King Cotton is the stage name of Dicky Sony, an American Texas blues singer born in 1945 in Navasota, Texas, United States. [1] He was the lead vocalist and founding member of the blues/rock band Navasota in 1969. [Expand on band members & history with Steely Dan and ABC Records. See Talkpage.] [2]
King Cotton achieved particular notoriety in the past two decades due to his appearance with John Cusack and Tim Robbins in the 1988 film Tapeheads. [3] Most notable about his role as Roscoe (the " Chicken and waffles" king) is his end-titles song "Roscoe's Rap", which has become a cult favorite on YouTube.com. [4] He also appeared in the 1989 film Blaze starring Paul Newman as Louisiana Governor Earl Long.