The Etta Baker Project

Photo by David Holt, www.davidholt.com

YouTube Videos of Etta Baker

David Holt interviews famed Piedmont Blues guitarist Etta Baker. Etta plays parts of Carolina Breakdown, Railroad Bill, On the Other Hand Baby, One Dime Blues, Knoxville Rag, John Henry and Careless Love.

Another David Holt interview with Etta Baker.  Etta is 90 years old in this video.

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Etta plays Knoxville Rag with Kenny Wayne Shepard.  Etta appears on Kenny’s CD/DVD release Ten Days Out.  Kenny please bring back this video of Etta!

From Carolina Camera a short interview with Etta.

Music Maker Relief Foundation - A vist with Etta Baker.

Etta Baker on UNC TV and Our State Magazine.  Segment originally aired on 3/2/2005.

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Etta Baker and David Hold play one Dime Blues.  From the 1980's.  

Etta Baker teaches "On the Other Hand Baby".  From Etta Baker's Homespunt instructional tape.

Step It Up and Go: Blues in the Carolinas - One hour color documentary about the men and women of NC acoustic blues, playing in the so-called "Piedmont" style. Etta Baker, Thomas Burt, Algie Mae Hinton, Cora Phillips, Joe and Odell Thomas, John D. Holeman, Moses Rascoe and others.  Shot in 1989.

Etta's segment starts at 7:52

Appalshop Archive Video - Etta Baker and John Jackson.  Recorded May 31, 1997  at the Seedtime on the Cumberland festival in Whitesburg, KY.

Appalshop Archive Video - Etta Baker concert at the Seedtime in 1989.  Note this is audio only