Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train

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Elizabeth Cotten on Rainbow Quest with Pete Seeger (No. 3)

Channel: Music
Uploaded: February 6, 2007 at 9:44 pm
Author: peglegsam

Length: 00:04:37
Rating: 4.92
Views: 164974

Tags: elizabeth cotten freight train blues pete seeger cotton picking style

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Video Comments:
drifternumber9 (December 4, 2008 at 12:44 pm)
She's probably one of the best guitar players ever, yet when you see those bogus "best guitar players ever" lists from Rolling Stone or whatever, you'll never see her listed.
jjwebb123 (November 29, 2008 at 11:29 pm)
CLASSIC SONG....
countryfan5 (November 29, 2008 at 8:08 pm)
Fantastic picking!!!
nondepouk (November 28, 2008 at 4:09 am)
thanks to share; very nice
SirCoughsalot (November 25, 2008 at 10:01 am)
Even when Pete can't see the audience, he still makes them join in.
jonnyaces (November 25, 2008 at 4:33 am)
man , ive watched a lot of these Seeger videos, and i totally think its rad and respect that he is exposing these amazing singers/artists to new people but i something about him just bothers me. maybe its his demeanor or something? I'm probably stating the obvious but i get i feeling that he thinks he is more divine than his guests.
almanacofsleep (November 28, 2008 at 7:17 am)
If you mean that he cuts her off mid story I think its just keeping to the shows time limit.

Also it might be that hes not complety comfertable amoungst his guests, like a middleclass guy trying to hang out with working class guys.
Saoff (November 23, 2008 at 12:22 pm)
i pay her tribute in my video response, liz cotten is an incredible player!
VeeVeeVeeV (November 20, 2008 at 11:59 pm)
Reply to Tianshou88 Oct 20, 2008
not only is the guitar right handed, she's playing it upside down.... it's not been re-strung... but the thickest string is on the bottom - where it would normally be on the top. If you know your chords at all, you can see that her chord positions are upside down. truly amazing....
Tianshou88 (November 21, 2008 at 11:20 am)
well right thats what i said that. i said shes playing a right handed guitar the way youd play a left handed one. if you dont flip it upsidedown the neck would just be sticking out behind you