Roger Allen Cotton (1946 – 1 June 2016) was an English musician, singer, songwriter,

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and

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. He played keyboards and guitar. Cotton first played in his father's band at the age of 13. He was a member of Peter Green's Splinter Group, The Clockwork Orange, The Bandwagon, and The Brothers Grim where he met longtime collaborator

Alan Glen Alan Glen (born 21 December 1951) is a British blues harmonica player, best known for his work with The Yardbirds, Nine Below Zero, Little Axe, and his own bands, The Barcodes and The Incredible Blues Puppies. Career Glen started playing ...

. At the time of his death, Cotton was the keyboard player in the Buddy Whittington Band.

Biography

Cotton was born in

Bromley Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 87,889 as of 2011. Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, char ...

, London, England. Cotton, when a member of

Peter Green Splinter Group The Peter Green Splinter Group were a blues band formed in 1997, fronted by guitarist and singer Peter Green. Green was the leader of Fleetwood Mac until 1970. He suffered a mental breakdown during the 1970s. He was rehabilitated with the aid ...

, wrote some of the band's songs, including "Big Change" and "Real World". He played keyboard and guitar with

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers are an English blues rock band led by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist John Mayall. While never producing a hit of their own, the band has been influential as an incubator for British rock and blues ...

, Paul Jones,

Carlos Santana Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist who rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of Rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound featured ...

, Papa George Blues Band, Soul Survivor, The Paul Cox Band, and with Buddy Whittington. He has also written and recorded with

Eric Bibb Eric Charles Bibb (born August 16, 1951) is a Grammy-nominated American-born blues singer and songwriter. Biography Bibb's father, Leon, was a musical theatre singer, who made a name for himself as part of the 1960s New York folk scene; his u ...

, Dr. Feelgood, The Barcodes, Incredible Blues Puppies,

Downliners Sect Downliners Sect are an English R&B and blues-based rock band, formed in the 1960s beat boom era. Stylistically, they were similar to blues-based bands such as The Yardbirds, The Pretty Things and the Rolling Stones, playing basic R&B on their ...

, Sonny Black and Derek Nash. He also made various appearances on television in the United States, Europe and Japan. He was the owner of Roundel Studios in

Horton Kirby Horton Kirby is a village in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 3.9 miles east of Swanley & 4.9 miles south of Dartford. Together with the nearby village of South Darenth, it forms the Horton Kirby and South Darenth civil paris ...

, Kent, where many musicians have recorded. The studio closed after his death. In November 2008, after producing and engineering hundreds of albums for other musicians, Cotton released his first album, ''A Long Way Back'', under his own name, featuring many of the musicians he had worked with including Derek Nash, Marcus Malone,

Gary Barnacle Gary Barnacle (born 1959 in Dover, England) is an English saxophonist, flautist, brass instrument arranger, composer, and producer. Barnacle is primarily noted for his session work and live work, including various Prince's Trust concerts at Wem ...

, Papa George, Buddy Whittington, Paul Cox and Val Cowell. He died in

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

, England in June 2016, from a

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. His funeral took place on 28 June at Eltham Crematorium, Crown Wood Way, London.

References

External links

Roundel Studio (archive version – domain no longer active)

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1945 births 2016 deaths People from Bromley Organ blues musicians British blues pianists English record producers English audio engineers Peter Green Splinter Group members {{UK-pianist-stub