1 	Carolina Breakdown 	
2 	Railroad Bill 	
3 	I Get The Blues When It Rains 	
4 	Careless Love 	
5 	Don't Let Your Deal Go Down 	
6 	Sunny Tennesse 	
7 	Mint Julep 	
8 	Browns Boogie 	
9 	Lonesome Road Blues 	
10 	Goodbye Booze 	
11 	Nobody's Business 	
12 	One-Dime Blues 	
13 	Going Down The Road Feeling Bad 	
14 	Candyman 	
15 	Miss A Little Miss 	
16 	Baby Let Me Lay It On You 	
17 	Chilly Winds 	
18 	John Henry 	
19 	Cripple Creek

Guitar – Etta Baker
Guitar [2nd Guitar] – Timothy Duffy (tracks: 18) 

The "premier woman Piedmont blues guitar instrumentalist" is a wordy but accurate description of 87-year-old Etta Baker of Morganton, NC. One of the last pickers who was around when the music was first being recorded, Baker's 83 years of practice is manifested in these wonderful recordings of traditional folk ballads. One highlight follows another, and although "Brown's Boogie" trips up the album's gentle flow, the rest is front-porch perfect. This is music you never get tired of listening to. Newcomers to guitar should buy this album, both to marvel at the intricate technique and to amuse themselves with how frustratingly difficult it can be. ---Jim Smith, AllMusic Review

Railroad Bill was the folk hero of the turpentine workers in the Red Hills of Alabama. These 'woods-riders' bleed the trees on great slash-pine plantations, collect the resin, and manufacture turpentine in crude stills. Living in camps far out in the piney woods, turpentiners were often held to their poorly paid jobs by a system of peonage. Thus the legend of Railroad Bill was born and his ballad traveled out of Alabama into the mountains, becoming a guitar-picker's showpiece.

Baker, of Morganton, N.C. was born in 1913 and has been playing guitar since the age of four. She is the premiere Piedmont blues guitar instrumentalist. Her only contemporary was the late Elizabeth Cotton of Carrboro, N.C.

Music Maker master mind Tim Duffy sits in on second guitar on the track "John Henry." Otherwise, the rest of the CD's 18 inspiring cuts are comprised of Baker performing solo in or outside her home along with the sounds of Mother Nature live in the background. Some real tasty Piedmont blues here folks that should not be overlooked. ---Matt Alcott, mnblues.com

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01. Never Let Your Deal Go Down
02. One Dime Blues
03. Knoxville Rag
04. Broken Hearted Blues
05. Lost John
06. Dew Drop
07. Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
08. Near The Cross I Watch And Pray
09. Spanish Fandango
10. Round My Back Door Selling Coal
11. But On The Other Hand Baby
12. Crow Jane
13. John Henry
14. Alabama Wagonwheel
15. Bully Of The Town
16. Going To The Racetrack
17. Police Dog Blues
18. Marching Jaybird
19. Railroad Bill
20. Carolina Breakdown

Etta Baker (vocals, guitar, banjo); 
Cora Phillips (guitar).

Guitarist/vocalist Etta Baker hadn't made any recordings or even been in a studio since 1956 before making the 20 numbers comprising this CD. But judging from the arresting vocals, prickly accompaniment, and commanding presence she displayed on each song, it seemed as if she had been cutting tracks daily. Baker moved from sassy and combative blues tunes like "Never Let Your Deal Go Down" and "But on the Other Hand Baby" to chilling numbers like "Police Dog Blues," novelty tunes, double-entendre cuts, folk pieces, and even country-flavored material. Singing and playing in vintage Piedmont style with a two- and three-finger technique, Etta Baker offers timeless, memorable performances. ---Ron Wynn, Rovi

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01 - John Henry (with Taj Mahal) - 3:45
02 - Crow Jane (with Taj Mahal) - 2:26
03 - Going Down The Road Feeling Bad (with Taj Mahal) - 2:54
04 - Madison Street Blues (with Taj Mahal) - 2:54
05 - Railroad Bill (with Taj Mahal) - 3:24
06 - Cripple Creek - 1:44
07 - Johnson Boys (with Wayne Martin) - 1:54
08 - Going To The Race Track - 2:35
09 - Lost John - 2:03
10 - Dew Drop - 1:49
11 - Poem - 0:23
12 - Comb Blues (with Algia Mae Hinton & Taj Mahal) - 4:58
13 - One Dime Blues - 3:02                         play
14 - Sourwood Mountain (Mr. Boone Reid) - 1:51
15 - Going Down The Road Feeling Bad - 1:24
16 - Railroad Bill - 2:40
17 - Johnson Boys (Mr. Boone Reid) - 1:31
18 - John Henry - 2:42                             play
19 - Bully Of The Town - 3:00

Etta Baker (ur. 31 marca 1913 r. w Caldwell County w USA, zm. 23 września 2006 r. w Fairfax, w stanie Wirginia) – amerykańska gitarzystka i wokalistka bluesowa. W czasie swojej wieloletniej kariery grała głównie gatunek znany jako blues piedmoncki, wiele koncertując i występując u boku takich gwiazd jak Taj Mahal. Została wyróżniona prestiżową nagrodą National Endowment For The Arts. W środowisku muzyków bluesowych uchodziła za nestorkę i jedną z największych osobistości bluesa. Zmarła w wieku 93 lat z powodu problemów z sercem.

Etta Baker of Morganton, North Carolina was born in 1913 and has been playing guitar since the age of 3. She is the premier woman Piedmont blues guitar instrumentalist.. Etta maintains a beautiful yard and garden. She is constantly working on new arrangements as she plays the guitar everyday. At the age of 91 Etta is matriarch of 108 members in her immediate family. Etta Baker has inspired generations of Blues Guitar players and Taj Mahal credits her as his main style inspiration. Etta Baker of Morganton, NC, was born in 1913 and has been playing guitar since the age of 3. She is the premier female Piedmont blues guitar instrumentalist, plays the guitar everyday,and is constantly working on new arrangements. Etta maintains a beautiful yard and garden, and at the age of 91, is matriarch of 108 members in her immediate family. Taj Mahal has been a major recording artist since his debut album in 1967. For 35 years, he has been a tireless preacher of American roots music.

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