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    Etta Baker Played the Piedmont Blues for Ninety Years
    Blue Ridge Music Trail Posted On May 8, 2017


    Etta Baker picked up her rag-time influenced style of fingerpicking at the age of 3 from her father. She became a master of the Piedmont Blues, influencing musicians like Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.  Etta practiced her […]


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    Album Review
    Etta’s Timeless Railroad
    Grant Britt Posted On February 11, 2016


    The only thing better than an Etta Baker record is an Etta Baker vinyl record. Baker’s pristine picking style is augmented when encased in vinyl, the notes ringing out like church bells. Baker was one of the best Piedmont pickers […]


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