Odetta sings blues, ballads and dylans

A huge voice ringing through the ears & minds of the people and a solid social conscience - Odetta was soundtrack to the civil rights movement in the 60s.

Yes, Odetta was soulsister to black american music (with Nina Simone).
She forged chilling channels churning up water deep from the well of folk-blues-spirituals-worksongs, flowing into the creeks of the counterculture.
(Drenching Bob Dylan, quenching the ache in Janis Joplin´s throat, among others).

Odetta died last week, on December the 2nd.
People wrote that her heart didnt stand the thrill of seeing a black man being acknownledged as leader of the amerikan nation (the heart of that 14 year old girl who was thrown off a train because her skin didnt match those of the allowed passengers).

A pity. She was scheduled to sing - in what would maybe be the most significant moment - in Obama´s innauguration ceremony.
(At 77 Odetta still was touring and recording records on a regular basis.)



ODETTA SINGS BALLADS & BLUES (1956)

1. "Santy Anno" (Traditional) – 1:55
2. "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" (Traditional) – 2:42
3. "Muleskinner Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:51
4. "Another Man Done Gone" (Traditional) – 2:11
5. "Shame and Scandal" (Traditional) – 2:23
6. "Jack o' Diamonds" (Traditional) – 3:15
7. "'Buked and Scorned" (Traditional) – 2:40
8. "Easy Rider" (Traditional) – 5:06
9. "Joshua" (Traditional) – 1:53
10. "Hound Dog" (Traditional) – 3:50
11. "Glory, Glory" (Traditional) – 2:12
12. "Alabama Bound" (Huddie Ledbetter) – 1:42
13. "Been in the Pen" (Traditional) – 2:32
14. "Deep Blue Sea" (Traditional) – 3:00
15. "God's Gonna Cut You Down" (Traditional) – 1:51
16. Spiritual Trilogy: "Oh, Freedom", "Come and Go With Me", "I'm on My Way" (Traditional) – 6:06


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ODETTA SINGS DYLAN (1965)

1. "Baby, I'm in the Mood for You" – 2:50
2. "Long Ago, Far Away" – 2:50
3. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" – 5:42
4. "Tomorrow is a Long Time" – 6:20
5. "Masters of War" – 6:18
6. "Walkin' Down the Line" – 4:01
7. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" – 4:39
8. "With God on Our Side" – 5:13
9. "Long Time Gone" – 3:44
10. "Mr. Tambourine Man" – 10:44
11. "Blowin' in the Wind" – 4:11
12. "Paths of Victory" – 2:24

all songs by Bob Dylan

* Odetta – vocals, guitar
* Bruce Langhorne – guitar, tambourine
* Peter Childs – guitar
* Les Grinage – bass


http://rapidshare.com/files/172425686/oddylan.rar