King Cotton (performer)

King Cotton is the stage name of Dicky Sony, an American Texas blues singer born in 1945 in Navasota, Texas, United States.^[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

^ "King Cotton Interview". LBPost.com. September 20, 2010. Archived from the original on August 23, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
^ "Galveston Music Scene: Navasota". GalvestonMusicScene.com. February 28, 2007. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
^ "Tapeheads (1988)". IMDb. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
^ "Tapeheads – End Credits w/ Roscoe's Wings & Waffles". June 2, 2008. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2020 – via YouTube.

External links

King Cotton MySpace page

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[1] "King Cotton Interview". LBPost.com. September 20, 2010. Archived from the original on August 23, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2010.

[2] "Galveston Music Scene: Navasota". GalvestonMusicScene.com. February 28, 2007. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2015.

[IMDB_title-3] "Tapeheads (1988)". IMDb. Retrieved January 21, 2020.

[YouTube_video-4] "Tapeheads – End Credits w/ Roscoe's Wings & Waffles". June 2, 2008. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2020 – via YouTube.

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