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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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Remembering Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987) She was an American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter. A self-taught left-handed guitarist, Cotten developed her own original style. She played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down, as she was left-handed. This position meant that she would 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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Born on January 5th of 1896, Elizabeth ‘Libba’ Cotten wrote the song ‘Freight Train’ at the age of twelve. https://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/elizabeth-libba-cotten/ She would find global fame after being recorded by the Seeger family (for whom she worked as a nurse) in the 1950s. | All About Blues Music
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Remembering Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987) She was an influential American folk and blues musician. A self-taught left-handed guitarist, Cotten developed her own original style. She played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down, as she was left-handed. This position meant that she would play the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb. Her signature alternating bass style has become known as "Cotten picking".(Wiki) #eliz
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