Chris Cotton, a dynamic roots blues singer/guitarist, embarks this month on a nationwide tour of live performances.
April 20, 2006 (Press Release) --
Memphis, TN – April 1, 2006 Chris Cotton embarks this month on a nationwide tour of live performances. Cotton is a dynamic roots blues singer/guitarist who has been described as “an unlikely collision between Tom Waits and Robert Johnson” for his modern-day reworking of American roots traditions ranging from Piedmont and hill-country blues to string band, jug band, and Americana styles. The past year has been an eventful one for Cotton as he was nominated for Artist of the Year in BluesWax magazine’s readers poll, and is featured with a profile article in the upcoming issue of Blues Revue magazine as one of “Ten Artists to Watch.”
The April/May tour by Cotton will take him through fourteen states in five weeks – from his west-coast base of San Francisco to the east coast of Florida and back. Details of each appearance are available on Chris’ Myspace site, www.myspace.com/cottonchris. The tour will support “I Watched the Devil Die”, Cotton’s debut album release for Yellow Dog Records.
“I Watched the Devil Die” garnered widespread recognition in national media ranging from from Living Blues to the San Francisco Chronicle. Blues Bytes called it “one of the most amazing releases of the year,” while it was nominated for Album of the Year in BluesWax magazine’s readers poll, and was featured as one of “10 Best Modern Blues Albums” by noted critic Hugh Fielder in Music Mart magazine.
The release also enjoyed strong airplay on over one hundred stations nationwide, with syndicated airplay on the House of Blues Radio Hour, XM Satellite Radio, Radio VH1, and AOL Radio among others. The album charted for the two months on both the Living Blues and Roots Music Report radio charts, and is distributed nationally by Burnside Distribution.
Tour Dates
Apr 20 - Hillgrass Bluebilly Prod. presents @ The Rhythm Room Phoenix, AZ
Apr 21 - Cafe Boogaloo Hermosa Beach, CA
Apr 22 - Atomic Cantina Albuquerque, NM
Apr 25 - Willee's Santa Fe, NM
Apr 27 - The Big Chill Hot Springs, AR
Apr 28 - Sully's Tavern Shreveport, LA
Apr 29 - Deep Ellum Blues Dallas, TX
Apr 30 - Reds Lounge Clarksdale, MS
May 1 - Blue Monday Jonesboro, AR
May 2 - Thirsty Hippo Hattiesburg, MS
May 3 - Hi-Tone with William Lee Ellis Memphis, TN
May 4 - Thacker Mountain Radio Live broadcast Oxford, MS
May 4 - Two Stick Oxford, MS
May 5 - Delta Cultural Center Helena, AR
May 6 - KaffeeKlatsch Bar Huntsville, AL
May 7 - Rum Boogie Memphis, TN
May 10 - Bamboo Room Lake Worth, FL
May 11 - House of Blues Orlando, FL
May 12 - Tim and Terry's Gainesville, FL
May 13 - Blues By the Sea Kiawah Island, SC
May 13 - Savannah Blues Bar Savannah, GA Savannah, GA
May 16 - Blind Willie's Atlanta, GA Atlanta, GA
May 18 - The Cave Chapel Hill, NC
May 19 - Chick Halls Surf Club Bladensburg, MD
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Contact: Michael Powers 901-452-4087 publicity@yellowdogrecords.com
Photos and Electronic press kit: www.yellowdogrecords.com/presskits
The April/May tour by Cotton will take him through fourteen states in five weeks – from his west-coast base of San Francisco to the east coast of Florida and back. Details of each appearance are available on Chris’ Myspace site, www.myspace.com/cottonchris. The tour will support “I Watched the Devil Die”, Cotton’s debut album release for Yellow Dog Records.
“I Watched the Devil Die” garnered widespread recognition in national media ranging from from Living Blues to the San Francisco Chronicle. Blues Bytes called it “one of the most amazing releases of the year,” while it was nominated for Album of the Year in BluesWax magazine’s readers poll, and was featured as one of “10 Best Modern Blues Albums” by noted critic Hugh Fielder in Music Mart magazine.
The release also enjoyed strong airplay on over one hundred stations nationwide, with syndicated airplay on the House of Blues Radio Hour, XM Satellite Radio, Radio VH1, and AOL Radio among others. The album charted for the two months on both the Living Blues and Roots Music Report radio charts, and is distributed nationally by Burnside Distribution.
Tour Dates
Apr 20 - Hillgrass Bluebilly Prod. presents @ The Rhythm Room Phoenix, AZ
Apr 21 - Cafe Boogaloo Hermosa Beach, CA
Apr 22 - Atomic Cantina Albuquerque, NM
Apr 25 - Willee's Santa Fe, NM
Apr 27 - The Big Chill Hot Springs, AR
Apr 28 - Sully's Tavern Shreveport, LA
Apr 29 - Deep Ellum Blues Dallas, TX
Apr 30 - Reds Lounge Clarksdale, MS
May 1 - Blue Monday Jonesboro, AR
May 2 - Thirsty Hippo Hattiesburg, MS
May 3 - Hi-Tone with William Lee Ellis Memphis, TN
May 4 - Thacker Mountain Radio Live broadcast Oxford, MS
May 4 - Two Stick Oxford, MS
May 5 - Delta Cultural Center Helena, AR
May 6 - KaffeeKlatsch Bar Huntsville, AL
May 7 - Rum Boogie Memphis, TN
May 10 - Bamboo Room Lake Worth, FL
May 11 - House of Blues Orlando, FL
May 12 - Tim and Terry's Gainesville, FL
May 13 - Blues By the Sea Kiawah Island, SC
May 13 - Savannah Blues Bar Savannah, GA Savannah, GA
May 16 - Blind Willie's Atlanta, GA Atlanta, GA
May 18 - The Cave Chapel Hill, NC
May 19 - Chick Halls Surf Club Bladensburg, MD
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Contact: Michael Powers 901-452-4087 publicity@yellowdogrecords.com
Photos and Electronic press kit: www.yellowdogrecords.com/presskits
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