"I was sitting around the other day, tapping my feet,
A publication came to my door, said you´d died and gone to sleep...
But I couldn´t shed a tear I never knew you well..."
A moving elegy from Minutemen successors fIREHOSE on the death of blues singer extraordinaire Elizabeth Cotten. Haven´t a clue why Mike Watt & co spelled her name wrong btw. Anyone?
"...But I´m missing you just the same,
Libba please rest easy down on Chestnut Street..."
fIREHOSE - In Memory Of Elizabeth Cotton MP3
And then there´s the object of their admiration herself: Elizabeth ´Libba´ Cotten (1895-1987). Lefthanded and self-taught, she held her guitar upside down, playing the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb: the Cotten picking technique.
"When I die Lord bury me deep,
Way down on old Chestnut Street,
So I can hear old Number 9 as she comes rolling by..."
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train MP3
1 comment:
I'm a big Libba fan, have recorded her tunes on both of my last 2 discs.
Sugarbaby your papa cares for you is a great instrumental of hers.
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