Great, Great Grandmothers Program 309 Original Airdate: 12/13/1973 Subject Keywords Afro-American musicians Afro-American singers Afro-American women Blues (Music) Music - Performance Women blues musicians Subject Genre Public Affairs: Current Events Personal Names Cotten, Elizabeth Scott, Esther Mae Program Description Blues singers Elizabeth Cotten and "Mother" Esther Mae Scott talk with Topper Carew about their music and perform in studio for this one-hour program. Elizabeth Cotten, in her early eighties at the time of this appearance, performs her famous folk songs "Freight Train" and "Shake Sugaree" using her distinctive left-hand style of guitar playing known as "Cotten pickin'" and Esther May Scott, also in her early eighties, performs songs by Bessie Smith and Leadbelly. Both musicians were active participants in blues festival circuits at the time of the interview. Producer Topper Carew Associate Producer Barbara Barrow Vickie Jones Director Conrad White Host Topper Carew Guests Elizabeth Cotten Ester Mae Scott Others Henry Johnson (filmmaker) Formats Master (WGBH program) 2" videotape A2-01313 Preservation master beta SP cassette AP-01503A Preservation master digital beta cassette AP-01503 Viewing copy 1/2" helical (item number not yet assigned) Viewing copy VHS cassette (item number not yet assigned) The Say Brother Collection Web site is a production of the WGBH Archives. ©2001 WGBH Educational Foundation.