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The Cottonmouth Kings
(9CD)
BIOGRAPHY
ABOUT THE BAND:
Mississippi MacDonald – Guitar and Vocals.
Mississippi MacDonald is 35, and has been playing and singing the blues
since he was 11. He plays a sunburst Gibson J45 Custom, wears a trademark
red suit and has travelled the blues highway from Clarksdale to Chicago.
Mississippi has been to Al Green’s church on a Sunday, stood at the
legendary cross roads, been on Beale on a Saturday night, and seen Jerry Lee
Lewis kick over his piano stool. In 2008, he was part of the OV Wright
Memorial Fund team in Memphis Tennessee who purchased a headstone for the
unmarked grave of the Hi Records deep soul legend Overton Vertis Wright,
along with Otis Clay, Roosevelt Jamieson, Hi Rhythm, and fans and musicians
from around the world.
Rossco Blues - Harmonica
Rossco is a master craftsman of the blues harp. A harmonica fanatic and
acclaimed tutor, he has “Been Livin with the Blues” ever since the 60s, when
he heard the song of the same name, played by the fantastic Sonny Terry,
with Brownie McGhee on guitar and vocals. He had the privilege of playing
with them on one of their rare appearances in the UK. Over the years he has
played with the T&D Trio, Chris Ford Davis, The Jimmy Smith Duo, Dave
Smith Duo, The Rhythm Kickers and the LJB Band.
BC Black - Bass
BC has been playing since the early 1960s. He’s appeared with the
Cougars, The Black Raiders, Pink Ferret, The Big Ed Eddy Band, DD Bale and
the Deltas, The Rooster Five, Maurice King and the K Notes, the Ryder
Coots Band, The Beezers, The Diamonds and the Dave King Band.
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