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Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (née 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. [4]
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (1895-1987), best known for her timeless song "Freight Train," built her musical legacy on a firm foundation of late 19th- and early 20th-century African-American instrumental traditions.
Sep 9, 2021 · Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train (Rare Live Performance) Music Video by Elizabeth Cotten performing her Freight Train classic in this historic footage from the University of Washington,...
Jun 29, 2022 · How Elizabeth Cotten's music fueled the folk revival Although inducted into the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, her contributions haven't always been properly acknowledged.
Elizabeth Cotten. "I don't know nothing about no notes, I can't read music. You just get a song and know it and just keep fooling around with it 'til you get it to sound like you want it to sound.
When she was nine years old, Cotten was forced to leave school and work as a domestic in the homes of white people. At age 12, she had a live-in job in Chapel Hill, earning a dollar a month that her mother saved to buy her first guitar, a Stella.
Elizabeth Cotten died in June 1987 in Syracuse, New York, at the age of 94, but her impact on American musical traditions is profound and far-reaching, touching on various aspects of folk, blues, and popular music.
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (1895-1987), best known for her timeless song " Freight Train ," built her musical legacy on a firm foundation of late 19th- and early 20th-century African-American instrumental traditions.
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