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Subject: RE: Folklore: Elizabeth Cotten: Any Reminiscences? From: GUEST Date: 14 Mar 07 - 09:26 AM Had an opportunity to participate in a workshop conducted by Mike Seeger w/Ms Cotten in attendence. The song we worked on was 'Freight Train'. The picking pattern she used by playing the guitar left-handed and strung for a right handed player was very difficult to duplicate. She was 89 at the time and had great energy and spirit. She listened to all our attempts to play her song w/patience and grace. At the time I was a ten-year pro musician w/studio, touring, club and concert experience and I was going to 'kill 'em' w/my version. When she came and sat next to me to listen all of the self-important egotism was sucked right out of me by the truth of conviction in her eyes. I played her a very straight and clean version w/no flash. She smiled, complimented my playing...then took my guitar, flipped it over and smilingly played it the way it was supposed to be played. In my musical life I've been blessed to have been in the presence of greatness and the common thread in them all has been truth. Ms Cotten was truth and anyone who ever had the good fortune to have been in her presence will say the same. |
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Subject: RE: Folklore: Elizabeth Cotten: Any Reminiscences? From: jeffp Date: 14 Mar 07 - 09:31 AM In my freshman year of college (1971-72), the Travelling Newport Folk Festival came to my school, Juniata College in Pennsylvania. It included Michael Cooney, Joe Jackson and Elizabeth Cotten, among others. They spent a couple of days doing workshops and performances in the student union building. Ms. Cotten talked about her childhood and adult life and the song that made her famous. She was a very nice, quiet lady with great dignity and a good sense of humor. When she was speaking, you could hear a pin drop if anybody had had the audacity to do so. I felt very privileged to take part and I will always rememember that time. |
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Subject: RE: Folklore: Elizabeth Cotten: Any Reminiscences? From: Jerry Rasmussen Date: 14 Mar 07 - 11:14 AM In the 80's, I went to hear Elizabeth Cotton at the Pickin' Parlor in New Haven. Despite her honored place in folk music, it wasn't a particularly large turnout. While she was performing, she looked over at a banjo hanging on the wall of the store, and reminisced about her long desire to have a banjo. When she was a little girl, an older brother had a banjo, and she was fascinated by it. He kept it under his bed and warned her not to play it when he was gone. But, as soon as he was out the door, she'd get the banjo out from under the bed and try to play it. She had no idea how to do it, and she'd tune the strings up until she'd break one, and then put it back under the bed. When her brother came home, and found the string broken, he knew who to blame for it, and she'd get a good whacking, and a renewed warning. And then she'd do the same thing again. And there she was, in her 80's, talking about how she'd always wanted a banjo and never had one. So, Harry ,the owner of the Pickin' Parlor (I'm going to have rummage through the old grooves in my brain to come up with his last name,) walked over to the banjo, took it down from the wall and gave it to her as a gift. It was one of the most emotional, magical moments I've ever experienced. Elizabeth's face lit up in a smile that was worth far more than the cost of the banjo. I don't know if she ever learned to play it. But the gift was beautiful. Jerry |
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Subject: RE: Folklore: Elizabeth Cotten: Any Reminiscences? From: GUEST,scoville at work Date: 14 Mar 07 - 11:21 AM I know my parents saw her at the Ark in Ann Arbor when they were in grad school (late 1960's-early 1970's), but I'll have to ask if they remember anything specificially. |
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Subject: RE: Folklore: Elizabeth Cotten: Any Reminiscences? From: Stephen L. Rich Date: 15 Mar 07 - 12:05 AM refresh |
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Subject: RE: Folklore: Elizabeth Cotten: Any Reminiscences? From: GUEST,hg Date: 15 Mar 07 - 08:23 AM thanks, thus far folks. hg I saw her at the ark, scoville. I probably know your parents... |