Elizabeth Cotten - 1989 - Freight Train and Other North Carolina torrent

Elizabeth Cotten - 1989 - Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes

Recorded in 1957 and early 1958 by Mike Seeger, Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes collects the influential debut sides cut by a then-62-year-old Elizabeth Cotten; even decades after their first release, they remain a veritable primer in the art of finger-picked style guitar playing. The quaint, homespun quality of the material -- much of it recorded at Cotten's home with her grandchildren looking on in silence -- adds immensely to its intimacy and warmth; the sound quality varies wildly from track to track, but the amazing instrumental work shines through regardless on tracks like the opening "Wilson Rag" and the now-standard "Freight Train." (AllMusic)

Track list:
01. Wilson Rag
02. Freight Train
03. Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
04. I Don't Love Nobody
05. Ain't Got No Honey Baby Now
06. Graduation March
07. Honey Babe Your Papa Cares For You
08. Vastopol
09. a)Here Old Rattler Here b) Sent For My Fiddle Sent For My Bow c) George Buck
10. a) Run...Run b) Mama Your Son Done Gone
11. a) Sweet Bye and Bye b) What A Friend We Have In Jesus
12. Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
13. Spanish Flang Dang
14. When I Get Home

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