Elizabeth's Song

Elizabeth's song is the true-life story of elizabeth libba cotten, the noted african american folksinger, guitarist, and songwriter.Against all odds, young elizabeth teaches herself to play guitar left-handed on a borrowed instrument.Eventually, she earns enough money to buy a guitar of her very own, and is then inspired to write her first song--the folk classic freight train, written when she was eleven years old.Elizabeth's unique style of playing guitar upside down and backwards , from which the term cotten picking is derived, has influenced countless other artists.Elizabeth's story is one that will inspire people of all ages.

Elizabeth's song is the true-life story of elizabeth libba cotten, the noted african american folksinger, guitarist, and songwriter.Against all odds, young elizabeth teaches herself to