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.
][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.
[4] He also appeared in the 1989 film Blaze starring Paul Newman as Louisiana Governor Earl Long.