{"id":5513,"date":"2010-07-02T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T12:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/king-cotton-strictly-roots-at-summer-and-music-tomorrow\/"},"modified":"2010-07-02T12:07:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-02T12:07:00","slug":"king-cotton-strictly-roots-at-summer-and-music-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/king-cotton-strictly-roots-at-summer-and-music-tomorrow","title":{"rendered":"King Cotton: Strictly Roots At Summer And Music Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This year’s free Summer And Music<\/a> concert series is well under way, and tomorrow’s Roots and Blues<\/strong> show is going to be smokin’. At 5:00pm on Pine Avenue, between 3rd & Broadway, Long Beach ‘super-group,’ The Dibs<\/a> will open the show. Primarily a vehicle for lead singer\/songwriter\/guitarist Chris Hanlin<\/a>, the band has also featured Brett Bixby<\/a>, Chris Paul Overall<\/a>, and Rae Enrico, all great singer\/songwriters. <\/p>\n

Second on the bill is James Harmon<\/a>. He has been a staple in the Southern California Blues scene for as long as I can remember, but he’s actually an import from Alabama, by way of Florida, Chicago, New York, and New Orleans. He’s an authentic Blues man, with a style and sound all his own. <\/p>\n

Closing the show is Cold As Ice with King Cotton<\/a>. Cotton is a character. Normally, I’d massage his language to follow the conventions of spelling and grammar but, in this case, I think his words deserve to stand just as he shared them. In an on-line interview, I asked him how he got his start as a singer. <\/p>\n

King Cotton<\/strong>: Ize raised on a dairy-farm back in Navasota Tex & I used to sang along to th’ tunes that were playin’ on mah transistor radio set-up in th’ window & with th’ milkin’ machines all ah churnin’ to those great RnB beats & cool mambos of th’ day. I would find mah sef sangin’ & freeflowin’ like crazy. That was when ‘n how I got hooked. <\/p>\n

Sander<\/strong>: Did your singing affect the quality of the milk?<\/em> <\/p>\n

King Cotton<\/strong>: Oh yes Sir, most defiantly….Mah sangin’ turnt it sour! <\/p>\n

Sander<\/strong>: What caused you to expand your audience beyond the cows to people?<\/em> <\/p>\n

King Cotton<\/strong>: Now that’s ah goodun. I’d have to say….GIRLS! It was purty-much ah natchel’ progression & ah no brainer to me, as It jes made since to take it from th’ farm to th’ stage if I ever wanted to better mah chances of snaggin’ the attention of th’ opposite sex. <\/p>\n

Sander<\/strong>: How did that work out for you? Were the ladies impressed?<\/em> <\/p>\n

King Cotton<\/strong>: Still are, last I checked! <\/p>\n

Sander<\/strong>: It seems that roots music goes through cycles of popularity. Where do you think it is now?<\/em> <\/p>\n

King Cotton<\/strong>: Well, I’m hopeful it’ll be in mah corner, at least for our up-commin’ performance on Broadway ‘n Pine in th’ good-doin’ LBC this Sat’dee eve. All seriousness aside though, I’m of th’ notion that it never has waned & shall always be in vogue as they say. As some old-school Jamicians say: “Now pop no style. I strictly Roots.” <\/p>\n

Sander<\/strong>: How does Texas blues differ from other styles, like those from Mississippi, or Chicago? Is it bigger?<\/em> <\/p>\n

King Cotton<\/strong>: Th’ blooze hath no borders & is neither big nor small, it’s jes sad chunes that make most folks happy. <\/p>\n

Long Beach has always had ah special place in mah heart and soul and this I promise: If you do show-up to catch me ‘n mah new outfit this Sat, you’re sho- nuff gon get ah show wit cho monies, coz I’ll be pourin’ out ev’ry drop of mah heart ‘n sou fa yal…See yawl out there on th’ street. <\/p>\n

— <\/p>\n

Remember that, next weekend, SAM is presenting two free shows! On July 10th, catch Swing Saturday from 5-9 PM in the East Village Arts District, and Battle of the Tribute Bands in Rainbow Harbor on Sunday from, 1 – 6 PM.<\/p>\n

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King Cotton with SAM organizers Justin and Ashley Hectus. Photo by Daniel DeBoom<\/p>\n

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The free Summer and Music concert series continues tomorrow evening on Pine Avenue with Blues and Roots, which will feature performances by local super group The Dibs, the amazing James Harmon, and Cold As Ice with King Cotton. Cotton gave a brief on-line interview, where he shared the story of his musical origins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hi-lo","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5513"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=5513"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}