Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train

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Elizabeth Cotten on Rainbow Quest with Pete Seeger (No. 3)

Channel: Music
Uploaded: February 7, 2007 at 4:44 am
Author: peglegsam

Length: 00:04:37
Rating: 4.92
Views: 133622

Tags: elizabeth cotten freight train blues pete seeger cotton picking style

Video Comments:
imperfectgomer (August 28, 2008 at 3:55 pm)
Man, this is awesome!
autoben (August 26, 2008 at 3:59 pm)
Petey does his best to butcher this one.
cuchaia (August 22, 2008 at 6:34 am)
Nice
Alonzo100 (August 21, 2008 at 5:53 pm)
Beautiful. What year was this?
TheCrier (August 22, 2008 at 9:15 am)
Although she wrote it when she was 12 it came on in 1957.
arjhendrix (August 14, 2008 at 11:16 am)
dude shez singing Coz SHE Can...
even hendrix did not care for crap unless it was in tune...knot toon
....jst keep rockin' on/off and try rap if u dnt get us/them bloozers...we dnt care.
AbsurdBrane (August 14, 2008 at 6:55 am)
Watching her pick it upside down after hearing it all of these years made me grin my caboose off. This is absurdly wonderful! Now Ive got to do some reading on Elizabeth Cotton. ! Pete looked so young!!!!
True American hero, Pete is!
francescaemc2 (August 20, 2008 at 2:01 pm)
It's Cotten, in spite of what you may assume.
puptentacle (August 13, 2008 at 8:31 pm)
That's so good it brings literal tears to my eyes. Look up the story of Elizabeth and how she was discovered. Incredible story and incredible lady.
arjhendrix (August 11, 2008 at 4:23 pm)
upside down guitar(do take atleast one moment)
.....wrong way becomes the only right way....
just need the right hands....????!!?!?!?
do lemme know when someone figures that one out...i know im 60% wrong. but 40% right.
....keep on tooblin'...ccs or ccr?
loL(laughin)really must get the WORST guitar i can lay me hands on....might do meself a huge favor there.