Etta Baker
Etta Baker ( born March 31, 1913 in Caldwell County, North Carolina; † September 23, 2006 in Fairfax, Virginia), born Etta Lucille Reid, was an American blues singer and guitarist.
She played both six-string acoustic guitars and 12-string guitar and five-string banjo.
Baker received various awards, including
- Folk Heritage Award, North Carolina Arts Council (1989 )
- National Endowment for the Arts, National Heritage Fellowship ( 1991)
- North Carolina Award ( 2003)
Together with her sister Cora Phillips, she received the North Carolina Folklore Society in 1982, the Brown -Hudson Folklore Award.
Baker last lived in Morganton, North Carolina, and died at the age of 93 years during the visit with a daughter, who had suffered a stroke.