In 1966 he saw Bob Dylan performing live in Dublin and the experience influenced him radically.
[1] Cott left The Boomtown Rats in 1982, prior to the recording of the band's fifth album V Deep.
In 1984 he released the five-song album I Left My Hat in Haiti that included the single "Alphabet Town".
"Alphabet Town" hit the Canadian charts, peaking at #90 during a 9-week run near the end of 1984.
[2] In 2010, Cott released a solo acoustic guitar album Urban Soundscapes[3][4] On 20 September 2011, Cott performed live on stage with Bob Geldof at the Cadogan Hall in Sloane Square, London for the last three songs of the set.