The journey eventually led him to collaborations with two of Toronto’s rising stars.  Poetic songwriter, Corin Raymond  www.corinraymond.com and singer, Suzie McNeil (ROCKSTAR:INXS finalist) www.suziemcneil.com have both co-written, performed and recorded with Sean on successful original projects.  McNeil and Raymond have written songs with Cotton that appear on his debut live album "THE LAST CALL CLUB".

In 1995 Sean Cotton started defining himself musically in a series of house gigs and one nighters in which he refused to conform to the norms of the bar scene.  Long jams, original songs and 4 hour performances that catered to his mood and energy, were some of the musical chances that Sean would take.  He found that solo performances offered a sense of creative freedom that catering to a collaboration, quite often doesn't allow.   

Now 35 years old and 15 years a professional musician, Cotton has had the opportunity to play alongside some of Canada’s best musicians.  Now, a heavily established songwriter and musician in Southern Ontario, Sean has experienced that synchronized combination of musicians that classic bands are made from.

In 2002 Sean Cotton found himself in the privileged place of taking up a Thursday night residency at Roc’n’Docs www.rocndocs.com, a live music venue in Port Credit Ontario.  Sean hand picked his band out of some of the most well respected sidemen in the GTA with the mandate, "to play rock music the way it had been played by his heroes".  The band consists of keyboardist/vocalist Steve Klodt (previously with Jeff Healey, Amanda Marshall, Honeymoon Suite, Platinum Blonde, Paul Reddick, The Undesirables and Suzie McNeil); on bass guitar/backing vocals, Steve Skingley (currently with Rik Emmett and previously with Alana Myles, Honeymoon Suite and Suzie McNeil), with Mike Churchill (currently with Rik Emmett and previously with David Wilcox, The Undesirables and Suzie McNeil) on drums.    

Performing original compositions reflective of like minded artists such as Paul Weller, The Allman Brothers, Gov’t Mule and Ben Harper, Sean leads the band through exploratory journeys of the material, often extending songs for up to 20 minutes.  Audiences have been loving the experience every Thursday night for the past four years.  Facetiously, Cotton describes the music as “a 70’s arena rock performance without the light show”.