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Elizabeth Cotten
Live!
Release Date: 1984
Running Time: 47:50
Label: Arhoolie

No dates are given for this live disc, although according to the liners, "this album is a sampler of performances during her ninth decade" (which would be roughly the early 1970s to the early 1980s). She does some of the most popular items from her repertoire over the course of this 50-minute recording, including "Freight Train," "Shake Sugaree," and "Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie" (which was covered by the Grateful Dead). The guitar playing is good, the vocals are less impressive; there's plenty of storytelling between the numbers, and audience participation on some of the choruses during the songs. Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Freight Train	Cotten	4:51
2	Washington Blues	Cotten	4:58
3	Jumpin' Jack	Cotten	3:40
4	Shake Sugaree	Cotten	4:26
5	Shake Sugaree/Banjo Story, Rattler	Cotten	5:37
6	Vastopol	Cotten	4:28
7	Guitar Story	Cotten	4:15
8	Oh, Babe, It Ain't No Lie	Cotten	5:50
9	Elizabeth Story/Et Al. /Honey Babe/Your Papa Cares for You	Cotten	5:50
10	Spanish Flangdang	Cotten	2:35
11	'Til We Meet Again	Cotten	1:20