Title: Elizabeth Cotten: Shake Sugaree Artist: Elizabeth Cotten Label: Smithsonian Folkways Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 093074014721 Genre: Country, Folk Release Date: 2004-09-21 Number of Discs: 1
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.
Tracks: 1.1 Shake Sugaree 1.2 Take Me Back to Baltimore 1.3 Washington Blues 1.4 I'm Going Away 1.5 Fox Chase 1.6 Ontario Blues 1.7 Fare You Well, My Darling 1.8 Untitled/Georgie Buck 1.9 Mama, Nobody's Here But the Baby 1.10 Mama, Nobody's Here But the Baby 1.11 Look and Live, My Brother 1.12 Jesus Lifted Me 1.13 Jeus Is Tenderly Calling 1.14 Buck Dance 1.15 Ruben 1.16 Oh, Miss Lulie Gal 1.17 Can't Get a Letter from Down the Road 1.18 Shoot That Buffalo 1.19 Boatman Dance 1.20 Hallelujah, It Is Done 1.21 Holy Ghost, Unchain My Name 1.22 Little Brown Jug 1.23 Delia 1.24 Ball the Jack 1.25 Till We Meet Again 1.26 When the Train Comes Along
