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soon left that family. Cotton was taken in as a kid by Sonny Boy Williamson II, the more famous one. The story
was always that Cotton had been orphaned but later he admitted that story wasn’t true.
They certainly look alike. Growing up separately without the knowledge of their common paternity, they both became excellent blues musicians. That says a lot about heredity, how musical talent was in their genes
John Lee Williamson was not joke!
Rice Miller stole his name and became Sonny Boy II
Good story story about some talented dudes!
Both Sonny Boys were superb (not just “good”). The facial resemblance between Cotton and Bland is certainly obvious; if you listen to some of Cotton’s early LPs, he croons ballads in a voice that’s also very remindful of Bobby.
I was at a Blues club in Baltimore Maryland. and James Cotton told me he and Bobby Bland were brothers it was about 1983 don’t know why he told us we were just folks talking to him after the show small venue didnl’t’have a place they could get away from the crowd so we just talked to him
The Good one!!! What the fucks wrong with you?
You’re right. I changed it to the most famous one.