Had an opportunity to participate in a workshop conducted by Mike Seeger w/Ms Cotten in attendence. The song we worked on was 'Freight Train'. The picking pattern she used by playing the guitar left-handed and strung for a right handed player was very difficult to duplicate. She was 89 at the time and had great energy and spirit. She listened to all our attempts to play her song w/patience and grace. At the time I was a ten-year pro musician w/studio, touring, club and concert experience and I was going to 'kill 'em' w/my version. When she came and sat next to me to listen all of the self-important egotism was sucked right out of me by the truth of conviction in her eyes. I played her a very straight and clean version w/no flash. She smiled, complimented my playing...then took my guitar, flipped it over and smilingly played it the way it was supposed to be played. In my musical life I've been blessed to have been in the presence of greatness and the common thread in them all has been truth. Ms Cotten was truth and anyone who ever had the good fortune to have been in her presence will say the same.