From the March 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY ANNA PULLEY AND WHITNEY PHANEUF 1. Elizabeth Cotten Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten wrote her enduring classic “Freight Train” (watch above) at age 12, after saving up money for a guitar by stoking a neighbor’s iron stove for $1 a day. A southpaw performing in the Piedmont folk-blues style, … Continue reading Matron Saints of Guitar: Elizabeth Cotten, Maybelle Carter, Joni Mitchell, and 3 More Women Who Revolutionized Music As We Know It