Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes

by Elizabeth Cotten

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dumpster_facsimile brings tears to my eyes on every listen Favorite track: When I Get Home.

Emmerich Quietly awe inspiring. One of a handful of albums I've listened to on a regular basis for years.

ElectricBananaClub.net "Freight Train" is tied with "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" as the greatest song ever written for the acoustic guitar. Favorite track: Freight Train.

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This reissue is part of the Smithsonian Folkways Vinyl Reissue Series and features Mike Seeger's updated notes with comments on Cotten's life, musical style, and song lyrics.

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1.	Wilson Rag 01:40	buy track
2.	Freight Train 02:46	buy track
3.	Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 02:12	buy track
4.	I Don't Love Nobody 01:14	buy track
5.	Ain't Got No Honey Baby Now 00:57	buy track
6.	Graduation March 02:33	buy track
7.	Honey Babe Your Papa Cares For You 02:15	buy track
8.	Vastopol 02:10	buy track
9.	Here Old Rattler Here / Sent For My Fiddle Sent For My Bow / George Buck 03:48	buy track
10.	Run...Run / Mama Your Son Done Gone 02:19	buy track
11.	Sweet Bye and Bye / What A Friend We Have In Jesus 03:02	buy track
12.	Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie 04:43	buy track
13.	Spanish Flang Dang 02:51	buy track
14.	When I Get Home 02:23	buy track

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This reissue of Elizabeth Cotten's 1958 debut album, "Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar" is best known for containing the original recording of her classic "Freight Train". The breadth of her repertoire and endearing style have captivated generations of guitarists and fans of traditional American music. "Freight Train" includes guitar and banjo accompanied songs and tunes and features Mike Seeger's updated notes that include comments on Cotten's life, musical style and song lyrics. Cotten's self-taught, upside-down, left-handed style made her one of the most original guitar and banjo players in the history of American folk music. Many of her deeply personal compositions, such as the immortal "Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie", are included."...[A] classic and belongs in every collection..." — Blues Review Quarterly

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released December 1, 1989

1989, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Learn more: folkways.si.edu/elizabeth-cotten/freight-train-and-other-north-carolina-folk-songs-and-tunes/african-american-music/album/smithsonian

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