Elizabeth Cotten
Singer, Musical Artist
1893 – 1987
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Who was Elizabeth Cotten?
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten was an American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter.
A self-taught left-handed guitarist, Cotten developed her own original style. Her approach involved using a right-handed guitar, not re-strung for left-handed playing, essentially, holding a right-handed guitar upside down. This position required her to play the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb. Her signature alternating bass style has become known as "Cotten picking".
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- Born
- Jan 5, 1893
Carrboro - Also known as
- Elizabeth Cotton
- Cotten, Elizabeth
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- North Carolina
- Carrboro
- Died
- Jun 29, 1987
Syracuse
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on July 23, 2013
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