Tyrone Cotton

w/ Ray Rizzo

Tyrone Cotton’s earliest musical revelation was listening to the raspy, inspirational voice of his grandfather, the Reverend Cleveland Roosevelt Williams, at his childhood home in Louisville, KY. Cotton began playing guitar along to the sounds of popular rock and blues artists and draws inspiration for his debut album from influences such as Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, and Mississippi John Hurt, who intrigued Tyrone with his “finger pickin’ and soft, wispy voice.”

Cotton’s debut album, Man Like Me, is the result of a lifelong journey of his nearly 30 years of performing in venues and as a beacon of the Louisville music community where he continues to reside today. The collection of songs developed over the past decade and documented on Man Like Me, is a deeply stirring reflection of Cotton’s own experiences which explores connection, loss, hope and resurrection, punctuated by a voice that is hauntingly evocative yet equally warm and alluring.

Ray Rizzo is a musician, writer, singer, recording and performance artist and producer currently in his 14th year of gentrifying the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. As a drummer, Ray has recorded and/or performed with Bob Weir, Trixie Whitley, Glen Hansard (incl. Grammy-nominated Didn’t He Ramble), Chocolate Genius, David Pajo, Tara Jane O’Neil, Yo Yo Ma (Grammy-winning Songs Of Joy and Peace), Martha Wainwright, David Wax Museum, Charles Neville, Justin Vivian Bond, Josh Ritter, Claire Bowen, Rhett Miller, Daniel Lanois, Sam Cohen, Danger Mouse, Doveman, Dawn Landes, and James Rado (Hair).

$17 advance | $22 day-of

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