The man behind the big top. Cotton Fenner, the promotion executive behind early Feld shows including the circus. Unknown to many circus folks as he died suddenly in 1972 at age 61 and his shoes were |
Sunday, May 06, 2012
From Jerry Digney #15
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Cotton hired me, I worked with him as his assistant until he passed away when the show was in Chicago. He also had a heart attack while the show was in Oakland,I got him to the hospital. Great man, great boss, smart as a whip, had ut together a great team of people in each city he did, and at the time he was doing all the big cities, from Boston, Chicago, La
I was hred by Cotton, was his assitant for 2-3 years until he passed away while the show was in Chicago. He was a great boss, smart as a whip,great teacher, most new promoters at the time would go out on their own after about 6 months. Cotton kept me with him, I was itching to get out on my own but Irvin said he wanted me to stay with Cotton.
I think this helped me be a better promoter. I saw alot and he taught me alot. He did all the big cities and he had a great ability to find good people in each town to work for the show in the promotion and advertisisng.
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