Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs

by Elizabeth Cotten

Overview

Recorded in 1957 and early 1958 by Mike Seeger, Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes collects the influential debut sides cut by a then-62-year-old Elizabeth Cotten; even decades after their first release, they remain a veritable primer in the art of finger-picked style guitar playing. The quaint, homespun quality of the material -- much of it recorded at Cotten's home with her grandchildren looking on in silence -- adds immensely to its intimacy and warmth; the sound quality varies wildly from track to track, but the amazing instrumental work shines through regardless on tracks like the opening "Wilson Rag" and the now-standard "Freight Train." ~ Jason Ankeny

Product Details

Release Date:	02/14/1992
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
UPC:	0093074000922
Rank:	28220

Tracks

1. Wilson Rag
2. Freight Train
3. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
4. I Don't Love Nobody
5. Ain't Got No Honey Baby Now
6. Graduation March
7. Honey Babe Your Papa Cares for You
8. Vastopol
9. Medley: Here Old Rattler Here/Sent for My Fiddle Sent for My ...
10. Medley: Run...Run/Mama Your Son Done Gone
11. Medley: Sweet Bye and Bye/What a Friend We Have in Jesus
12. Oh, Babe, It Ain't No Lie
13. Spanish Flangdang
14. When I Get Home

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Elizabeth Cotten   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar
Elizabeth Cotton   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Mike Seeger   Producer,Liner Notes,Engineer,Editing
Elizabeth Cotten   Composer
Ronald Clyne   Cover Design