. . "Cotten, Elizabeth"@en . "1895-01-05Z"^^ . "Elizabeth Nevills"@en . "1895Z"^^ . "1893-01-05Z"^^ . . . "1987-06-29Z"^^ . . . "Elizabeth \"Libba\" Cotten (n\u00E9e Neville) (January 5, 1893 \u2013 June 29, 1987) was an African 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 (usually in standard tuning), 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."@en . . "Elizabeth Cotten"@en . "Americanblues and folk musician, singer and songwriter" . "solo_singer" . "1987Z"^^ . . . . . .