are
reaching up to you, remember to
play covers. Drunks don’t like origi
nals.
Besides, all reigjiing Lincoln
musicians play covers -- though I
have a sneaking suspicion some
are in the music business to play
under them.
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and Daily Nebraskan Arts & Entertain
ment editor.
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narrative text, mixed media and tra
ditional black-and-white documentary
investigations.
Although the exhibit has many
artistic aspects to be appreciated, it
offers a certain intimacy to the fe
male viewer because of its selected
subject content.
The great variety of this exhibit is
obvious. It ranges from the newborn
infant and mother to the elderly mother
and adult child. Most of the photo
graphs cover a 40-year-span.
From the photograph of a young
mother at the Woodstock Festival
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above the crowd to the combined
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tings are unique.
“Mothers and Daughters” was
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a.m. to5 p.m. Tuesday through Satur
day, 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday and 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Folk, blues artist to perform at UNO
rrom j>tan Heports
Blues artist and bandleader Taj
Mahal will perform Thursday at the
University of Nebraska at Omaha.
The performance is sponsored by
UNO’s Student Programming Organi
zation with assistance from the Mid
America Arts Alliance.
Mahal has released 15 albums and
has soundtrack and performance cred
its on two motion pictures, “Sounder”
and “Brothers.”
He grew up in Springfield, Mass.,
as the oldest of nine children. His
father was a West Indian pianist and
composcr/arranger; his mother was a
school teacher and gospel singer who
tried to encourage Mahal to play clas
sical piano when he was younger.
While studying at the University
of M&ssachusseiLs, he bocamc involved
in folk music; his experience with a
wide variety of artists inspired him to
become an acclaimed folk/blucs gui
tarist.
When he finally moved toCalifor
nia in 1965, he was proficient in pi
ano, guitar, dulcimer, bass, banjo,
vibes and harmonica.
Tickets for the 8 p.m. concert at
the Strauss Performing Arts Center
are available at UNO’s Milo Bail
Student Center business office.
Costs arc $6 for students, $8 for
UNO faculty/staff and senior citizens,
and $10 for the general public.
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