Her last concert was one that folk legend Odetta put together for her in New York City in the spring of , shortly before her death.
Cotten's legacy lives on not only in her own recordings but also in the many artists who continue to play her work. Libba's recordings, concert tours, media acclaim, and major awards are a testament to her genius, but the true measure of her legacy lies with the tens of thousands of guitarists who cherish her songs as a favorite part of their repertoires, preserving and keeping alive her unique musical style.
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Central Asia. Northeast Asia. Southeast Asia. Southern Asia. All of these things kept her busy and eventually she forgot about the guitar.
In , Cotten moved to Washington, D. She did day work cleaning and sold dolls in Lansburgh's department store during the holiday rush. One of her customers, Mrs. Ruth Crawford Seeger, was so taken with the gentle way Cotten interacted with the Seeger children in the store that she offered to hire her. After the holidays, Cotten left the store and began working for the Seeger family.
The Seeger home contained several instruments, and it was there that Cotten resumed playing the guitar. She used to sit in the dining room and play. One day the Seegers heard her playing and asked her to teach them how to play that song she had been playing. It was called "Freight Train," a "make-up" song she wrote for a family gathering when she was only twelve years old.
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