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FOLKWAYS RECORDS

ELIZABETH COTTEN VOLUME 3: WHEN I'M GONE

$17.16

Details

Artist
COTTEN, ELIZABETH
Format
CD
Label
FOLKWAYS RECORDS
Released
May 30, 2012
Catalog #
FOWY3537.2
UPC
093070353725

About

In the mid-1940s, Elizabeth Cotten (1895-1987) chanced to meet composer Ruth Crawford Seeger at a department store. They began to talk, and Seeger soon hired Cotten to work in the Seeger household. It was here that Cotten became motivated to pick up the guitar again-it had been so long she had forgotten she knew how to play-and she began playing professionally in her early eighties. The material chosen for this recording includes songs and tunes from her childhood, such as "Praying Time Will Soon Be Over" and original compositions like "When I'm Gone." She accompanies herself on her guitar, strung in the usual right-handed way yet played left-handed, with the guitar upside down. This album showcases her unique style, described by Mike Seeger as "a synthesis of turn-of-the-century parlor music, blues, church songs, and a little ragtime." Liner notes include extensive selections from conversations between Cotton, Mike, and Alice Gerrard.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 New Year's Eve 03:17
    Track
    1
    Title
    New Year's Eve
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Elizabeth Cotten
    Performer
    Elizabeth Cotten
  3. 2 Praying Time Will Soon Be Over 03:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    Praying Time Will Soon Be Over
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Elizabeth Cotten
    Performer
    Elizabeth Cotten
  4. 3 Time To Stop Your Idling 02:33
    Track
    3
    Title
    Time To Stop Your Idling
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Elizabeth Cotten
    Performer
    Elizabeth Cotten
  5. 4 Gaslight Blues 04:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    Gaslight Blues
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Elizabeth Cotten
    Performer
    Elizabeth Cotten
  6. 5 Jenny 02:42
    Track
    5
    Title
    Jenny
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Elizabeth Cotten
    Performer
    Elizabeth Cotten
  7. 6 Street Blues 02:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    Street Blues
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Elizabeth Cotten
    Performer
    Elizabeth Cotten
  8. 7 Home Sweet Home 02:24
    Track
    7
    Title
    Home Sweet Home
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Elizabeth Cotten
  9. Disc 2
  10. 1 Freight Train 03:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    Freight Train
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Elizabeth Cotten
    Performer
    Elizabeth Cotten
  11. 2 Casey Jones 01:49
    Track
    2
    Title
    Casey Jones
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Elizabeth Cotten
  12. 3 Willie 05:08
    Track
    3
    Title
    Willie
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Elizabeth Cotten
    Performer
    Elizabeth Cotten
  13. 4 Boddie's Song 02:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    Boddie's Song
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Elizabeth Cotten
  14. 5 Wilson Rag 04:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    Wilson Rag
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Elizabeth Cotten
    Performer
    Elizabeth Cotten
  15. 6 When I'm Gone 04:47
    Track
    6
    Title
    When I'm Gone
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Elizabeth Cotten
    Performer
    Elizabeth Cotten