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, courtesy of the Seattle Folklore Society. A classic folk music icon, Elizabeth Cotten self-taught herself how to play guitar and banjo. Being left-handed, she flipped a right-handed guitar upside down and as such played with the strings reversed. Elizabeth Cotten's style is unique and talent undeniable. 🎵 Enjoy more Music from Cornerstone Recordings: Elizabeth Cotten - In the Sweet By and By https://youtu.be/3pUdUX5Gagc Doc Watson - Deep River Blues https://youtu.be/MrfYhgEcGRQ Nat King Cole - Route 66 https://youtu.be/jbwPKIPVcPw The Jubalaires - Noah (Rare Performance) https://youtu.be/OxeWojzg9S4 The Osborne Brothers - Rocky Top https://youtu.be/mJNU7YqTBks 🎧 Listen to more of the best Folk Music Classics: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg_WiZoJyyD1_h9wDX5ZAhdAYL8_rwJim 🛎 Subscribe to Cornerstone Recordings for more: https://www.youtube.com/@cornerstonerecordingsofficial?sub_confirmation=1 #ElizabethCotten #FreightTrain #ClassicFolkMusic #VintageMusic #CornerstoneRecordings
About Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten was a self-taught blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter. born January 5, 1893 in Carrboro, North Carolina died June 29, 1987 in Syracuse, New York (Aged 94) She developed her own style of playing left-handed by holding a normally tuned guitar upside down so she played the melodies with her thumb and the bass lines with her fingers. Her style of playing became known as "Cotten picking". Cotten wrote most of her music in her early teens and earlier (she wrote "Freight...
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