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"Spanish Flang Dang" and "A Jig" played by the inimitable Elizabeth Cotten on the "Guitar, Guitar" TV show in 1969. From the DVD "Eizabeth Cotten In Concert 1969, 1978, 1980." More info at www.guitarvideos.com. + Informações

Vol. 2: Shake Sugaree (1967) Vocals: Brenda evans. + Informações

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). + Informações

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Formore information about this album, click here: www.folkways.si.edu and for more information about Smithsonian Folkways , the non-profit record label of the national museum, click here: www.folkways.si.edu This video features Elizabeth Cotten's "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad" from the 1989 album "Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes" on Smithsonian Folkways. Digital Downloads are available of this album in both MP3 and FLAC format. ©2008 Smithsonian Institution. + Informações

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Elizabeth Cotten performing on Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest. She plays the guitar upside-down and a regular standard tuning. Just amazing.. + Informações

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Sungha www.sunghajung.com plays 'Freight Train' arranged by Martin Tallstrom.. + Informações

Elizabeth Cotten wrote this song when she was 10 or 11 years old. Such an incredible perspective for a child....hope u like!. + Informações

An absolute country blues/folk standard, played by one of the true legends. Wonderful rendition from the "Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes" album released 2 years after her death in 1987.. + Informações

Firehose - In Memory of Elizabeth Cotton from the album "if'n". + Informações

Elizabeth Cotton at age 92 singing and playing a song that she wrote when she was 12. This video has never been seen by anyone.. + Informações

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2011.10.30 Bangkok Sungha 2nd Album 'Irony' now avaiilable at www.sunghajung.com. + Informações

1986 Philadelphia Folk Festival. + Informações

2011.12.4 Malaysia Concert.. + Informações

Learn to play Freight Train Guitar lesson - Elizabeth Cottensample guitar lesson. Full lesson found at www.TotallyGuitars.com. Visit the site for free guitar lessons, TARGET program, forum, community, and contests. http - Complete Free Lessons - Community - Chat Room - Forum - Your Own Blog - Recommend A Lesson -Membership is free www.TotallyGuitars.com join now!. + Informações

" Buck Dance " by ELIZABETH COTTEN. A simple tune, but an efficient tune ! An easy work in the study of ragtime guitar.. + Informações

lizabeth "Libba" Cotten was Born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on January 5, 1895. She started playing her older brother's Banjo at the age of eight. She soon moved on to his guitar. She was self taught and played the guitar left-handed and upside-down. At age 12, Cotten began doing housework, as her mother had done. At the age of fifteen she married Frank Cotten, They had one daughter, Lillie. The family moved back and forth between Chapel Hill, Washington DC., and New York City where Frank found work as a chaueffer and later the operator of his own auto repair shop. In 1940 she divorced Frank and moved in with her daughter, Lily and her husband. Elizabeth had retired the guitar for twenty-five years, except for occasional church performances when, in the late '40s, she began plaing regularly again. It wasn't until she reached her sixties that she began recording and performing publicly. She was discovered by the folk-singing Seeger family after she began doing their cleaning. Her first recording "Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar," was recorded by Mike Seeger, in 1958. Late in life, Cotten received many honors including: The National Endowment For The Arts National Heritage Fellowship Award in 1984, the same year she won a Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording for "Elizabeth Cotten Live!" Recorded when she was 90 years old. In 1986, she received a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Folk Recording. In 1989, Cotten was one of 75 influential .... + Informações

In praise of Elizabeth Cotten, a rare legendary performance of the Hootleggers, featuring Tom Monaghan. + Informações

" Wilson Rag " by ELIZABETH COTTEN. + Informações

A sort of more country version....listen with headphones for best sound. I'm practicing the picking for this one rather than strumming but I haven't uploaded in a while so I thought I'd put this up. Hope you enjoy!. + Informações