Terry Cottam

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Terry Cottam is a guitar player, composer and teacher, who has played with several various bands in his career. Some of these bands were The Jess Upton Soul Band, Is, Jumpback, Terra Cotta, Edgar Broughton Band, Dreamcloud, Chameleon, Maya, The Jokers, and 5 Square 4. Chris and Terry first played in the band named 5 Square 4. Terry is married to Sue Cottam. His son, Buster Cottam, is also in the music scene and has earned his music degree.^[1]

1 Chameleon
2 Band chronology
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Chameleon

After attending college, Terry Cottam played in Chameleon which was an Anglo-Canadian band. Originally Terry and Sue Cottam^[1] (guitar and vocals) plus Chris Woodcock on drums, joined by Ross Shortreed (the Canadian keyboard player) and subsequently by Ivan Carling (bass). After several months of unsuccessful gigging, the band saw the departure of Terry and Sue (see Terra Cotta) and the arrival of Dave Broad on guitar and vocals. Concentrating on Shortreed's songs, the band soon began playing the London toilet circuit—Hope & Anchor, Nashville Rooms, and others—and attracted the attention of both the music press and Albion Management. An album was recorded at Rick Wright's (Pink Floyd) studio in rural Cambridgeshire. Disillusioned by the arrival of punk and consequent lessening of record company interest in country rock, Shortreed quit to return to Canada, which in turn led to the breakup of the band. There are a few recordings surviving of the later version of Chameleon, but not so far available on the web.

[edit] Band chronology

Terry and Sue Cottam went touring England under the band name Dreamcloud in the 1970s.

The Jump Back Band was a three piece band originally formed by Terry Cottam in 1980.^[2]

The Edgar Broughton Band, founded in 1968, welcomed Terry Cottam in 1975.^[3]

Terra Cotta was the next band Terry Cottam joined, as the Edgar Broughton Band dissolved in 1979.

As of 1992, the Jess Upton Soul Band was formed by Chris Lonergan who played bass, and supplied backing vocals for Jess Upton. The band also included Steve Mutter, Sammy Hurden, Clive Ashley, Julie Trevett, Terry Cottam and Dave Kenderdine.^[4]^[5]