Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten ( Nevills; January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987) was an influential American folk and blues musician. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down. This position meant that she would play the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb. Her signature alternating bass style has become known as "Cotten picking". NPR stated "her influence has reverberated through the generations, permeating every genre of music."Her album ''Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar'' (1958), was placed into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, and was deemed as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The album included her signature recording "Freight Train", a song she wrote in her early teens. In 1984, her live album ''Elizabeth Cotten Live!'', won her a Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, at the age of 90. That same year, Cotten was recognized as a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2022, she was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as an early influence. Provided by Wikipedia
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Shake sugaree by Cotten, Elizabeth
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Freight train and other North Carolina folk songs and tunes by Cotten, Elizabeth
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Marriage and death notices from Raleigh, N.C. newspapers, 1796-1826. by Cotten, Elizabeth Henderson
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Freight train and other North Carolina folk songs and tunes
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Freight train and other North Carolina folk songs and tunes.
Washington, DC : Smithsonian/Folkways Records, 1989Other Authors: “…Cotten, Elizabeth…”
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Freight train and other North Carolina folk songs and tunes
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Freight train and other North Carolina folk songs and tunes
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Shake sugaree
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Sauces, dips and salsas
Millers Point, N.S.W. : Bay Books, 2008Other Authors: “…Cotten, Elizabeth…”
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When I'm gone.
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2007Other Authors: “…Cotten, Elizabeth…”
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Got to tell it : a tribute to Mahalia Jackson
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Riding the rails
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Big little lies : music from season 2 of the HBO limited series.
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Big little lies : music from season 2 of the HBO limited series
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Big little lies : music from season 2 of the HBO limited series.
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Classic African American gospel
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Classic Piedmont blues
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Four American roots music films
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Smithsonian Folkways American roots collection.
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Classic railroad songs.
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