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Date of Birth
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05-January-1895
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Place of Birth
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Carrboro
(Orange County, North Carolina)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Elizabeth Cotton, Cotten, Elizabeth
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Profession
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Singer, Musician, Singer-songwriter
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Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten was an American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter.
A self-taught left-handed guitarist, Cotten developed her own original style. Her approach involved using a right-handed guitar, not re-strung for left-handed playing, essentially, holding a right-handed guitar upside down. This position required her to play the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb. Her signature alternating bass style has become known as "Cotten picking".
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