Elizabeth Cotten
About the artist
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.
Top songs
- Wilson Rag
- Freight Train
- I Don't Love Nobody
- Ain't Got No Honey Baby Now
- Vastopol
- Going down the Road feeling bad
- I'm Going Away
- Graduation March
- Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
- Shake Sugaree
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- When I get Home
- Washington Blues
- Here old rattler here / Sent for my fiddle sent for my bow (Sent for my fiddle sent for my son) / Georgia Buck
- Take Me Back To Baltimore
- Sweet Bye and Bye / What a Friend We Have in Jesus
- Honey Baby your Papa cares for you
- Spanish Flang Dang
- Mama, Nobody's Here But The Baby
- Run...Run / Mama Your Son Done Gone
- Till We Meet Again
- Fare You Well, My Darling
- Fox Chase
- Honey Babe Your Papa Cares For You
- Ontario Blues
- Oh, Miss Lulie Gal
- Jesus Is Tenderly Calling
- Buck Dance
- Ruben
- In the Sweet Bye and Bye
- Holy Ghost, Unchain My Name
- Hallelujah, It Is Done
- Shoot That Buffalo
- Can't Get A Letter From Down The Road
- Boatman Dance
- Delia
- When The Train Comes Along
- Ball The Jack
- little brown jug
- Look And Live, My Brother
- Street Blues
- Spanish Flangdang
- Jesus Lifted Me
- Jenny
- Casey Jones
- New Year's Eve
- Praying Time Will Soon Be Over
- Untitled / George Buck
- Home Sweet Home
- Gaslight Blues
- Here Old Rattler Here / Sent for My Fiddle Sent for My Bow / George Buck
- Medley: A) Run...Run B) Mama Your Son Done Gone
- Time To Stop Your Idling
- Boddie's Song
- When I'm Gone
- Medley: A) Sweet Bye And Bye B) What A Friend We Have In Jesus
- Willie
- Medley: A)Here Old Rattler Here B) Sent For My Fiddle Sent For My Bow C) George Buck
- Oh Babe, it ain't no lie
- Jumpin' Jack
- 'Til We Meet Again
- Guitar Story
- Run, Run
- Shake Sugaree / Banjo Story, Rattler
- Untitled/Georgie Buck
- Untitled / Georgie Buck
- Look & Live, My Brother
- Take Me To Baltimore
- Shake Sugaree (1)
- Vastapol
- a) Run...Run b) Mama Your Son Done Gone
- Mama, Nobody's Here but the Baby - 2
- Elizabeth Story, Et Al., Honey Babe, Your Papa Cares For You
- Shake Sugaree (2)/ Banjo Story, Rattler
- In the Sweet By and By
- a) Sweet Bye and Bye b) What A Friend We Have In Jesus
- Elizabeth Story, Et Al. / Honey Babe, Your Papa Cares for You
- Oh, Babe, It Ain't No Lie
- Elizabeth Story, et al., Honeybabe, Your Papa Cares For You
- Freight Train - Live
- sweet bye and bye/what a friend we have in jesus
- a)Here Old Rattler Here b) Sent For My Fiddle Sent For My Bow c) George Buck
- Medley: Run...Run/Mama Your Son Done Gone
- Medley: Sweet Bye and Bye/What a Friend We Have in Jesus
- Jumpin' Jack - Live
- Little Brown Bug
- Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie - Live
- Shake Sugaree - Live
- a)Here Old Rattler Here b) Sent For My Fiddle Sent For My Bow c)George Buck
- Run......Run / Mama Your Son Done Gone
- Here Old Rattler Here/Sent For My Fiddle, Sent For My Bow/Georgie Buck
- Washington Blues - Live
- Run... Run.../Mama Your Son Done Gone
- Spanish Flag Dang
- Run... Run / Mama Your Son Done Gone
- Jesus Lifted Me (I'm So Glad)
- Vastopol - Live
- Georgia Buck
- Mama, Nobody's Here But The Baby [Prev Unrealesed]
- Freight Train - Remastered
- 02. Freight Train
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