Elizabeth Cotten

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf musician
gptkbp:activeYears 1900s-1980s
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:Pete_Seeger
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award
gptkbp:birthDate January 5, 1893
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Chapel_Hill,_North_Carolina,_USA
gptkbp:children Lillie_Cotten
gptkbp:cultural_heritage African_American
gptkbp:deathDate June 29, 1987
gptkbp:genre folk
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Elizabeth Cotten
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Bob_Dylan
gptkb:The_Grateful_Dead
gptkb:Doc_Watson
Joan Baez
The Band
gptkbp:influencedBy traditional_American_music
gptkbp:instrument guitar
gptkbp:knownFor left-handed guitar playing
gptkbp:label gptkb:Smithsonian_Folkways
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Freight_Train
gptkbp:occupation singer-songwriter
gptkbp:recordings gptkb:The_Philadelphia_Folk_Festival
gptkb:The_New_Lost_City_Ramblers
gptkb:Muddy_Waters
gptkb:The_American_Folklife_Center
gptkb:The_North_Carolina_Arts_Council
gptkb:The_National_Endowment_for_the_Arts
gptkb:The_Woody_Guthrie_Folk_Festival
gptkb:The_Weavers
gptkb:The_Kerrville_Folk_Festival
gptkb:The_North_Carolina_Museum_of_History
gptkb:The_Carolina_Chocolate_Drops
gptkb:The_Library_of_Congress
gptkb:The_American_Folklore_Society
The Kingston Trio
The Chieftains
Odetta
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The Newport Folk Festival
The Folkways Collection
The Smithsonian Collection
The_American_Folk_Blues_Festival
The_Folk_Music_Revival
The_MerleFest
The_National_Heritage_Fellowship
The_North_Carolina_Folk_Festival
The_North_Carolina_Historical_Commission
The_North_Carolina_Music_Hall_of_Fame
gptkbp:recordLabel gptkb:Folkways_Records
gptkbp:spouse Frank_Cotten
gptkbp:style fingerpicking
gptkbp:website www.elizabethcotten.com