Blog: For The Sake Of The Song

"I was sitting around the other day, tapping my feet, A publication came to my door, said you´d died and gone to sleep... But I couldn´t shed a tear I never knew you well..." A moving elegy from Minutemen successors fIREHOSE on the death of blues singer extraordinaire Elizabeth Cotten. Haven´t a clue why Mike Watt & co spelled her name wrong btw. Anyone? "...But I´m missing you just the same, Libba please rest easy down on Chestnut [...]

• Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train
• Firehose - In Memory Of Elizabeth Cotton