The world is a bit smaller today, Odetta died.

She was 77. RIP. One of the great folk singers of the 20th century.

Originally posted by sonhouse
She was 77. RIP. One of the great folk singers of the 20th century.

Can't believe I only heard of her today. Will be listening to the voice of the Civil Rights movement later on ...

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Can't believe I only heard of her today. Will be listening to the voice of the Civil Rights movement later on ...

Same here; read the obit just now and wondered "hmmm wonder why I never heard of her..."

She was a folk Diva.

Originally posted by sonhouse
She was 77. RIP. One of the great folk singers of the 20th century.

She had this vibrato in her voice that turned me off at times, but then she would kill on certain tunes, like "Motherless Child". Some say she was from the Bert Larr school of singing. Remember the Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz. That was Burt Larr with his vibrato from hell.

Originally posted by sonhouse
She was 77. RIP. One of the great folk singers of the 20th century.

Bob Dylan developed his own way of strumming the guitar by watching Odetta play.