This is a beautiful record. Her guitar playing is very pure and precise. If I didn't have such a hard on for good fingerpicking, I'd probably be in the "nothing wrong with it but I'm not really interested" boat with you guys. Her singing, while weakened by age, is very earnest and humble in a way because she doesn't front like she's more than who she is. That also gives it that oft-mentioned "simpler times" charm. When I listen to Freight Train knowing that she wrote it at 11 years old, it's like I can hear her childhood memories when she sings. As the Italian captain said about his sinking ship: it's un-a-sailable! (even though I totally get where detractors are coming from on this).
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