166 James Cotton (1935- ) and Pat Hare (1930-1980) “Cotton Crop Blues” 1954

Harmonica player James Cotton recorded a rendition of Roosevelt Syke’s 1932 “Cotton Crop Blues” with guitarist Auburn “Pat” Hare, “who favored a crunching, distorted sound years ahead of its time.” Both joined Muddy Water’s band. Hare was later imprisoned for murder; “as a model prisoner, he formed a jail-house band” (Encyclopedia of the Blues).

James Cotton and Pat Hare “Cotton Crop Blues”