# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-cotten
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:05:05.256Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-cotten"
name: "Elizabeth Cotten"
slug: "elizabeth-cotten"
description: "Elizabeth \"Libba\" Cotten was an influential American folk and blues musician. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down. This position meant that she played the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb. Her signature alternating bass style has become known as \"Cotten picking\". NPR stated \"her influence has reverberated through the generations, permeating every genre of music.\""
tagline: "American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter (1893-1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elizabeth_Cotten_Statue.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1893-01-05"
deathDate: "1987-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.134387351778656
  historical:           20.422804
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm2719435"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump