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James "Superharp" Cotton Plays at the Flying Monkey in Plymouth NH 9/24/11

Nestled in the lakes and mountain region lies the quaint college town of Plymouth, New Hampshire.  The picturesque downtown offers the right amount of entertainment, culture, and collegiate air for the discerning window shopper.  Downtown Plymouth  is also the home of The Flying Monkey , a re-purposed old time theater turned concert venue (among other things), that is pulling in top-notch national acts.  Tipped off by a business acquaintance that this was the ideal venue to see a show, I immediately started my online investigation to see who was playing, and, to my pleasant surprise blues legend royalty James "Superharp" Cotton was on the marquee.   Mr. Superharp may not have blue blood, but he certainly has the blues running through his veins.  He started playing the blues harmonica (or what I like to refer to as the Mississippi saxophone) at the tender age of nine.  He was taught how to play by the great Sonny Boy Williamson and played with the late Muddy Waters for ov