Folk legend Odetta has died at age 77.   Odetta has been a leading voice in folk musif cofr over 5 decades. Odetta had a powerful voice and presence, as well as a passion for bringing traditional African-American music to the people. She had a great influence in the struggle for civil rights, having sung at the March on Washington and other major civil rights events, and is credited as having influenced Bob Dylan to take up folk singing.
Some reminders below of Odetta’s greatness, courtesy of Youtube
“Midnight Special” at Woodsongs in 2005:
On the Tennessee Ernie Ford Show – “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”
On the Johnny Cash Show in 1969
