As I mentioned with the first album I posted from this festival, I don't actually know the exact order of the sets. One problem is that only some of the sets from the festival survive. Here are all the sets from the first day, in alphabetical order:
Canned Heat
Chicago
James Cotton
Grand Funk Railroad
Janis Joplin
B.B. King
Herbie Mann
Rotary Connection
Sam & Dave
Out of those, I don't have Grand Funk Railroad, B.B. King, Herbie Mann, and Sam and Dave. However, luckily, many acts at the festival performed more than one set, and I have at least some of the sets from everyone in that list. I do know a few things, such as the fact that Janis Joplin was second to last, and Canned Heat was last. So this spot is an educated guess.
One nice thing about this festival compared to Woodstock and other 1969 rock festivals is that there was more musical variety, especially the inclusion of blues, jazz, and soul acts. This album is a good example. Cotton didn't perform at Woodstock.
This is the first album I've posted from James Cotton. He first came to attention playing harmonica in Howlin' Wolf's band, then Muddy Waters' band. He was the bandleader for Waters from 1955 to 1965, when he left for a solo career. As you can guess from his links to Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters, he was one of the best harmonica players in the blues scene, as well as singing lead vocals.
Here's the Wikipedia entry, if you want to know more about him:
The entire set is from a soundboard source. I edited it a bit, boosting the lead vocals relative to the instruments, using the UVR5 program. In this festival, Cotton generally played blues classics, with a couple of soul classics, along with a few originals.
Cotton also played a set on August 31st, but no recording of that one seems to have survived.
This album is an hour and one minute long.
01 Cut You Loose [Instrumental] (James Cotton)
02 Fallin' Rain [Instrumental] (James Cotton)
03 Heart Attack (James Cotton)
04 Knock On Wood (James Cotton)
05 talk (James Cotton)
06 Nine Below Zero (James Cotton)
07 talk (James Cotton)
08 Dust My Broom (James Cotton)
09 The Creeper (James Cotton)
10 Turn On Your Lovelight (James Cotton)
11 Please, Please, Please (James Cotton)
https://pixeldrain.com/u/4n85myW6
alternate:
https://bestfile.io/en/0qC27AO3taKh1mX/file
The cover photo of Cotton is from this exact concert. I could only find a black and white photo of him. However, I also found a very low-res video of a bit of his performance. It was enough for me to figure out the color of his shirt. I used the Kolorize program to colorize the image, then I used the Krea AI program to improve the image quality.
Obrigado!
ReplyDelete