Format | Audio CD |
Ordering Number | SFW40147 |
Barcode | 093074014721 |
label | Smithsonian Folkways |
Release date | 03/01/2013 |
Release date | 21/09/2004 |
salesrank | 2633 |
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. 60 minutes. Reissued from Folkways 31003.
CD 1- 1.Shake Sugaree
- 2.Take Me Back to Baltimore
- 3.Washington Blues
- 4.I'm Going Away
- 5.Fox Chase
- 6.Ontario Blues
- 7.Fare You Well, My Darling
- 8.Untitled / George Buck
- 9.Mama, Nobody's Here but the Baby
- 10.Mama, Nobody's Here but the Baby
- 11.Look and Live, My Brother
- 12.Jesus Lifted Me
- 13.Jesus Is Tenderly Calling
- 14.Buck Dance
- 15.Ruben
- 16.Oh, Miss Lulie Gal
- 17.Can't Get a Letter from Down the Road
- 18.Shoot That Buffalo
- 19.Boatman Dance
- 20.Hallelujah, It Is Done
- 21.Holy Ghost, Unchain My Name
- 22.Little Brown Jug
- 23.Delia
- 24.Ball the Jack
- 25.Till We Meet Again
- 26.When the Train Comes Along