King Cotton (performer) explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: King Cotton Interview. September 20, 2010. LBPost.com. September 28, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823231411/http://www.lbpost.com/life/sander/10084. August 23, 2010. dead.
  2. Web site: Galveston Music Scene: Navasota. February 28, 2007. GalvestonMusicScene.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20110711070557/http://www.galvestonmusicscene.com/Archives/02-28-2007-Navasota-Rio.html. July 11, 2011. March 9, 2015.
  3. Web site: Tapeheads (1988) . IMDb. January 21, 2020.
  4. Web site: Tapeheads – End Credits w/ Roscoe's Wings & Waffles . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/GUsrw2glbrY . 2021-12-21 . live. June 2, 2008 . YouTube. January 21, 2020.

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