Elizabeth Cotten, folk/blues music pioneer, was born on this day in 1895. She taught herself to play the guitar and banjo as a child. She was left-handed but she played a guitar for a right-hander, meaning she played everything upside down. A little thread!
January 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Just so there is something on my timeline, an old animation of mine: #stopmotion #animation #stringquartet #elizabethcotten
November 14, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Just so there is something on my timeline, an old animation of mine: #stopmotion #animation #stringquartet #elizabethcotten
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
YouTube video by Elizabeth Cotten - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Elizabeth Cotten (1893-1987)
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#artwork #ballpointpen #ballpointpenart #myart #illustration #inspiring #creative #caricature #fineart #fun #art #blues #elizabethcotten #cotten #composer #classicalmusic #history #historical #masters #traditionalart #originalart #blueskyart #artsky
December 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter, was born on Jan. 5, 1893 (d. 1987). #ElizabethCotten
"Freight Train" (Elizabeth Cotten)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUK8...
"Freight Train" (Elizabeth Cotten)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUK8...
Freight Train Elizabeth Cotton
YouTube video by Bonzo Turrell
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter, was born on Jan. 5, 1893 (d. 1987). #ElizabethCotten
"Freight Train" (Elizabeth Cotten)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUK8...
"Freight Train" (Elizabeth Cotten)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUK8...
........17/6 one of the songs nanny #ElizabethCotten taught #PeggySeeger; hello #JoeMeek @mccookerybook.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTA6...
Freight Train - Peggy Seeger - Joe Meek
YouTube video by DiamondJoe304
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June 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
........17/6 one of the songs nanny #ElizabethCotten taught #PeggySeeger; hello #JoeMeek @mccookerybook.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTA6...
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter, was born on Jan. 5, 1893 (d. 1987). #ElizabethCotten
Libba Cotten Documentary:
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k439...
Libba Cotten Documentary:
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k439...
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter, was born on Jan. 5, 1893 (d. 1987). #ElizabethCotten
Libba Cotten Documentary:
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k439...
Libba Cotten Documentary:
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k439...
The legendary blueswoman Elizabeth Cotten with “Shake Sugaree” (youtu.be/p66KebI8aZM?...). Unlike a lot of guitarists, she primarily plays with finger picking AND she’s a lefty who plays the guitar righty-style
#RetroView #ElizabethCotten #blues
#RetroView #ElizabethCotten #blues
February 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The legendary blueswoman Elizabeth Cotten with “Shake Sugaree” (youtu.be/p66KebI8aZM?...). Unlike a lot of guitarists, she primarily plays with finger picking AND she’s a lefty who plays the guitar righty-style
#RetroView #ElizabethCotten #blues
#RetroView #ElizabethCotten #blues
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter, was born on Jan. 5, 1893 (d. 1987). #ElizabethCotten
Elizabeth Cotten - "Freight Train"
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUK8...
Elizabeth Cotten - "Freight Train"
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUK8...
Freight Train Elizabeth Cotton
YouTube video by Bonzo Turrell
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter, was born on Jan. 5, 1893 (d. 1987). #ElizabethCotten
Elizabeth Cotten - "Freight Train"
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUK8...
Elizabeth Cotten - "Freight Train"
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUK8...
@lpl wants us to have a #blastfromthepast this #tunetuesday 🚀
Not sure when this recording was made, somewhere in the '60s.. Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train
* https://youtu.be/R2DCWfBkMSI
* No YT tracking link
#music @Kitty #blues #country #americana #oldtime #elizabethcotten #guitarpicking
Not sure when this recording was made, somewhere in the '60s.. Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train
* https://youtu.be/R2DCWfBkMSI
* No YT tracking link
#music @Kitty #blues #country #americana #oldtime #elizabethcotten #guitarpicking
January 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
@lpl wants us to have a #blastfromthepast this #tunetuesday 🚀
Not sure when this recording was made, somewhere in the '60s.. Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train
* https://youtu.be/R2DCWfBkMSI
* No YT tracking link
#music @Kitty #blues #country #americana #oldtime #elizabethcotten #guitarpicking
Not sure when this recording was made, somewhere in the '60s.. Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train
* https://youtu.be/R2DCWfBkMSI
* No YT tracking link
#music @Kitty #blues #country #americana #oldtime #elizabethcotten #guitarpicking
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter, was born on Jan. 5, 1893 (d. 1987). #ElizabethCotten
Elizabeth Cotten segment (probably 1965) on Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest TV show (1965-1966)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAPi...
Elizabeth Cotten segment (probably 1965) on Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest TV show (1965-1966)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAPi...
Elizabeth Cotten-Rainbow Quest Tv Show
YouTube video by Blues And Acoustic Folk
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter, was born on Jan. 5, 1893 (d. 1987). #ElizabethCotten
Elizabeth Cotten segment (probably 1965) on Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest TV show (1965-1966)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAPi...
Elizabeth Cotten segment (probably 1965) on Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest TV show (1965-1966)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAPi...
Elizabeth Cotten mural in Durham, NC, Cotten’s birthplace. Part of a series of murals of North Carolina musicians. A left-handed and self-taught guitarist and songwriter, Cotten performed at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival and won a Grammy in 1984 at the age of 91.
#ElizabethCotten #NorthCarolina
#ElizabethCotten #NorthCarolina
February 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Elizabeth Cotten mural in Durham, NC, Cotten’s birthplace. Part of a series of murals of North Carolina musicians. A left-handed and self-taught guitarist and songwriter, Cotten performed at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival and won a Grammy in 1984 at the age of 91.
#ElizabethCotten #NorthCarolina
#ElizabethCotten #NorthCarolina
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter, was born on Jan. 5, 1893 (d. 1987). #ElizabethCotten
"In the Sweet By-and-By" (Joseph P. Webster, S. Fillmore Bennett) (between 1952 and 1967, 1958 perhaps)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pUd...
"In the Sweet By-and-By" (Joseph P. Webster, S. Fillmore Bennett) (between 1952 and 1967, 1958 perhaps)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pUd...
Elizabeth Cotten - In the Sweet By and By
YouTube video by Vintage Music Hub
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter, was born on Jan. 5, 1893 (d. 1987). #ElizabethCotten
"In the Sweet By-and-By" (Joseph P. Webster, S. Fillmore Bennett) (between 1952 and 1967, 1958 perhaps)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pUd...
"In the Sweet By-and-By" (Joseph P. Webster, S. Fillmore Bennett) (between 1952 and 1967, 1958 perhaps)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pUd...
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter, was born on Jan. 5, 1893 (d. 1987). #ElizabethCotten
Elizabeth Cotten segment (probably 1965) on Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest TV show (1965-1966)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAPi...
Elizabeth Cotten segment (probably 1965) on Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest TV show (1965-1966)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAPi...
Elizabeth Cotten-Rainbow Quest Tv Show
YouTube video by Blues And Acoustic Folk
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter, was born on Jan. 5, 1893 (d. 1987). #ElizabethCotten
Elizabeth Cotten segment (probably 1965) on Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest TV show (1965-1966)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAPi...
Elizabeth Cotten segment (probably 1965) on Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest TV show (1965-1966)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAPi...
#nowplaying #ElizabethCotten was an influential American #folk and #I blues musician. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down.
October 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#nowplaying #ElizabethCotten was an influential American #folk and #I blues musician. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down.
🎼 #ComposerOfTheDay: 5 Jan
Elizabeth Cotten (1893–1987) – American folk and blues musician famed for her unique “Cotten picking” style. Washington Blues highlights her relaxed, distinctive guitar sound.
🎧 Listen: Washington Blues
👉 buff.ly/EusAoFF
#ElizabethCotten #FolkMusic
Elizabeth Cotten (1893–1987) – American folk and blues musician famed for her unique “Cotten picking” style. Washington Blues highlights her relaxed, distinctive guitar sound.
🎧 Listen: Washington Blues
👉 buff.ly/EusAoFF
#ElizabethCotten #FolkMusic
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 AM
🎼 #ComposerOfTheDay: 5 Jan
Elizabeth Cotten (1893–1987) – American folk and blues musician famed for her unique “Cotten picking” style. Washington Blues highlights her relaxed, distinctive guitar sound.
🎧 Listen: Washington Blues
👉 buff.ly/EusAoFF
#ElizabethCotten #FolkMusic
Elizabeth Cotten (1893–1987) – American folk and blues musician famed for her unique “Cotten picking” style. Washington Blues highlights her relaxed, distinctive guitar sound.
🎧 Listen: Washington Blues
👉 buff.ly/EusAoFF
#ElizabethCotten #FolkMusic
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistInResidence
Elizabeth Cotten:
🎵 Freight Train
#ElizabethCotten
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:
Freight Train (Elizabeth Cotten/Chet Atkins), by FolK'noodle
from the album Freight Train
folknoodle.bandcamp.com
July 23, 2024 at 10:01 PM
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistInResidence
Elizabeth Cotten:
🎵 Freight Train
#ElizabethCotten
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #Roadhouse
Elizabeth Cotten:
🎵 Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
#ElizabethCotten
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie, by Elizabeth Cotten
from the album Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes
elizabethcotten.bandcamp.com
September 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #Roadhouse
Elizabeth Cotten:
🎵 Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
#ElizabethCotten
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistInResidence
Elizabeth Cotten:
🎵 Wilson Rag
#ElizabethCotten
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:
Wilson Rag, by Elizabeth Cotten
from the album Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes
elizabethcotten.bandcamp.com
June 25, 2024 at 10:31 PM
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistInResidence
Elizabeth Cotten:
🎵 Wilson Rag
#ElizabethCotten
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:
🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Elizabeth Cotten:
🎵 Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
#ElizabethCotten
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:
goin' down the road feeling bad, by cyrus and alec / elizabeth cotten
track by cyrus and alec / elizabeth cotten
cowboyworlds.bandcamp.com
June 20, 2024 at 6:14 AM
🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Elizabeth Cotten:
🎵 Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
#ElizabethCotten
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:
When I was 5 years old, my parents had a record of Elizabeth Cotton singing Freight Train. I used to sing with the record all the time. So the song is in my head. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrFyR1Hf/
Original reel in the Pete and Toshi Seeger film collection. American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. #elizabethcotten #folk #folkmusic #dimestoreradio #americanmusic
TikTok video by Dime Store Radio
www.tiktok.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
When I was 5 years old, my parents had a record of Elizabeth Cotton singing Freight Train. I used to sing with the record all the time. So the song is in my head. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrFyR1Hf/
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheBethDittoShow
Elizabeth Cotten:
🎵 I'm Going Away
#6music #ElizabethCotten
▶️ Song/Cover on Bandcamp:
I'm Going Away, by Elizabeth Cotten
from the album Shake Sugaree
elizabethcotten.bandcamp.com
September 12, 2026 at 11:08 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheBethDittoShow
Elizabeth Cotten:
🎵 I'm Going Away
#6music #ElizabethCotten
▶️ Song/Cover on Bandcamp:
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #Early
Elizabeth Cotten:
🎵 Washington Blues
#ElizabethCotten
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on Bandcamp:
Washington Blues, by Elizabeth Cotten
from the album Shake Sugaree
elizabethcotten.bandcamp.com
September 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #Early
Elizabeth Cotten:
🎵 Washington Blues
#ElizabethCotten
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on Bandcamp: