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  • Elizibeth Cotten thanks you for cotten picking style!! Shes my idol, i named my guitar Stella just like Ms. Cotten did too :)

  • *-* ela é otima !

  • I had the pleasure of hearing her sing and play this at Duke University in the early to mid-70's; don't remember exactly when, but certainly remember being blown away.

  • left handed finger picking on an upside-down right-handed guitar -- just the balls!

  • Whelp this is it folks, this is where it all began!

  • Where have I been? This is WONDERFUL

  • Always love Elizabeth Cotten!

  • This is just absolutely gorgeous. I just discovered her today and I've listened to nothing but her for the past couple hours.

  • Did Elizabeth Cotten write this song?

  • @RayBeckerman i think it's a traditional or woody guthrie song

  • In the same room as you are. Real music.

  • i always knew there was a start to what we know enjoy musically.i just discovered this beautiful lady.i'll that can be said is thank you!

  • sky full!

  • Absolutely stunning. I've heard dozens of great Greatful Dead and other versions, but this is something else altogether.

    Thanks.

  • so many great people gone ..... God bless their soul forever.

  • She's the best.

  • there was an early cajun song named je m'en vas dans le chemin which meant 'going down the road' which sounds totally different but is really great

  • THANK YOU.

  • I agree, there are no amount of stars for this. It is is folky beautiful

  • 5 stars arent enough for this master piece.

  • This is absolutely amazing God bless this sweet woman and thank u for posting this :)

  • Does anybody have a tab of this song??

  • i cant find one.. i guess ill have to learn it by ear, and be the first to tab it!! But if you find it please tell me!

  • Freight train was the first song on guitar that I learned. She's amasing!

    Some day I wil play this to :)

  • wow.. wouldnt she be nearly 100 years old on this recording?! just unreal.

  • She died in '87, aged 92

  • well, it said in the description from an 89 album, so i assumed she was alive when it was produced. oh well, shame she's gone, but atleast she had a long run.

  • Outstanding

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