Comments on: Etta Baker, American musician

Etta Baker, American musician

flapjax at midnite — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:45:38 -0800

Guitarist Etta Baker worked in a textile mill, raised nine children, and didn't take her music to the stage until she was 60 years old. Fortunately for all of us, she continued to play and record right up until her death in 2006 at the age of 93.

By: NoMich

NoMich — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:51:45 -0800

This is awesome. I was just telling my teammates at work about her a few weeks ago. I saw her a few times at Merlefest and it was magic every time. You close your eyes and you swear there are two people up there playing guiars. It's that banjo style finger picking Piedmont blues.

By: Mister Bijou

Mister Bijou — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:31:41 -0800

By: Benny Andajetz

Benny Andajetz — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 05:57:50 -0800

Awesome, as usual, flapjax. Etta Baker should be a household name, if only for One Dime Blues. I have always been a sucker for the alternating bass of acoustic country blues. I literally played the grooves off that Etta Baker/Taj Mahal album. The Crow Jane cut on that album is incredible.

By: IndigoJones

IndigoJones — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:43:13 -0800

Previously

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:07:38 -0800

Previously Thanks for that, IndigoJones. Certainly didn't come up when I previewed the post.

By: IndigoJones

IndigoJones — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:25:31 -0800

Oh, you can't have too much Etta Baker! This was good.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:15:38 -0800

♪

By: wierdo

wierdo — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:06:50 -0800

A friend of mine loves finger picking. He's pretty good at it and has learned quite a few of Etta Baker's songs. It seems like it's pretty difficult to deconstruct all the layers. It's nice to finally hear the originals.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:28:02 -0800

Love her beautiful fingerplucking. Thanks so much for posting this. Marvelous post flapjax!

By: kettleoffish

kettleoffish — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:43:38 -0800

This is a great story. Thank you so much for bringing this to light, I had no idea about this incredible woman.

By: BlueHorse

BlueHorse — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:04:06 -0800

Good stuff. Amazing woman. Great post.