Cotton 's studio album '' Giant '' , released by Alligator Records in late September 2010 , was nominated for a Grammy Award . His album '' Cotton Mouth Man '' , released by Alligator on May 7 , 2013 , was also a Grammy nominee . It includes guest appearances by Gregg Allman , Joe Bonamassa , Ruthie Foster , Delbert McClinton , Warren Haynes , Keb Mo , Chuck Leavell and Colin Linden . Cotton played harmonica on " Matches Do n't Burn Memories " on the debut album by the Dr. Izzy Band , '' Blind & Blues Bound '' , released in June 2013 . In 2014 , Cotton won a Blues Music Award for Traditional Male Blues Artist and was also nominated in the category Best Instrumentalist – Harmonica
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James Cotton