The world is a bit smaller today, Odetta died.

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

Culture

04 Dec 08

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

slatington, pa, usa

Joined: 28 Dec 04
Moves: 53321

04 Dec 08

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

Bosse de Nage

Zellulärer Automat

Spiel des Lebens

Joined: 27 Jan 05
Moves: 90892

04 Dec 08

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 ...

PinkFloyd

weedhopper

Joined: 25 Jul 07
Moves: 8096

04 Dec 08

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..."

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

slatington, pa, usa

Joined: 28 Dec 04
Moves: 53321

05 Dec 08

She was a folk Diva.

buckky

Filthy sinner

Outskirts of bliss

Joined: 24 Sep 02
Moves: 96652

05 Dec 08

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.

epiphinehas

Illinois

Joined: 20 Mar 07
Moves: 6804

07 Dec 08

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.