Cotton Mary

"...Directed by: Ismail Merchant. Starring: Prayag Raj, Sakina Jaffrey, James Wilby, Greta Scacchi and Madhur Jaffrey. Like a premium..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Born on Highway 61

Famed superharpist James Cotton settles into Austin.

"...at Antone's in early January, Austin's newest celebrity resident James Cotton is playing to a standing-room-only audience. He's seated..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Chairman of the Board

Antone's Blue Monday boss Derek O'Brien keeps the music alive and blue

"...Austin's chairmen of the board – blues guitar division. James Cotton's Colored Socks..."

April 25, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Got My Mojo Workin'

Paul Oscher used to blow harps for Muddy Waters

"...saw you watching too hard, he'd turn his back. James Cotton told me he asked Little Walter how he..."

June 27, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback – SXSW Recap: Love, Hate, Garth & Trump

Final love / hate SXSW listicles

"...addition since another thorn in Trump's side, top G-man James Comey, had to cancel his SXSW appearance...."

March 24, 2017 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

James Cotton

Texas platters

"...James CottonBaby, Don't You Tear My Clothes (Telarc) Even though..."

June 18, 2004 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Play Jimmy Reed

Blues great schools us on Antone's

"...to hear stories and history from Pinetop Perkins and James Cotton. Everything felt so justified. It all made sense..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Reissues

"...Blues Master, Vol. 3 finds Windy City-style harp players James Cotton, George "Harmonica" Smith, and Shakey Jake recording out..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

James Cotton

"...James CottonGiant (Alligator)..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Reissues: James Cotton & Pinetop Perkins

"...James CottonMighty Long Time (New West) Live at Antone's Nightclub..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

Rogue Performance Venue: Paradise lost

James Cotton thought he'd found an ideal spot for his new theatre, but he may be forced to leave over conflicts with a neighboring rehearsal studio for bands

"...company's second-ever production barely got open before Artistic Director James Cotton called the show on account of noise. Midway..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback

Christmas wishes for the local set

"...familiar face to the music scene, veteran booker David Cotton, along with his brothers Jimbo and John Cotton, and..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

More Than a Game

Before joining the NBA, LeBron James was a high school star who climbed the heights with a core of teammates, all of whom are documented here.

"...Directed by: Kristopher Belman. Basketball superstar LeBron James, who advanced straight from high school to the NBA,..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bars, Bedrooms, Bukowski

Watching 'Bars, Bedrooms, Bukowski,' a theatrical version of four Charles Bukowski stories, it's obvious that adaptor/director James Cotton loves his subject matter

"...until his death in the Nineties. Director and adaptor James Cotton has surrounded four of Bukowski's short stories with..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Austin Music Awards Gallery, 1988-2007

"...Nanci Griffith and James McMurtry, 1990..."

Nov. 27, 2019 Photo Gallery

Gary Clark Jr. on Antone’s

"It changed everything really"

"...to hear stories and history from Pinetop Perkins and James Cotton. Everything felt so justified. It all made sense..."

Aug. 11, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Dancing About Architecture

Antone's Anniversary off to a bumpy start, and the same goes for local CD outlets.

"...preventing him from performing as well. "We were lucky James Cotton was in town," says Stephanie Seeley at Antone's,..."

July 13, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Austin Confessions

Chris Gray gets laid.

"...was definitely 2001, because just then newly adopted Austinite James Cotton strode out and led the band through a..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...1990: Townes Van Zandt, Nanci Griffith, James McMurtry, Poi Dog Pondering, Daniel Johnston; An Austin Hoot..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

TCB

Remembering Clifford Antone, who gave Austin a home of the blues

"...Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Taylor, Walter "Shakey" Horton, Pinetop Perkins, James Cotton, Calvin Jones, and Willie "Big Eye" Smith. He..."

May 26, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

TCB

Ringing in 2007 with a brawl, a new club, Top 10s, and the Chronicle's annual Music Poll

"...studio seemed to be winding down after Rogue owner James Cotton decided to seek new quarters. Not anymore. In..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Space Cowboy Steve Miller's Not Joking

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist details the pompitous of musical education

"..."For the show in Austin, we've invited [harmonica great] James Cotton to perform. I used to see him all..."

July 22, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: It's Always Twine Time

Follow the music

"...Lou Ann Barton, Sarah Brown, Paul and Diana Ray, James Cotton, among others. When they took to grinning, usually..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Down & Dirty

Lone Star guitar great Johnny Winter gets his hands dirty once again

"...from Billy Gibbons, Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, Austinite James Cotton (see both "Chairman of the Board," April 25,..."

July 4, 2014 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Page Two: More Stars Than There Are in Heaven

Honoring those who helped create, and now tend, the legacy of Clifford Antone

"...Kazanoff, Jon Blondell, Speedy Sparks, Hubert Sumlin, Mel Brown, James Cotton, and C.B. Stubblefield are all included here, being..."

June 2, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Howlin' Wolf Does Not Wear Panties

Walter Daniels' punk blues stirs up a whole new generational ilk, like Black Joe Lewis

"...be the feeling of the blistering sun while picking cotton like Hubert Sumlin and James Cotton. Hear gutbucket Delta..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Burton and Depp's screen version of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book is truer to the source material and generally splendid, artful, and often sinister, yet it doesn't completely displace the earlier screen version.

"...Robb, Philip Wiegratz, Jordon Fry, Julia Winter, Missi Pyle, James Fox and Christopher Lee. When Charlie Bucket (Highmore) wins..."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Millions

A sweet, emotionally complex film about faith, charity, and growing up is not what most people would have expected from Trainspotting's Danny Boyle, but this new movie is unmistakably his.

"...Boyle. Starring: Alex Etel, Lewis McGibbon, Daisy Donovan and James Nesbitt. Seven-year-old Damian (Etel) lives with his 12-year-old brother..."

March 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

When I'm 64

Veteran musicians retire to Austin

"...fall in during the Nineties. Chicago blues harp legend James Cotton moved here in 2000 around the time Volkaert..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Handy Award To Have

"...Blues Instrumentalist-Harmonica: James Cotton; Kim Wilson..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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