The Occasion?

40th Birthday Celebration of the “United Democratic Jurists”.

They came to Frankfurt Literature House from around Deutschland to celebrate and Honor the spirit of their union.

Although, it was not only party, party, party for the Juristen. After a full day of meetings and discussion, the guests were eager to kick back, enjoy some delicious food, Fine wine and house rocking Blues.

Our host Manfred invited The Fabulous Robert Cotton Band to partake in the cuisine prepared and offered by the staff at Literature House.  I can say that I  fully enjoyed my share of  all the “tasty Treats ” offered……. OK, perhaps more than my share.

Then it was “Time to Play the Blues!”   2 Hours of Jumpin, House Rocking Blues delivered by The Fabulous Robert Cotton Band ….the only way we know how….”Full Temperature!” and  “Cooked to Perfection!”   Following the 2 hour course of  “Blues a la  “The Fabulous Robert Cotton band”, we invited a couple of the Jusristen who enjoy chopping the Axe to come on stage to play guitar and sing with the band.  The audience was astonished to learn that their colleagues, people they have known for years, had such passion and talent beyond the scope of “Juristen”. It was wonderful to watch the expressions and positive reactions from the audience as their colleagues “showed their stuff”.

In conclusion, it was a wonderful night of Live Blues. We enjoyed meeting and talking to you all and look forward to playing our Blues for and with you again soon.

If you would like to view some additional pictures from the party, just go to Pictures and click on “Juristen Party.”   There you can also down load pictures you would like to have for yourself.

Thanks Manfred, thanks Verreinigung demokratischer Juristen!

A beautiful day, lots of fantastic food, drink till you drop, and…….The fabulous Robert Cotton Band providing the entertainment.
Hey!! if you werent there you missed a great party. Thats all I can say!

Phil, thanks for inviting us to your celebration. The Band Michael Groebert – Lead Guitar, Martin van der Velde – Bass, Jay Jackson – Drums, and my lone some self on Vocals, guitar and Harmonica,  had a great time with all the guests and enjoyed all the days offerings……
We could not have asked for better weather. The party Gods were with us with out a doubt!
Your guests made us feel right at home. The love that everyone showed us was appreciated and motivating.
Look forward to performing for you again in the future. Thanks Phil and all at “Frankfurt Garden BBQ 2012”.

For more pictures of this wonerful celebration click on the Picture archive, “Frankfurt Garden BBQ 2012”.

had the pleasure of playing some Blues with some Soulful Musicians at “Slow Blues” In Nagoya Japan last week.  Met a lot of wonderful people. Some could not spaeak English, unfortunately I could not speak Japaneez, other than a couple couticies, but when we picked up our instruments together we all spoke the same language. Blues. What a wonderful world it could be if we could all communicate with one another through our Music.
Thanks Chubby san, and every one else at “Slow Blues” for some great memorize.

I am saddened to tell you that a Blues legend and old friend Louisiana Red passed away on Saturday. I had the Honor of playing my Blues with Louisiana during my time in the Phoenix Arizona Blues scene.

I can tell you that Louisiana was not only a powerful down home blues artist but a man of passion and honesty. I was fortunate to speak and reminisce with Louisiana in December 2011 during a performance in Frankfurt where he once again displayed his mastery of Voice, Guitar telling his story of life.  See you there Louisiana Red.

Sunday 01 January 2012 at 1:38 pm

Liebe Musikfreundinnen, liebe Musikfreunde,

Es ist geschafft, die besinnlichen Weihnachtsfeiertage liegen hinter uns, der Jahre 2012 steht vor der Tür und die Vorbereitungen für das Darmstädter BluesFest 2012 sind so gut wie abgeschlossen.

In knapp eine Woche heißt es: “Ladys and Gentlemen – it’s Bluestime”! Wie in jedem Jahr haben wir uns wieder bös’ ins Zeug gelegt, um unserem treuen aber auch anspruchsvollen Publikum, also Euch  ,  eine weitere stimmungsvolle Bluesnacht bieten zu können. So führte uns die Suche nach einem würdigen Blues-Act für das BluesFest 2012 geradewegs ins Mekka des Blues, nach Chicago/USA.

Neben NUTHIN’ BUT… spielt am 07.01.12 Mr. Robert Cotton aus Chicago/Illinois für Euch, der mit “The Fabulous Robert Cotton Band” die Kulthalle der Knabenschule in ein Roadhouse verwandeln wird.

Wir freuen uns auf Dich!

Hey Blues Lovers, “The Fabulous Robert Cotton Band” wurde bei “Hessen rockt 2011” competition von der Jury der Frankfurter Rundschau ausgewählt! Die nächste Hürde ist das “Telefonvoting”. Wenn wir darin bestehen ist unser Teilnahme auf der Bühne sicher, aber wir konnen es nur schaffen mit Eure Hilfe. Bitte bis 5 December anruffen.
Hier ist die TelNr. die es anzurufen gilt. Der Anruf kostet 25Cent. Bitte anzurufen fur eure lieblings Blues Band in Hessen “The Fabulous Robert Cotton Band”. Hier ist unsere Hessen Rockt HP: http://rockt.tv/groups/the-fabulous-robert-cotton-band und das ist die Nummer fürs Telefonvoting: 01376 /05 01 01   031 (25C/Min) (Die 031 steht für “The Fabulous Robert Cotton Band”).

Thanks all you Blues Addicts

Hey Y’all!
Hope you were able to be there with us for the two shows down in Kandern at ChaBah and Emmendingen at the Mehlsack. It was another great night of Blues and other tasty treats with my posse of Blues slingers, Micha, Oli and Zoltan.
We all piled into Zoltan’s “Fever” bus and headed south direction Swiss boarder for the weekend. Zoltan by the way is my drummer and as I like to call him the “diplomat” of the group. It was about a 3 hour drive from our neck of the woods to Emmendingen. When we arrived at Mehlsack everything was just as planned. We were met at the door, provided a nice cold brew and introduced to our sound man/club manager. Mehlsack is located in the cellar of an old Mill. Really cool atmosphere and great sound for live Music.  Upstairs you’ll find the sports bar, restaurant and various other rooms and hidden corners to just hang out and relax. Equipment was dragged in, set up, sound checked and rechecked. Finally finished with the “business” side of things we headed for the boarder. Wanted to check if people on the other side looked like we did or if they had a third eye or something.  I can confirm that all is well at the German Swiss border. The natives welcomed us with friendly open arms.
Anyway, after our little “adventure”, it was time to get back to reality. After all, “There’s a show to be done”!                                                                                                                                                                          We pulled up to Mehlsack about 30 minutes before show time and “prepared” ourselves for a “great night of Real American Blues”. A nice crowd of local Blues lovers anxiously awaited “The Fabulous Robert Cotton Band “. We didn’t let them down. We kicked off the set with “Rock This House” and just kept the house a rock’n till one o’clock in the morning.                                                                                                                                                            Everyone, the local Blues lovers, the good folks at Mehlsack and everyone else we happened to encounter over the course of our stay in this part of Germany made for a fantastic weekend filled with great Music, new friends and wonderful memorize. I sure hope you were there too. Too bad if you missed it.

Until next time all our friends in Blues Land.

Robert Cotton   
“The Fabulous Robert Cotton band”

………the Blues is in me,  and it’s got to come out!

Sunday 30 May 2010 at 11:12 am

Hey my Blues Brothers and Sisters!
On 28 May in Oberursel, just outside of Frankfurt Germany, the good people from International Bund Behinderte Hilfe hired me to perform a Solo Blues evening at their new Kulturcafe IBBH. There were some real Blues lovers there for the show. I enjoyed talking to all of you about  Blues Music, Guitars, even some politics. Its always a pleasure for me to meet people that enjoy the Blues. If I was able to bring a smile to your face,  helped to recall some pleasant memories of the past or inspired you to get that old guitar out of the closet and play that  song that you loved in college, then I did my job well.

Let me tell you a little about Kulturcafe IBBH. Its a comfortable little cafe with a warm, welcoming atmosphere. The Kulture cafe is directly associated with the Behinderte Heim and all profits  of the Cafe  go directly to the Home.  So no matter if your thinking about comeing out to Kulturecafe IBBH and want to enjoy the  next Robert Cotton performance of Jump’n Blues or if you choose to come in for one of the other varieties of Musical entertainment, please do so and support this wonderful cause. You will meet lots impressive people doing  wonderful things for those less fortunate than our selves. Take a seat, make yourself comfortable order a nice cold beer, or a glass of wine, hungry? They have warm meals as well. Relax and enjoy the music….

Hey take a look at the pictures archive and click on Kulturecafe IBBH. You might see your pretty face…..along with my own…..