Elizabeth Cotten- Elizabeth Cotten: Shake Sugaree
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (1896-1987) wrote her well-known song "Freight Train" at the age of 11 and sang it for nearly 80 years. Through her songwriting, her quietly commanding personality, and her unique left-handed guitar and banjo styles, she has inspired and influenced generations of younger artists. Cotten was declared a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts in 1984, and was recognized by the Smithsonian Institution as a "living treasure." She received a Grammy Award in 1985 when she was 90. These essential 1965-66 recordings include ten previously unreleased tracks. 26 tracks.
Tracklist:
- Shake Sugaree
- Take Me Back to Baltimore
- Washington Blues
- I'm Going Away
- Fox Chase
- Ontario Blues
- Fare You Well, My Darling
- Medley
- Mama, Nobody's Here But the Baby
- Mama, Nobody's Here But the Baby
- Look and Live, My Brother
- Jesus Lifted Me
- Jesus Is Tenderly Calling
- Buck Dance
- Ruben
- Oh, Miss Lulie Gal
- Can't Get a Letter From Down the Road
- Shoot That Buffalo
- Boatman Dance
- Hallelujah, It Is Done
- Holy Ghost, Unchain My Name
- Little Brown Jug
- Della
- Ball the Jack
- Till We Meet Again
- When the Train Comes Along
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (1896-1987) wrote her well-known song "Freight Train" at the age of 11 and sang it for nearly 80 years. Through her songwriting, her quietly commanding personality, and her unique left-handed guitar and banjo styles, she has inspired and influenced generations of younger artists. Cotten was declared a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts in 1984, and was recognized by the Smithsonian Institution as a "living treasure." She received a Grammy Award in 1985 when she was 90. These essential 1965-66 recordings include ten previously unreleased tracks. 26 tracks.
Tracklist:
- Shake Sugaree
- Take Me Back to Baltimore
- Washington Blues
- I'm Going Away
- Fox Chase
- Ontario Blues
- Fare You Well, My Darling
- Medley
- Mama, Nobody's Here But the Baby
- Mama, Nobody's Here But the Baby
- Look and Live, My Brother
- Jesus Lifted Me
- Jesus Is Tenderly Calling
- Buck Dance
- Ruben
- Oh, Miss Lulie Gal
- Can't Get a Letter From Down the Road
- Shoot That Buffalo
- Boatman Dance
- Hallelujah, It Is Done
- Holy Ghost, Unchain My Name
- Little Brown Jug
- Della
- Ball the Jack
- Till We Meet Again
- When the Train Comes Along