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PLADUKA!!! Mississippi Delta Jam Band, played with Paul"Wine" Jones, T-Model Ford, Willie Foster, Hash Brown Band, Members BOB COBB, SID COBB, GEORGE SHELDON, AND RAYMOND COLLINS.

   Birthed out of the Delta Blues scene in the late 1980's,  Pladuka was formed by brothers Bob and Sid Cobb from Belzoni, Mississippi. Joined by Avon native George Sheldon, on bass , who now owns The Longshot in Oxford Mississippi. Bob and Sid played guitar , harmonica and vocals and wrote most of thier material. They played around Mississippi and Dallas, Texas until they disbanded in 1996.Sid Cobb now lives in Myrtle Beach, North Carolina and Bob still lives in belzoni Mississippiwhere he playes with such people as Bill Abel, Paul "wine 'JONES, T-model Ford, Jimbo Matus, and Allen Jones.

Sidney is a musician/songwriter from Belzoni, Mississippi and has been writing song as long as he can remember. “I used to just hum and sing, or make up stories to a melody when I was just a kid. The earliest song I remember writing was about the red sky. I think I was around age seven.” He said Sidney started learning to play instruments at a fairly young age. “I received a harmonica at age nine from my Uncle Clarence and my father also played bass, guitar and harmonica. My brother Robert (Bob Cobb) is also a skilled musician, so I never remember a time when there was not a guitar in the house. Some things have not changed. “Sid Cobb said. He also started trumpet, at age eleven and from then was moved to tuba. Sid remembers. ”I was in the school band for five years and played in the brass section. The band director would just move me as she needed; I enjoyed being the utility man. I learned to play the sousaphone (three valves) and then concert tuba (four valves). Three different fingerings in five years! I decided then if I wanted to learn a new instrument I probably could. I’ve picked up fiddle, piano, mandolin, sax, bass, and slide guitar since then. Raised in the Mississippi Delta, birthplace of many legendary musicians, Sid and his brother Robert Cobb soaked up the culture and music of the Delta. “We have shared the stage over the years with musicians from North Carolina to Dallas Texas. The time we spend soaking up the culture never ends, but now the time has come to ring it out!” Says Sid. Most recently in the coastal Carolinas, Sidney has been a member of Blues Berry Jam and Coon Phat Gravy. Sid has played in venues across the country, such as, North and South Carolina: House of Blues, HB Spokes, Stool Pigeons, Dicks Last Resort, B&M Roadhouse, Pour House, Peasants, Ceders, Raw Bar, Dominic's, the Whisky, Paddy's Hollow, Velvet, Tomatoz, Mellow Mushroom, Bevanda, Icehouse, .... Dallas Texas: Deep Ellum, Greenville Ave., Schooner's, Texas Trap, The Bone, Hole in the Wall,.... Mississippi: Hal and Mal's, Inezes Place, Subway Lounge, George St. Gro., Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival, Catfish Festival, Balloon Fest, 1 Block East, Walnut St. Blues Bar, Blind Jim's, Frazier's, Bodega, City Grocery, Long Shot, Aden's Grill, Flo & Eddies, and hundreds more. The show consists of guitar, harmonica and rough grit to buttery vocals and the song list is comprised of tons of originals.Please check out my originals on MUSIC FARMER now.Sid and Bob also played with,Paul Jones, Hash Brown, Perry Jones ,and "Little" Bill Wallace.