Tim Cotton was born and raised in Edmonton Alberta and has been performing professionally since 1988. He was exposed to music and musicianship at a young age due to his Dads influence as a professional musician in Edmonton from 1958-1987. Tim has a command of the piano and guitar as well as drums and is an accomplished singer.
In the beginning of his career, he played in a number of notable bands in the Edmonton area.
Notable Bands and Music Projects over the years include:
• Kelly Alaina (Top 40 Dance/Pop/Hip Hop)
• Welcome (Power Pop Rock Originals)
• Rotting Fruit (60’s 70’s 80’s Classic Rock Show Band)
• James Murdoch (Pop Originals)
• Bent Harbour (Blues)
• Evelyn Tremble (60’s Psychedelic Originals)
• Joint Chiefs (Classic Rock cover band)
In 2003 after much thought and a leap of faith, Tim decided it was time to quit his day job and rely entirely on music for an income. He started a pub single act and entertained in most of the local pubs in Edmonton and around Alberta. In addition to gigs with bands, he managed to cover a lot of ground in Western Canada during this time in his career entertaining in many of the notable venues in…
Alberta and BC:
• Woody’s Delta Resort Kananaskis
• The Metro Calgary
• The Drake Canmore
• Rose & Crown Banff
• Banff Springs Hotel Banff
• The Kicking Horse Panorama Resort
• The Atha-B Jasper
• Club Med Kelowna
• Steamers Vicoria
• Plaza of Nations Vancouver
• Crown and Anchor Grande Prairie
• Jimmy’s Sports Bar Slave Lake
• The Black Horse Pub Fort MacMurray
Edmonton:
• Agricom
• The Bronx
• Sidetrack Café
• Urban Lounge
• Commercial Hotel
• Rexall Place
• The King’s Knight,
• Reds
• Kelly’s Pub
• The Lions Head
• Duke of Argyll
• Sherlock Holmes WEM, Downtown & Capilano Mall
• Rose & Crown
• The Beer Hunter St Albert & Edmonton
• Castlerock St Albert U of A Campus
• Sub Theater
• Power Plant
• Dinwoodie
• Ratt
In 2009, he joined the Dueling Piano Team at "The Red Piano" in West Edmonton Mall. As of January of 2017, The Red Piano was sold to the Wow Entertainment Group and is now called "Aussie Rules Kitchen and Piano Bar". Tim currently entertains there in addition to co-operating a dueling piano show with Kelly Nall under the name of "Court Jester Pianos".