Comments on: ODETTA

By: Gava Joe

Gava Joe — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:47:39 +0000

Odetta’s voice will reverb through the ages. Does anyone find it ironic/cruel/depriving that Miriam Makeba AND Odetta should die within such a short time? I never had heard Odatta’s guttural sound she made in conjunction with her guitar body like is in that first clip. Now Miriam with her “African click” had intrigued us for years. Sad we had to lose both these icons so close, but fitting they should live to witness Barack’s election.
Now all we have left is Joan Baez (still very sexy) the ever-morphing Dylan, and the crusty old Commie Pete Seeger ( I wonder how he’d speak in regards the UAW’s contract nowadays?) It’s all groovy, love Joe……..

By: Ahmed

Ahmed — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:20:56 +0000

Yes, yes thank you for posting this. What a lovely voice, emdodying at once beauty, stregth and wisdom. I was lucky enough to see her at a local folk festival a number of years back. Let it shine, indeed. long live odetta

By: Randy Paul

Randy Paul — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:43:09 +0000

I grew up listening to her, Pete Seeger and Miriam Makeba. I knew their songs as a kid. Now Seeger is the only one remaining.