ETTA BAKER

:''Note: For the African American civil rights activist, see Ella Baker''.
'Etta Baker' (born 'Etta Lucille Reid' in Caldwell County, North Carolina, March 31, 1913, died September 23, 2006 in Fairfax, Virginia) was a Piedmont blues guitarist and singer from North Carolina, United States.

Contents
Biography
Discography
External links
Obituaries
Listening
References

Biography


She was of African American, Native American, and European American heritage. She played both the 6-string and 12-string forms of the acoustic guitar, as well as the five-string banjo.
Baker received the Folk Heritage Award from the North Carolina Arts Council in 1989, the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship in 1991, and the North Carolina Award in 2003. Along with her sister, Cora Phillips, Baker received the North Carolina Folklore Society's Brown-Hudson Folklore Award in 1982.[1]
Baker lived last in Morganton, North Carolina, and died on September 23, 2006 in Fairfax, Virginia at the age of 93, while visiting a daughter who had suffered a stroke.

Discography



★ 1956 : ''Instrumental Music From the Southern Appalachians'' (1956, Tradition Records; reissued 1997)

★ 1990 : "One Dime Blues"

★ 1998 : ''The North Carolina Banjo Collection'' (various artists) (1998, Rounder)

★ 1999 : ''Railroad Bill''

★ 2004 : ''Etta Baker with Taj Mahal (Music Maker 50)

★ 2005 : ''Carolina Breakdown'' with Cora Phillips (Music Maker 56)

★ 2006 : ''Knoxville Rag'' with Kenny Wayne Shepherd. CD Title: "10 Days Out- Blues From The Backroads" (also includes a DVD that shows Kenny & Etta playing guitar in her kitchen) Reprise Records, 2006. ISBN 0 9632-49294-2 0. www.tendaysout.net

External links



Etta Baker page from North Carolina Arts Council site

Etta Baker page from North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources page
Obituaries


Etta Baker obituary from ''The News & Observer''

Etta Baker obituary from ''The News & Observer''

Etta Baker slideshow from ''The News & Observer''

Etta Baker obituary

Etta Baker obituary, from ''San Jose Mercury News''

Renowned Piedmont Blues Guitarist Etta Baker Dies at 93, from World Music Central
Listening


Live recording of "One Dime Blues," performed by Etta Baker (track 7; recorded at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival and made available for public use by the State Archives of Florida)

References



Etta Baker and Cora Phillips

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