Elizabeth Cotten - Elizabeth Cotten, Volume 3: When Im Gone '1979

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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 parlour music, blues, church
songs, and a little ragtime.” Liner notes include extensive selections
from conversations between Cotton, Mike, and Alice Gerrard.

Tracklist:
01 - Elizabeth Cotten - New Years Eve (3:18) 
02 - Elizabeth Cotten - Praying Time Will Soon Be Over (3:15) 
03 - Elizabeth Cotten - Time To Stop Your Idling (2:34) 
04 - Elizabeth Cotten - Gaslight Blues (4:51) 
05 - Elizabeth Cotten - Jenny (2:42) 
06 - Elizabeth Cotten - Street Blues (2:17) 
07 - Elizabeth Cotten - Home Sweet Home (2:25) 
08 - Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train (3:12) 
09 - Elizabeth Cotten - Casey Jones (1:49) 
10 - Elizabeth Cotten - Willie (5:08) 
11 - Elizabeth Cotten - Boddies Song (2:18) 
12 - Elizabeth Cotten - Wilson Rag (4:54) 
13 - Elizabeth Cotten - When Im Gone (4:48)

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