King Cotton (performer)

King Cotton is the stage name of Dicky Sony, a Texas blues singer born in 1945 in Navasota, Texas.[1] He was the lead vocalist and founding member of the blues/rock band Navasota in 1969. [Expand on band members & history with Steely Dan and ABC Records. See Talkpage.] [2]

King Cotton achieved particular notoriety in the past two decades due to his appearance with John Cusack and Tim Robbins in the 1988 film Tapeheads.[3] Most notable about his role as Roscoe (the "Chicken and Waffles" king) is his end-titles song "Roscoe's Rap", which has become a cult favorite on YouTube.com.[4] He also appeared in the 1989 film Blaze starring Paul Newman as Louisiana Governor Earl Long.

References

  1. ↑ "King Cotton Interview". LBPost.com. 20 Sep 2010. Retrieved 28 Sep 2010.
  2. ↑ "Galveston Music Scene: Navasota". GalvestonMusicScene.com. 28 February 2007. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096223/
  4. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUsrw2glbrY

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