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CARRBORO, N.C. (WTVD) -- There are many fabulous artist who have found success but started their career right here in North Carolina. One of those people is Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten. A legendary blues ...

Forbidden from playing music, a young Elizabeth Cotten — born in 1893 in what is now part of Carrboro — secretly borrowed her brother’s banjo and guitar. She flipped the instruments upside down to ...

Left-handed, Elizabeth Cotten turned the guitar so the bass strings were at the bottom, therefore "backwards." She used her thumb to play the melody and her fingers for the low notes.Photo by John ...