1/ Carolina Breakdown 2/ Railroad Bill 3/ I Get the Blues When it Rains 4/ Careless Love 5/ Don't Let Your Deal Go Down 6/ Sunny Tennessee 7/ Mint Julep 8/ Browns Boogie 9/ Lonesome Road Blues 10/ Goodbye Booze 11/ One-Dime Blues 12/ Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 13/ Candyman 14/ Miss a Little Miss 15/ Baby Let Me Lay it On You 16/ Chilly Winds 17/ John Henry 18/ Cripple Creek |
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| Possessing a stunning beauty her husband refused to let her travel and perform away from home. She never stopped playing the music! This gracious grandmother was the source of a great deal of joy and surprise when I found that she still played guitar after I had heard her early recordings in the 60s. One of the signature chords of my guitar vocabulary comes from her version of Railroad Bill. This was the first guitar picking style that I ever learned.
–Taj Mahal Etta Baker of Morganton, North Carolina was born in 1913 and has been playing guitar since the age of 4. She is the premier woman Piedmont blues guitar instrumentalist. Her only contemporary was the late Elizabeth Cotton of Carrboro, North Carolina. Etta maintains a beautiful yard and garden. She is constantly working on new arrangements as she plays the guitar everyday. These recordings were made at her home and yes, a finch really did fly in her living room, sat atop the door and performed a wonderful duet. -Tim Duffy | |
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