Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten's remarkable talent might have remained undiscovered except for a chance encounter: while working as temporary Christmas help at a Washington, D.C. department store, she reunited a lost Peggy Seeger with her mother. Mrs. Seeger eventually hired Cotten to do housework, and the Seeger family soon discovered her guitar virtuosity and her treasure trove of songs.
Blues artist Elizabeth Cotten was featured on NPR: All Songs Considered on October 12, 2004.
Video of Elizabeth Cotten performing Frieght Train in 1969