Chris Cotton

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about: An aural portrait that owes a debt to Southern bluesmen and Americana pioneers alike, Chris Cotton’s Yellow Dog Records debut sounds like a house party caught on tape – world-weary men effortlessly strumming their guitars and bass, while passing around a jug of whiskey for sustenance. The barrelhouse piano, is, of course, pushed up against one wall; Cotton’s gravelly voice reigns over the debauchery. The scene is timeless – harkening back to days when the distinction between blues and country was hopelessly blurred.

Former Blue Eyed Devils frontman Cotton traveled to Clarksdale, MS to record I Watched the Devil Die at producer Jimbo Mathus’ vintage-equipment studio, housed in the city’s historic WROX radio building. Employing Memphis and Clarksdale sidemen including special guest Big Jack Johnson, Cotton and Mathus concocted a modern-day jam session with all the boisterous spirit of a classic down-home revival.
credits: released 08 March 2005
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tags: americana folk acoustic blues blues deep blues San Francisco

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Track Name: Black Night: Black night, no tellin’ what your man’s gonna’ do. Black night, no tellin’ what your man’s gonna’ do.
Go home in the morning; don’t tell your man what I do.
Black night, woman I hear him callin’ you. Black night, woman I hear him callin’ you.
After he kills me, he might just kill you too.
Black night, go home in the morning tell your man I ain’t around. Black night, go home in the morning tell your man I ain’t around.
If he finds me, I know I’ll be the first man out of town.

I Watched the Devil Die