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American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer

Person · Open Library

Works
4

Top works

  • Fairmount's quartette
  • Miss Mystery
  • Frolics at Fairmount
  • The girls of Fairmount

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1929-12-23
Active to
1988-05-13
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33,391
Total plays
219,070

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Etta Baker (March 31, 1913 – September 23, 2006) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer. She was born Etta Lucille Reid in Caldwell County, North Carolina, of African American, Native American, and European American heritage. She played both the 6-string and 12-string forms of the acoustic guitar, as well as the five-string banjo. Baker played the Piedmont Blues for ninety years, starting at the age of three when she could not even hold the guitar properly. <a href="https://www.las

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Etta
Family name
Baker
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Caldwell County
Place of death
Fairfax
Occupation
guitarist
Instrument
guitar
Record label
Rounder Records
Image
Etta Baker (cropped).jpg
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date of birth
1913-03-31
date of death
2006-09-23
ethnic group
African Americans
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Etta Baker
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