Elizabeth cotten biography
Elizabeth Cotten age, hometown, biography |
Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten | |
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| Birth name | Elizabeth Nevills |
| Born | ()January 5, Carrboro, North Carolina, US |
| Died | June 29, () (aged&#;92) Syracrus, New York, United States |
| Genres | Piedmont blues, folk |
| Occupation(s) | musician |
| Instruments | guitar, vocals, banjo |
| Years active | s - s |
| Labels | Okeh Vanguard |
| Website | |
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (January 5, – June 29, ) was an American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter.
Life
[change | change source]She was born as Elizabeth Nevills in Carrboro, North Carolina. She was the youngest of five children of a musical family. At the age of seven she started playing her older brothers banjo.
Elizabeth Cotten: Master of American folk music | Smithsonian ...
In her early teens she bought her own guitar and started writing own songs. At the age of eleven she wrote a song called "Freight train", which was later her signature song. At the age of 15 she worked as maid along with her mother. Soon after her 15th birthday she married Frank Cotten. They had a dau Toggle share options DIZ