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Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train (04:37)

Elizabeth Cotten on Rainbow Quest with Pete Seeger (No. 3)

Elizabeth Cotten - Wilson Rag (06:39)

Rainbow Quest with Pete Seeger (No. 3)

Elizabeth Cotten - Mama, Your Papa Loves You (06:17)

Rainbow Quest with Pete Seeger (No. 3)

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More Elizabeth Cotten! Interviewer is Shetland Fiddler Aly Bain, from his 1985 Series Down Home. (Top Tip: Search his "Transatlantic Sessions" clips on this site for more great music)

Elizabeth Cotten - "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad" (02:15)

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Elizabeth Cotten Biography

Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (January 5, 1895 - June 29, 1987) was an American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter.

Self-taught and having no knowledge of conventional guitar tunings (e.g. standard 'EADGBE' tuning or any established open tunings), Cotten developed her own original style. Her approach to left-handed guitar playing involved keeping the guitar in standard tuning but holding it upside down. This position required her to play the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb. Her signature, alternating bass style has become known as "Cotten picking".

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