Episode 44: Freight Train

About the Episode

Elizabeth Cotten became a music star pretty late in her life. In fact, she was a grandmother. But when she was 11 she wrote a song that made it’s way across the ocean and was learned by a band called The Quarrymen, who later became The Beatles.

Enjoy the story of both, along with Mick’s performance of “Freight Train” and more!

If you’d like to see a video of Libba playing, check out this Smithsonian Folkways footage.