PAUL COTTON
''THE SUNSET KIDD (EP)''
2008
23:13
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1. The Sunset Kidd/4:11
2. It Never Goes Away/4:42
3. Isle of Sirens/3:34
4. Indian Summer/3:20
5. Lanikai/3:43
6. The Last Sunset/3:54
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Album Notes
CDBaby
ON A HOT SUNNY DAY AT THE BEACH OF SAN JUAN, CURACAO.................
"In 1997. Paul came to the small carribean island of Curacao to visit me. He had his acoustic guitar with him, and we drove to the secluded and deserted beach of San Juan. We stopped at an old wooden shack and Paul began to play as pelicans flew around, and the deep blue sea rolled gently to the shore. Paul loved this scenery and his magic filled the air. He has always been drawn to the ocean and the beaches, and he played his heart out with the warm ocean breezes surrounding us. Listen closely and you may hear those breezes on these tracks. He blew me away, and I recorded the songs right there.
We recorded six songs; five from his new project "When The Coast is Clear" (Paul's masterpiece released in 2004). I requsted one of my favorite sonds of Paul's rich catalogue: the title song of one of Poco's albums, "Indian Summer". We recorded it while Paul walked along the beach and I believe it fits in the vein of these songs.
When I visited Paul this year in Key West, we talked about these San Juan sessions. We listened to the recordings and decided it was time to share the music with his fans.
It is from this great creative day that I present Paul Cotton - "The Sunset Kidd" - for your listening pleasure. It is a great opportunity to relax, shut your eyes and listen to him, all alone with his acoustic guitar.
This was a spectacular day in Curacao. I was lucky to be there and am glad you can listen to these unique recordings of a man that never ceases tp amaze us with his many talents.
Paul has been writting new songs, surrounded by the sea that inspires him so much, and married his lovely wife Caroline standing in those very waters. He looks and sounds better than ever, so I'm sure you have not heard the last from the Captain ... and as he would say...............Happy Sails"
Peter Van Leeuwen
Curacao, October 2008
Recorded on Friday, October 24th 1997 at Playa San Juan, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Bruce Eder
Paul Cotton is a country-rock guitarist and singer who has enjoyed a five-decade career in music. Born in 1943, in Fort Rucker, AL, he reached his teens just as rock & roll was dominating the charts. Cotton took up the guitar at age 13, influenced by the music of Les Paul and Duane Eddy, among others, and was good enough at it to aspire to play professionally. He joined his first band at 14, and by 16, living in Illinois, he'd become a member of a Chicago-based outfit called the Capitols. They became Mus Twangs at the start of the 1960s, and cut a surf-style version of the Irving Berlin song "Marie" that was good enough to get picked up for national distribution by Mercury Records. By 1964, the Mus Twangs had started doing a mix of British Invasion and blue-eyed soul repertory, working under the name the Genrys and then the Rovin' Kind. By this time, Cotton was a major influence within the group along with fellow guitarist Kal David -- they complemented each other perfectly, one influenced by country music and early rock & roll, and the other R&B and soul, respectively, and developed a double lead guitar sound that made them increasingly popular in the Chicago area. They recorded on the Dunwich label, best remembered as the home of the Shadows of Knight, and eventually evolved into the Illinois Speed Press. In the latter incarnation, managed by James William Guercio, Cotton and company landed a contract with Columbia Records that yielded two albums and got bookings on the West Coast, as an opening act for the likes of Chicago and Steppenwolf. During this period, they also shared billing with a new country-rock quintet called Poco on several occasions. The Speed Press broke up in 1970, owing to Cotton and David's differing musical interests, and it was then that fate took a hand -- Poco was going through one of what would become frequent personnel changes around the same time, with co-founder Jim Messina announcing his plans to exit the lineup. Co-founder Richie Furay remembered being impressed with Cotton's playing as a member of the Speed Press and approached him, and Cotton became a member of Poco in short order. Most of his work since has been with Poco, apart from a five-year hiatus at the end of the '80s, when the band became inactive. Cotton recorded his first solo album, Changing Horses, during this period. But in the early '90s, he and Rusty Young -- one of the group's co-founders -- reactivated Poco as a working band, which was still going as of 2009. Cotton is known for his powerful sound on the guitar, while Young usually handles the pedal steel and more exotic instruments such as the mandolin. Cotton has also written several songs that are longtime parts of the band's repertory.
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''THE SUNSET KIDD (EP)''
2008
23:13
**********
1. The Sunset Kidd/4:11
2. It Never Goes Away/4:42
3. Isle of Sirens/3:34
4. Indian Summer/3:20
5. Lanikai/3:43
6. The Last Sunset/3:54
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Album Notes
CDBaby
ON A HOT SUNNY DAY AT THE BEACH OF SAN JUAN, CURACAO.................
"In 1997. Paul came to the small carribean island of Curacao to visit me. He had his acoustic guitar with him, and we drove to the secluded and deserted beach of San Juan. We stopped at an old wooden shack and Paul began to play as pelicans flew around, and the deep blue sea rolled gently to the shore. Paul loved this scenery and his magic filled the air. He has always been drawn to the ocean and the beaches, and he played his heart out with the warm ocean breezes surrounding us. Listen closely and you may hear those breezes on these tracks. He blew me away, and I recorded the songs right there.
We recorded six songs; five from his new project "When The Coast is Clear" (Paul's masterpiece released in 2004). I requsted one of my favorite sonds of Paul's rich catalogue: the title song of one of Poco's albums, "Indian Summer". We recorded it while Paul walked along the beach and I believe it fits in the vein of these songs.
When I visited Paul this year in Key West, we talked about these San Juan sessions. We listened to the recordings and decided it was time to share the music with his fans.
It is from this great creative day that I present Paul Cotton - "The Sunset Kidd" - for your listening pleasure. It is a great opportunity to relax, shut your eyes and listen to him, all alone with his acoustic guitar.
This was a spectacular day in Curacao. I was lucky to be there and am glad you can listen to these unique recordings of a man that never ceases tp amaze us with his many talents.
Paul has been writting new songs, surrounded by the sea that inspires him so much, and married his lovely wife Caroline standing in those very waters. He looks and sounds better than ever, so I'm sure you have not heard the last from the Captain ... and as he would say...............Happy Sails"
Peter Van Leeuwen
Curacao, October 2008
Recorded on Friday, October 24th 1997 at Playa San Juan, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Bruce Eder
Paul Cotton is a country-rock guitarist and singer who has enjoyed a five-decade career in music. Born in 1943, in Fort Rucker, AL, he reached his teens just as rock & roll was dominating the charts. Cotton took up the guitar at age 13, influenced by the music of Les Paul and Duane Eddy, among others, and was good enough at it to aspire to play professionally. He joined his first band at 14, and by 16, living in Illinois, he'd become a member of a Chicago-based outfit called the Capitols. They became Mus Twangs at the start of the 1960s, and cut a surf-style version of the Irving Berlin song "Marie" that was good enough to get picked up for national distribution by Mercury Records. By 1964, the Mus Twangs had started doing a mix of British Invasion and blue-eyed soul repertory, working under the name the Genrys and then the Rovin' Kind. By this time, Cotton was a major influence within the group along with fellow guitarist Kal David -- they complemented each other perfectly, one influenced by country music and early rock & roll, and the other R&B and soul, respectively, and developed a double lead guitar sound that made them increasingly popular in the Chicago area. They recorded on the Dunwich label, best remembered as the home of the Shadows of Knight, and eventually evolved into the Illinois Speed Press. In the latter incarnation, managed by James William Guercio, Cotton and company landed a contract with Columbia Records that yielded two albums and got bookings on the West Coast, as an opening act for the likes of Chicago and Steppenwolf. During this period, they also shared billing with a new country-rock quintet called Poco on several occasions. The Speed Press broke up in 1970, owing to Cotton and David's differing musical interests, and it was then that fate took a hand -- Poco was going through one of what would become frequent personnel changes around the same time, with co-founder Jim Messina announcing his plans to exit the lineup. Co-founder Richie Furay remembered being impressed with Cotton's playing as a member of the Speed Press and approached him, and Cotton became a member of Poco in short order. Most of his work since has been with Poco, apart from a five-year hiatus at the end of the '80s, when the band became inactive. Cotton recorded his first solo album, Changing Horses, during this period. But in the early '90s, he and Rusty Young -- one of the group's co-founders -- reactivated Poco as a working band, which was still going as of 2009. Cotton is known for his powerful sound on the guitar, while Young usually handles the pedal steel and more exotic instruments such as the mandolin. Cotton has also written several songs that are longtime parts of the band's repertory.
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WEBSITE
**********
TO THE TOP
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Thanks oldrocker for all the Paul Cotton reposts.
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