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Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten was a self-taught musical prodigy who created a unique legacy in American folk and blues. A left-hander playing a right-handed guitar upside down, she developed the "Cotten picking" style—using her thumb for melody and fingers for bass. At just 11 years old, she wrote the timeless classic "Freight Train," inspired by the trains near her North Carolina home. After decades away from music to raise a family, she was "rediscovered" in her 60s while working for the Seeger fam

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Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten was a self-taught musical prodigy who created a unique legacy in American folk and blues. A left-hander playing a right-handed guitar upside down, she

A Gift that Lasts. Giulio Cercato · Beautiful. Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten was a self-taught musical prodigy who created a unique legacy in American folk and blues. A left-hander playing a right-handed guitar upside down, she developed the "Cotten picking" style—using her thumb for melody and fingers for bass. At just 11 years old, she wrote ...

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1.3M views · 3.8K reactions | In honor of Elizabeth Cotten's birthday, we want to share this rare clip of her playing "Washington Blues," a song she wrote in 1965. | Dust-to-Digital | Facebook

1.3M views · 3.8K reactions | In honor of Elizabeth Cotten's birthday, we want to share this rare clip of her playing "Washington Blues," a song she wrote in 1965. | Dust-to-Digital | Facebook

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983K views · 15K shares | At age 85, Elizabeth Cotten demonstrates how she taught herself to play guitar as a child and performs the first tune she ever learned, "Wilson Rag." Special thanks to Mike Seeger for everything he did to bring Elizabeth Cotten's music to the world including this footage filmed at Black Hawk College in 1978. | Dust-to-Digital | Facebook

983K views · 15K shares | At age 85, Elizabeth Cotten demonstrates how she taught herself to play guitar as a child and performs the first tune she ever learned, "Wilson Rag." Special thanks to Mike Seeger for everything he did to bring Elizabeth Cotten's music to the world including this footage filmed at Black Hawk College in 1978. | Dust-to-Digital | Facebook

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Elizabeth 'Libba' Cotten whose precise 'upside-down' finger-style was called 'Cotten-picking'born on Jan 5th 1893. http://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/elizabeth-libba-cotten/ Libba wrote the song 'Freight Train' when she was just 12 years old. She later worked as a nurse for the Seeger family and when they recorded her in the 50's, Libba went on to worldwide fame. | All About Blues Music

Elizabeth 'Libba' Cotten whose precise 'upside-down' finger-style was called 'Cotten-picking'born on Jan 5th 1893. http://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/elizabeth-libba-cotten/ Libba wrote the song 'Freight Train' when she was just 12 years old. She later worked as a nurse for the Seeger family and when they recorded her in the 50's, Libba went on to worldwide fame. | All About Blues Music

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“Her technique is particularly difficult to replicate because she played ‘upside down’ on a guitar strung for a righty”: Sue Foley salutes Elizabeth Cotten and her favorite female guitar pioneers in this fingerpicking blues masterclass

“Her technique is particularly difficult to replicate because she played ‘upside down’ on a guitar strung for a righty”: Sue Foley salutes Elizabeth Cotten and her favorite female guitar pioneers in this fingerpicking blues masterclass

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Elizabeth 'Libba' Cotten whose precise 'upside-down' finger-style was called 'Cotten-picking'born on Jan 5th 1893. http://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/elizabeth-libba-cotten/ Libba wrote the song 'Freight Train' when she was just 12 years old. She later worked as a nurse for the Seeger family and when they recorded her in the 50's, Libba went on to worldwide fame. | All About Blues Music

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Remembering Elizabeth Cotten, gone 36 years today. Here she is performing and discussing her version of “Ruben” in 1969. | Dust-to-Digital

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