7 July 2012 BB King & Kenny Wayne Shepherd in Frankfurt

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Robert Cotton

It was a wonderful night for a meeting of Chicago traditional style and Blues Rock contemporary sounds.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd opened the show with his band which included a surprise for all the “REAL” Blues lovers in attendance. Steve Ray Vaughan’s drummer “CHRIS LAYTON” was in the house. AWESOME!!

Kenny and Band were Magnificent! The guitar was like an extension of his body. Great vocals, crying guitar, and to close it up Chris Layton on drums……. What more needs to be said.

Second half of the show belonged to BB King. The team change was noticed by all, in that the energy and enthusiasm level dropped about two notches……. sorry BB. B, it may be time to find a nice place to relax the rest of your life and enjoy the fruits of your life long work. All due respect as I am one of your biggest fans. But, we’re starting to feel sorry for you up there Man! We can’t even follow what the hell your talking about!!…. your stories don’t make sense any more.

The Music is sounding……… well just OK, and that’s due to your band which is also getting pretty damn tired sounding. Through the course of the night, you would have been in trouble a few times if not for the band carrying you. Don’t think we don’t notice,”Because we do notice.”
I felt I got my moneys worth only because of the wonderful surprise of Kenny Wayne Shepard as opening act and extra bonus surprise of Chris Layton on drums.
Sorry BB, I love you, but I want to remember you as a Blues pioneer, forging the path for the next generations which you did as a gentleman and a diplomat. I hope your powers to be respect you as we all do and let you enjoy the rest of your life as you have well deserved.

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“Slow Blues” Nagoya Japan

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Robert Cotton

I had the pleasure of playing some Blues with some Soulful Musicians at “Slow Blues” In Nagoya Japan last week.  Met a lot of wonderful people.

Some could not speak English, unfortunately I could not speak Japaneez, other than a couple couticies, but when we picked up our instruments together we all spoke the same language. Blues. What a wonderful world it could be if we could all communicate with one another through our Music.

Thanks Chubby san, and every one else at “Slow Blues” for some great memorize….!

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Rest in Peace Louisiana Red

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Robert Cotton

I am saddened to tell you that a Blues legend and old friend Louisiana Red passed away on Saturday. I had the Honor of playing my Blues with Louisiana during my time in the Phoenix Arizona Blues scene.

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I can tell you that Louisiana was not only a powerful down home blues artist but a man of passion and honesty. I was fortunate to speak and reminisce with Louisiana in December 2011 during a performance in Frankfurt where he once again displayed his mastery of Voice, Guitar telling his story of life.  See you there Louisiana Red.

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Shining Like a National Guitar

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Robert Cotton

Available soon….

©Robert Cotton
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Ladies and Gentlemen “IT’s BLUES TIME”

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Robert Cotton
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The Fabulous Robert Cotton Band bei Hessen Rockt 2011!!

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Robert Cotton

Hey Blues Lovers, “The Fabulous Robert Cotton Band” wurde bei “Hessen rockt 2011” competition von der Jury der Frankfurter Rundschau ausgewählt! Die nächste Hürde ist das “Telefonvoting”. Wenn wir darin bestehen ist unser Teilnahme auf der Bühne sicher, aber wir konnen es nur schaffen mit Eure Hilfe. Bitte bis 5 December 2011 anruffen (nicht mehr möglich).

Thanks all you Blues Addicts

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Chahbah Mehlsack

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Robert Cotton

1Hey Y’all!
Hope you were able to be there with us for the two shows down in Kandern at ChaBah and Emmendingen at the Mehlsack. It was another great night of Blues and other tasty treats with my posse of Blues slingers, Micha, Oli and Zoltan.

We all piled into Zoltan’s “Fever” bus and headed south direction Swiss boarder for the weekend. Zoltan by the way is my drummer and as I like to call him the “diplomat” of the group. It was about a 3 hour drive from our neck of the woods to Emmendingen. When we arrived at Mehlsack everything was just as planned. We were met at the door, provided a nice cold brew and introduced to our sound man/club manager. Mehlsack is located in the cellar of an old Mill. Really cool atmosphere and great sound for live Music.  Upstairs you’ll find the sports bar, restaurant and various other rooms and hidden corners to just hang out and relax. Equipment was dragged in, set up, sound checked and rechecked. Finally finished with the “business” side of things we headed for the boarder. Wanted to check if people on the other side looked like we did or if they had a third eye or something. I can confirm that all is well at the German Swiss border. The natives welcomed us with friendly open arms.
Anyway, after our little “adventure”, it was time to get back to reality. After all, “There’s a show to be done”!                                                                                                                                                                         

We pulled up to Mehlsack about 30 minutes before show time and “prepared” ourselves for a “great night of Real American Blues”. A nice crowd of local Blues lovers anxiously awaited “The Fabulous Robert Cotton Band “. We didn’t let them down. We kicked off the set with “Rock This House” and just kept the house a rock’n till one o’clock in the morning.

Everyone, the local Blues lovers, the good folks at Mehlsack and everyone else we happened to encounter over the course of our stay in this part of Germany made for a fantastic weekend filled with great Music, new friends and wonderful memorize. I sure hope you were there too. Too bad if you missed it.

Until next time all our friends in Blues Land.

Robert Cotton   
“The Fabulous Robert Cotton band”

………the Blues is in me,  and it’s got to come out!

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Blues Lovers at Kulturcafe IBBH

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Robert Cotton

Sunday 30 May 2010 at 11:12 am

Hey my Blues Brothers and Sisters!
On 28 May in Oberursel, just outside of Frankfurt Germany, the good people from International Bund Behinderte Hilfe hired me to perform a Solo Blues evening at their new Kulturcafe IBBH. There were some real Blues lovers there for the show. I enjoyed talking to all of you about  Blues Music, Guitars, even some politics. Its always a pleasure for me to meet people that enjoy the Blues. If I was able to bring a smile to your face,  helped to recall some pleasant memories of the past or inspired you to get that old guitar out of the closet and play that  song that you loved in college, then I did my job well.

©Robert Cotton

Let me tell you a little about Kulturcafe IBBH. Its a comfortable little cafe with a warm, welcoming atmosphere. The Kulture cafe is directly associated with the Behinderte Heim and all profits  of the Cafe  go directly to the Home.  So no matter if your thinking about comeing out to Kulturecafe IBBH and want to enjoy the  next Robert Cotton performance of Jump’n Blues or if you choose to come in for one of the other varieties of Musical entertainment, please do so and support this wonderful cause. You will meet lots impressive people doing  wonderful things for those less fortunate than our selves.

Take a seat, make yourself comfortable order a nice cold beer, or a glass of wine, hungry? They have warm meals as well.

Relax and enjoy the music….

Hey take a look at the pictures archive and click on Kulturecafe IBBH. You might see your pretty face…..along with my own…..

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22 January 2010, Darmstadt

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Robert Cotton

Rock This house” That’s the Fabulous Robert Cotton Band mission…. And let me tell you, this is what we do best.  House of Blues darmstadt……nice spot to meet your friends for a beer and some good music. If you were there, you will be part of the live recording that was made by our friend Gunter, the man behind the great sound at The house of blues. I arranged in advance with Gunter that we do some recording in order to come up with a couple tracks for our CD that we hope to release by the end of the year. There were mics every where. Gunter had everything tagged for sound and optimum ambiance. Had a nice croud for the evening……could have been better.  Had a good time in any case and The audience was with the entire night. Got called back twice to  an chore so I think everyone was pretty happy.  We had a good friend with us on keyboards for the night.

Philly Long from Frankfurt did a great job. Always a good time when Phil is tapping those keys for us.  Gunter is mixing, slicing and dicing the tracks as we speak so I’ll let you know as soon as he is done with his magic and the finished product is available.
Until then, take care blooz friends.

©Robert Cotton
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Darmstadt Blues week

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Robert Cotton

Hello Friends,

Just a little note on a resent “The Fabulous Robert Cotton band” performance.
We were invited to perform in Darmstadt Germany on 24 November for the “Darmstadt Blues Week” The club that we had the pleasure of entertaining at is “Der RABE” (The Raven). Der Rabe is a very nice little Music club that usually lays down some nice classic rock sounds with their house DJ. But for the Darmstadt Blues Week, we were hired to “get that house jump’n”. And that’s just what we did. I brought my usual posy: Berni “The Burn Man” on Bass guitar and Sascha on Drums. As a special treat for the local Blues Fans, I invited my friend Philly Long to dance a little on the Keyboard. We were scheduled to start at 21:00. The house was packed and ready to Jump by 20:30. Another long time friend of mine Michael Sharkt was also on hand. Michael is the Darmstadt Blues watch dog. He keeps the Blues alive locally with news letters and a Radio program that he Hosts once a week. ……..the Blues is definitely in him….. Michael opened the Blues week and introduced us to the local Blues Fans. We started the session with some traditional warm up music courtesy, “Green Onions / You got to Help me”. Added some Shuffle, a pinch of Swing, squeeze of Blues Rock, jigger of R&B and the crowd was ours. We were scheduled to perform for two hours but as they say, the customer is always right, so we played an additional set to the pleasure of the residents in the Upstairs apartments…….When the 3rd set was closing out the crowd began to demand an encore. I sent an eye over to the boss at Der Rabe, Fino, looking for an OK to continue. He signaled “One more song” That’s It!. The audience responded with applause and cheers when we got back on stage and picked up our instruments. We finished up the night with a long version of the Muddy Waters classic “I Just Want to Make Love To you”.

It was a great night of Blues for all the Blues fans in Darmstadt as well as a pleasure for the Fabulous Robert Cotton band to bring our Music to Darmstadt.

Thanks Michael, Fino…….. Darmstadt Blues Lovers!
See Y’all next time around.

Robert Cotton & The Fabulous Robert Cotton band

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