The quaint town of Carrboro, North Carolina, has dedicated a day to celebrate the legacy of its own legendary musician, Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten. Officially proclaimed by Mayor Barbara Foushee, Jan. 5, which was this past Sunday, marks Elizabeth Cotten Day, in honor of what would have been the musician’s 132nd birthday anniversary. Cotten, best known for her classic tune “Freight Train”, penned in her youth, drew inspiration from the locomotive sounds that once permeated the air of her childhood street.