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Elizabeth Cotten

Elizabeth Cotten has been played on NTS over 30 times, featured on 28 episodes and was first played on 13 February 2015.

Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987) was an American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter. A self-taught left-handed guitarist, Cotten developed her own original style. Her approach involved using a right-handed guitar (usually in standard tuning), not re-strung for left-handed playing, essentially, holding a right-handed guitar 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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Freight Train
Elizabeth Cotton
Folkways Records1958
Freight Train
Elizabeth CottonFolkways Records1958
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Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
Elizabeth Cotten
Folkways Records1958
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
Elizabeth CottenFolkways Records1958
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Freight Train
Elizabeth Cotten
Folkways Records1979
Freight Train
Elizabeth CottenFolkways Records1979
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Wilson Rag
Elizabeth Cotten
Folkways Records1979
Wilson Rag
Elizabeth CottenFolkways Records1979
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Shake Sugaree
Elizabeth Cotten
Folkways Records1967
Shake Sugaree
Elizabeth CottenFolkways Records1967
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Sweet Bye And Bye
Elizabeth Cotten
Yazoo2002
Sweet Bye And Bye
Elizabeth CottenYazoo2002
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Casey Jones
Elizabeth Cotten
Folkways Records1979
Casey Jones
Elizabeth CottenFolkways Records1979
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Street Blues
Elizabeth Cotten
Folkways Records1979
Street Blues
Elizabeth CottenFolkways Records1979
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Vastopol
Elizabeth Cotten
Folkways Records1958
Vastopol
Elizabeth CottenFolkways Records1958
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Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Elizabeth Cotten
Let Them Eat Vinyl2014
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Elizabeth CottenLet Them Eat Vinyl2014
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