Visiting Elizabeth Cotten’s 1935 Martin D28 at The Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix. “Libba” Cotten is one of the pioneering female guitarists I featured in my latest album, ONE GUITAR WOMAN. Her story is so cool, as she didn’t start playing professionally until she was 57 years old. She played left-handed, upside down, and she wrote some of the finest folk songs in the history of American Music. Her guitar style, Piedmont fingerpicking, is challenging to learn, but really fun to play once y

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Preview: 1938 Martin D-18 Guitar