LoginThe Cobra Records Story
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Cobra was the exception, a label that took its personality from its A&R chief rather than its owner. Eli Toscano, who owned a record shop in West Chicago, founded the label in 1956, but he left the artistic decisions to his in-house songwriter-producer-bassist Willie Dixon, who had just left Chess Records in a money dispute. Dixon was a great talent scout, and he snatched the three best performers of the Chicago blues' second generation--Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, and Magic Sam-- right out from under the Chess brothers' noses. He wrote them some great songs, and encouraged them to develop the single-note guitar leads that disting
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Manufacturer: Capricorn
Release date: 1 January 1993
EAN: 0789394201223 UPC: 789394201223
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Release date: 1 January 1993
EAN: 0789394201223 UPC: 789394201223
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