When you see her grabbing the Guitar's neck with hand, upside down, you know she learn everything on her own. This is a self-taught genius.
@stevenjones6780
3 жыл бұрын
Eric Gales!
@itsallaroundyou7085
3 жыл бұрын
My buddy plays like that. Very impressive. Funny part is he's right handed and plays a left handed guitar that way.
@philfischer4115
Жыл бұрын
So true....could not afford new strings, had to make with what she had and the tone is off the hook.
@235buz
12 жыл бұрын
I've been a musician all my life. When i was first exposed to her music, I was in a trance like state. Just can't find words to describe how I felt. God bless her.
@mikelabomusic7782
5 жыл бұрын
I mean I’m watching the two fingers and i still sit amazed at the sound they’re making. Ms. Cotten is an American treasure.
@JiveDadson
3 жыл бұрын
Django Reinhardt only had two usable fingers on his fretting hand.
@christinamiller3363
3 ай бұрын
Ms. Cotten is Simply & Very much a treasure.
@dariusdribbles.3981
3 жыл бұрын
Her touch and dynamics are masterful. The picking pattern can be learned in time, but you have to *earn* that touch she had.
@FranChesco469
12 жыл бұрын
I was privileged to see Her in the early 70`s at the Wash. Sq. Meth Church in Greenwich Village,NY. She sat on the old altar,children gathered around her & she just continued to play, like we were all at home. A wonderful evening!
@lindseysturkie2205
3 жыл бұрын
Hearing her story and the beauty and simplicity of her music makes want to cry tears of joy, sorrow, longing. It speaks so deeply to my soul.
@robwhite6386
Жыл бұрын
Yeh, she hits deep. Incredible
@bernieshardware
9 жыл бұрын
She said she named herself. When she was a little girl her mother always just called her "Babe". Then when she went to school and the first grade teacher asked what her name was she said " Elizabeth"
@itsallaroundyou7085
3 жыл бұрын
So she's a real self made woman all around. Very attractive.
@mylesherda1856
6 жыл бұрын
So glad music like this is preserved and shared for others to enjoy. Incredible story, music and picking style.
@ELMOWAS15
9 жыл бұрын
Pure genius ! She makes finger picking the guitar and banjo look so easy and effortless.
@deaner1722
9 жыл бұрын
yea its pretty amazing, I was blown away when I saw this video. Ive known the song for years because jerry Garcia does a sweet version of it. and I've heard the elizabeth cotton version too, ive just never seen it on video.
@beauregardb6108
4 жыл бұрын
Upside down...
@kaecake9575
2 жыл бұрын
These southern black people are the endless paved road for music. This is going to influenced centuries of child all over the world. I'm so glad to be a child that got influenced my American Southern Music.
@gmmaal7161
11 ай бұрын
0:50 Freight Train 3:30 In the Sweet Bye and Bye 5:06 Wilson Rag (instr.) 8:17 Shoot That Buffalo (banjo) 9:45 George Buck (banjo)
@thadmesser1921
10 жыл бұрын
This lady was amazing in her style of finger picking!
@chudleylecorre
12 жыл бұрын
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SHE'S A FRIKIN GENIUS . I LOVE HER.
@nadanutcase
12 жыл бұрын
I saw her once in a small, free concert in Graham Chapel on the campus of Washington University when I was a student back in 1978. By that time her sight was failing and she was accompanied and assisted by one of the Seeger family. But once she was seated, guitar in hand, there was no doubt that she was 'home'.Sadly, when she invited the audience to sing along on Freight Train it was apparent that many of the younger students didn't have a clue what the words were, or what they were witnessing.
@buailebawns2162
4 жыл бұрын
That is because the hit version by Peter Paul & Mary in the 1960s as well as the earlier Skiffle group abomination with Nancy Whisky had different words. I had played the PP&M version of Freight Train since the 1960s & never heard Libba's original words.
@christinamiller3363
3 ай бұрын
Wow! So lucky u were!
@christinamiller3363
3 ай бұрын
Yet u were there - and She was there - and they were there.. Amazing!!!
@pogolswood
11 жыл бұрын
She can play the song any way she likes, she wrote the thing. Great rendition.
@jorguesoto4828
2 жыл бұрын
Lo mejor muy hermoso.estas en el cielo abuela linda tus manos alegran.la madera con cuerdas tocas el alma.y el cielo azulado.aparecen animales jugando .en tus notas.cantan pájaros danzando juntos como hermanos .
@makelyaabaisa3135
3 жыл бұрын
Her voice😍 I am listening with a big smile in my face. Wonderful💯💯❤❤🙏
@GodsVibes
8 жыл бұрын
Pure Magic, she is fantastic. RIP Elizabeth. Elvis and herself are having great times in the studio in the sky.
@buailebawns2162
4 жыл бұрын
Libba is giving that Elvis bloke guitar & banjo lessons in heaven.
@Franciscasieri
2 жыл бұрын
And RVZ
@theblkknight7695
Жыл бұрын
G.T.F.O.H with all that Elvis cRAP. RIP Elizabeth
@GodsVibes
Жыл бұрын
@@theblkknight7695 🤣😅😂"I see you are all shook up" Uh huh uh. Love and Light to You.🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
@daviddoyle4516
6 жыл бұрын
This is America guys and gals,,,,this the DNA ,,the real Deal
@antithug7942
3 жыл бұрын
Found this through Reverb's site. Glad I did. This lady is amazing & so is her story. She should've been a lot more well known & famous. She's so talented & incredible.
@georgealexander8661
3 жыл бұрын
FolkSeattle...Thanks for bringing Elizabeth Cotten 😇🌹🌹👏to us! Had never heard of heard of this UNIQUE, powerful lady. An everlasting TREASURE!
@chrissims2701
Жыл бұрын
Love this as a charles mcdevitt skiffle track, but listening to it as played by Elizabeth Cotten brings a tear to my eye. Its just beautiful the way she plays.
@hemi969
7 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad I came across this, so glad. Elizabeth Cotten is in my Hall of Fame.
@Shepthebassman91
4 жыл бұрын
Completely self-taught....she was a lot like Mother Maybelle Carter, obviously different techniques and the fact that Mother Maybelle was right-handed and Elizabeth was left handed, but both were self-taught and changed the way country and folk picking was looked at and changed it forever. Love this treasure here!
@spudcustardx1
12 жыл бұрын
this is blody brilliant, and now I know how much she influence so much music I took fror granted
@radiomindchatter7994
Жыл бұрын
This woman beats me hands down...fantastic!
@RandyStrubleBackingTracks
12 жыл бұрын
What a treasure the documentaton in videos of Elizabeth are, thanks to you and others who poste her tunes!!
@angusraze9638
7 жыл бұрын
A raw unaltered talent, I think that comes from her overcoming her oppressions when she was younger maybe also older! That fighting spirit really does show through in her compromising music and pure joy in what she does and allowing other people to watch and listen to her bless you Elizabeth
@GByePorkPieHat
Жыл бұрын
Freight Train is the MOST heartbreakingly beautiful music I’ve ever heard
@NullPointerX86
11 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Just no other words. Brilliant woman, lovely old soul. Shame more don't know about her.
@steverizzo2222
2 жыл бұрын
I"m going to the rock and roll hall of fame this week, where she has been inducted. I learned Freight train on the guitar and will play at their studio, in her honor, not as well as her, but I'll give it my best.
@paisley1134
4 жыл бұрын
Oh wow! i wish i could have seen her. She is underrated. Her playing and singing is soothing to me, like a familiar blanket. I could listen to her all day.
@bucksellers5364
9 жыл бұрын
Wow! I've NEVER seen anyone play like that !!! Can you imagine..Playing the melody with your thumb and the bass with your index finger??? She had to be ...( quess I could be accused of stating the obvious)...tremendously talented !!! ...Wow! Just AMAZING !!! ...When you're a picker yourself and you hear someone that's good it inspires you....Then , when you hear someone like this ...That is simply AMAZING it kinda makes you wanna just give up...Because you know deep in your heart you could practice until the end of time and NEVER be anywhere NEAR THIS GREAT !!! ...LOL...Its kinda depressing.....But at the same time....You just don't want to stop hearing it ,,,,,,EVER !!! ...
@5RRRtarRiver
8 жыл бұрын
+Buck Sellers JEEZ. Man, I'm North Carolinian; I play lefty fat-string-on-bottom like Cotten, and so people ask me if I can do her picking style, so I looked her up. Wow... I want to learn Cotten-Picking as a tribute to her, but when there's videos explaining how to play her songs, they're obviously all for people playing a correctly strung guitar! Guess I'll just do it till it sounds right...
@bucksellers5364
8 жыл бұрын
Gabriel Albanese Well Hello neighbor !! I'm in a little town called Chesterfield ...Just across the NC -SC state line...I'm about 50 miles from Charlotte NC... Where are you in NC Gabriel ?
@5RRRtarRiver
8 жыл бұрын
Washington. On the Pamlico.
@235buz
8 жыл бұрын
+Buck Sellers a person couldn't buy what she had if they had all of the money in the world! :-)
@Frustratedartist2
7 жыл бұрын
I recently started playing piano (after 14 years of guitar) and discovered James Booker, which instantly became my favorite bluesman. needless to say I'm not anywhere near his playing... but it's not a competition of technique. I'm inspired not only by his technique but mainly by his expression of emotions... take to your heart the emotive and expressive side of our dear Elizabeth, not only the amazing finger technique.
@0otee
4 жыл бұрын
When she was 12 she wrote ‘Freight train with the words ‘When I’m dead ... Such a young girl thought about these things already! She is marvelous for what she produced❤️🌹👌💥🌻
@topgrain
6 жыл бұрын
She and Etta Baker. Very influential. Very significant.
@TigerKing77
Жыл бұрын
This is true Americana music 🎵 singing and playing what she knew. What an awesome human being
@welidaneto819
11 жыл бұрын
isso que e um autentico........som de musica folk.....Elizabeth Cotten ela e incrivel...e eu nao a conhecia.....obrigado FolkSeattle..por fornecer esse material tao agradavel..ao nossos ouvidos.......
@frankiesusnak6719
5 жыл бұрын
unreal......Shes is so beauteful...wow...in my face she plays and sign like an angel thanks for sharing
@OurEnemyScalion
9 ай бұрын
One of the most beautiful people I’ve ever seen and heard
@damianwalker5804
7 ай бұрын
Yesterday was her 130th anniversary and one of my bucket list items is to learn to play Freight Train, trouble is I'm 70 and a novice. Go Elizabeth! Star!
@GustavVII
11 ай бұрын
Pure musicality right there.
@JohnnyArtPavlou
6 жыл бұрын
Her bends just kill!😍
@christinamiller3363
3 ай бұрын
Thank u Miss Cotten ❤
@thetimbochannel818
10 жыл бұрын
Wow, great stuff! Thanks for finding and posting her great guitar playing! This song was the first one I learned to finger pick, but watching her do it, upside down and backwards is just blowing my mind!! Thank you so much for letting us all watch this!
@pattypatish
13 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. Thank you for your music, Ms. Cotton. God Bless.
@brookshughey4060
5 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Love the bends. I played in a jam with a guy who played left handed on a right handed guitar. Never could follow his chords.
@lastshovel5287
3 ай бұрын
Talk about 'The Road Less Traveled' with that picking/playing style. ........... us left-handed people, and how we take on the other-handed world (wink). Freight Train was the first song I learned .......that was at age three; but I had only enough patience to learn the first line, and would run about waving my arms and yelling, for that is how 3 y.o.'s sing, mostly, that one opening line.
@charlesgould7334
10 жыл бұрын
Beautiful,serene,exquisite.Such a sweet lovely lady.Love her picking style'
@cavallogianni
5 жыл бұрын
Me too
@cavallogianni
5 жыл бұрын
Wow
@Tamoshante
12 жыл бұрын
I love u all young people that take this music to ur hearts beacause its only thrugh our roots we can be true to ourself and people around us. Its only then we can learn and be taught and teach our children whats important in life. keep reading, listenng, contemplate and spread the voices and explain the different if u have to
@Xxxxxrrr6464
Жыл бұрын
She is so amazing 🤩
@KLTan
3 жыл бұрын
Just found out about her. So meditative and tranquil. Just beautiful
@richardchandler9734
Жыл бұрын
This amazing guitar player notice she is playing left handed using the high e string as her as everyone else would use the low e amazing woman a tribute to all musicians so impressed
@brianlowery8007
Жыл бұрын
My hero.
@fredhands6685
Жыл бұрын
Love it!
@laurabishop6795
7 жыл бұрын
My first guitar hero... Mrs. Cotton plays her guitar upside-down. Cotton "pickin" style. There are 2 parts to this review on KZitem. This lady is a National treasure.
@danegan8516
7 жыл бұрын
Laura Bishop
@BBaum05
11 жыл бұрын
One of America's greatest unknown treasures.
@neutralgod300
2 жыл бұрын
WOW! SHE BEND THE STRING,LIKE SHE HAVE A TREMOLO ON THE GUITAR!
@richardchandler9734
Жыл бұрын
God's gifts are sweet and come in all forms angels 😇 💜 💕
@kaspricius1
Жыл бұрын
Super!❤❤❤🎉😊
@pault4486
4 жыл бұрын
How can anyone give this magical talented woman thumbs down? I just hope they hit the button on by mistake.
@VerweggistanExpress
10 жыл бұрын
Esp from 5.40 - best guitarrifs I have heard for years.
@OceanPlanet60
4 жыл бұрын
No we know where John Fahey got "Poor Boy"....
@kellypeterson2625
Жыл бұрын
she is amazing.
@notvalidcharacters
9 жыл бұрын
Two legends I count myself lucky to have seen while they were still with us -- Ella Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Cotten. LIbby was in her 90s. Do we know when this was filmed? I love the close-up of the fingerpicking.
@arishjohndalivacayabyab5005
4 жыл бұрын
You are so lucky. I also love ella💓💓💓
@vincent5542
4 жыл бұрын
Probably 1969 but I m not sure
@sandra.wonderfulduetbull6469
3 жыл бұрын
It would be interesting to know about her history of her life, what a sweet gal. 💐🕊🥀🎚🙏 and to play that guitar the way she does, l guess upside down, amazing. 💐🕊🥀🎚🙏
@5barkerstreet
8 жыл бұрын
Elizabeth Cotten lives on
@jenniferisbell9629
3 жыл бұрын
She is a true blessing, God Bless her. She has a gift.
@melonoire
2 жыл бұрын
This gives me hope to learn upside-down :"]
@mariocamarillo5285
6 жыл бұрын
Truly an artist wow, amazing
@chatless46
7 жыл бұрын
Goodness Gracious. My new hero.
@bluefukingreene
12 жыл бұрын
very touching.pure soul.
@joeverreault5876
4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! That was awesome!
@egparis18
7 жыл бұрын
Great upload. Thank you.
@christaylor2070
2 жыл бұрын
incredible . The song she plays at 8.21 on the banjo reminds me so much of Doc Boggs playing.
@coolcool4833
3 ай бұрын
👍 👌 👍 👌 great 👍
@guilhermeamaral1505
2 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely gorgeous
@carltonack7434
7 жыл бұрын
All I can say is WOW !!!
@user-ru6yk2kx2i
Жыл бұрын
Very beautiful
@JRElla
13 жыл бұрын
This is so good :-) Thanks for sharing it!
@ro6493
4 ай бұрын
In a parallel universe, everyone plays like her and she plays the way we see as normal
@Aokhealing
12 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING! MY LIFE IS FOREVER CHANGED!
@javiercarbone4546
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!!! thanks!
@verresmilliterres
3 жыл бұрын
She's just great, wonderful. She has a genuine sweetness that comes through. You can try this at home, but, you might hurt yourself lol.
@to2burger
10 ай бұрын
5:58 sounds a lot like the Buckingham Nicks Guitar Part in “Don’t Let Me Down Again”; could’ve been the inspiration!
@Barren636
4 жыл бұрын
Elizabeth proving that you can absolutely shred on an acoustic guitar, playing folk music. I wonder if she influenced Nick Drake - her guitar parts remind me most of his.
@Khultan
12 жыл бұрын
I never heard of her. Thank you ♪♪▼♪♪
@nhandutimusic
8 жыл бұрын
thanks for share! wanderful!!!
@afeitealperro6079
6 жыл бұрын
Beautiful genius.
@ukin555
6 жыл бұрын
love love her.. 💙
@spudcustardx1
7 жыл бұрын
Libbia, kind of in love with you still, you had a talent I don't, I don't begrudge any of it, so glad to have found you
@johnnychaos91185
12 жыл бұрын
It's interesting to watch her pick the melody out with her thumb. I could learn alot from someone like that.
@mr.j1400
5 жыл бұрын
God bless that woman what a wonderful spirit
@RabidSnot
3 жыл бұрын
She's a Pickin' Cool.. left handed even.. If I could Pick em lefty style I'd call me self Elizabeth ..too. I'm Left handed but I couldn't do this lefty anymore as I switched to righty years and eon's ago.. Love this Woman named herself Elizabeth. God Bless You Beautiful Lizzy. R.I.P
@YazeedAlhifzi
11 жыл бұрын
Wonderful.
@rajleonard4281
8 жыл бұрын
amazing.
@MomusFilms
10 жыл бұрын
This is FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@rafaeloviedo9473
3 жыл бұрын
wow. that was awesome
@xixotlx2708
11 жыл бұрын
I love the second song she plays! The Preacher and the Slave!
@skinshapemusic
12 жыл бұрын
Wow she is such a talented blues player - such fluency, such skill and speed. At least as good as Mississippi John Hurt at the guitar, maybe better! And she can play the banjo!
@neutralgod300
2 жыл бұрын
she's a left-handed + playing with a right-handed guitar! wow!!!!
@monicacubberly-early1901
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing this rare taping of this wonderful person playing her wonderful music. God bless everybody from Patrick
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