Etta Baker
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Etta Baker was an American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer from North Carolina.
Baker in 2003
Morganton, North Carolina
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Morganton is a city in and the county seat of Burke County, North Carolina, United States. It is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the Catawba River.
Etta Baker
…her husband died. For a while after these deaths, she stopped playing, but found she missed the consolation the blues brought her. She last lived in Morganton, North Carolina, and died at the age of 93 in Fairfax, Virginia, while visiting a daughter who had suffered a stroke. Baker received the North Carolina Folk Heritage…
Historic train station in Morganton
Old Burke County Courthouse (1833-1835; cupola added 1901)