Odetta Holmes, allgemein bekannt als Odetta, war eine amerikanische Sängerin, Schauspielerin, Komponistin und Aktivistin für Bürger- und Menschenrechte, die auch als "Stimme der Bürgerrechtsbewegung" gilt. Sie wurde größtenteils als American Folk Artist gesehen, obwohl ihr Repertoire auch Blues und Jazz umfasst. Sie war eine der Schlüsselfiguren der American Folk Music in den 1950er und 1960er und beeinflusste Künstler wie Bob Dylan, Joan Baez und Janis Joplin. Martin Luther King Jr. nannte sie die "Königin der amerikanischen Folk Music". Ihre Karriere begann in einem Theater, woraufhin sie Teil der American Folk Music und eine bekannte Performerin in den 1950ern wurde. Ihre erste Live-Aufnahme machte sie 1954. Dieses hochwertige 122 Track 5 CD Set konzentriert sich auf die ersten Jahre ihrer Karriere. Es umfasst den kompletten Inhalt ihrer neun Alben für Tradition, Vanguard und RCA - "The Tin Angel" (with Larry Mohr), "Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues", "At the Gate of Horn Tradition", "My Eyes Have Seen Vanguard", "Ballad For Americans and Other American Ballads", "Odetta and The Blues", "Live At Carnegie Hall", "Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin'" und "Odetta At Town Hall". Des Weiteren sind Singles enthalten, die nicht auf einem Album veröffentlicht wurden, wie ihre Live-TV Performance mit Harry Belafonte bei "Hole In My Bucket", die 1961 ein Nr.1 Hit im Vereinten Königreich war.
CD 1 | |||
1 | John Henry | 00:03:10 | |
2 | Old cotton fields at home | 00:03:58 | |
3 | The frozen logger | 00:02:53 | |
4 | Run, come see Jerusalem | 00:02:07 | |
5 | Old blue | 00:02:35 | |
6 | Water boy | 00:03:39 | |
7 | Santy Anno | 00:02:17 | |
8 | I was born about 10,000 years ago / The biggest thing | 00:02:47 | |
9 | Riding in my car | 00:01:27 | |
10 | No more cane on the brazos | 00:02:18 | |
11 | Payday at Coal Creek | 00:03:01 | |
12 | Buked and scorned | 00:02:45 | |
13 | Rock island line | 00:01:45 | |
14 | Santy Anno | 00:01:55 | |
15 | If I had a ribbon bow | 00:02:42 | |
16 | Muleskinner blues | 00:02:50 | |
17 | Another man done gone | 00:02:11 | |
18 | Shame and scandal | 00:02:23 | |
19 | Jack o' diamonds | 00:03:14 | |
20 | Buked and scorned | 00:02:39 | |
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21 | Easy rider | 00:05:06 | |
22 | Joshua | 00:01:53 | |
23 | Hound dog | 00:03:49 | |
24 | Glory, glory | 00:02:11 | |
25 | Alabama bound | 00:01:41 | |
26 | Been in the pen | 00:02:32 | |
27 | Deep blue sea | 00:02:58 | |
CD 2 | |||
1 | God's gonna cut you down | 00:01:49 | |
2 | Spiritual trilogy (Medley) | 00:06:05 | |
3 | He's got the whole world in his hands | 00:01:54 | |
4 | Sail away ladies, sail away | 00:02:23 | |
5 | The gallow's pole | 00:02:54 | |
6 | Lowlands | 00:02:38 | |
7 | The fox | 00:01:50 | |
8 | Maybe she go | 00:01:48 | |
9 | The lass from the low countree | 00:04:35 | |
10 | Timber | 00:03:12 | |
11 | Deep river | 00:02:59 | |
12 | Chilly winds | 00:02:44 | |
13 | Greensleeves | 00:02:49 | |
14 | Devilish Mary | 00:01:53 | |
15 | All the pretty little horses | 00:03:02 | |
16 | The midnight special | 00:02:36 | |
17 | Take this hammer | 00:03:27 | |
18 | Poor little Jesus | 00:01:56 | |
19 | Bald headed woman | 00:02:21 | |
20 | Motherless children | 00:02:11 | |
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21 | I know where I'm going | 00:02:02 | |
22 | The foggy dew | 00:05:29 | |
23 | I've been driving on Bald Mountain / Water boy | 00:06:55 | |
24 | Ox-driver song | 00:02:36 | |
25 | Down on me | 00:02:54 | |
CD 3 | |||
1 | Saro Jane | 00:02:47 | |
2 | Three pigs | 00:01:19 | |
3 | No more cane on the brazos | 00:03:40 | |
4 | Jumpin' Judy | 00:02:27 | |
5 | Battle hymn of the republic | 00:03:52 | |
6 | Ballad for Americans | 00:11:43 | |
7 | This land | 00:02:20 | |
8 | On top of Old Smokey | 00:03:02 | |
9 | Hush little baby | 00:01:32 | |
10 | Dark as a dungeon | 00:04:20 | |
11 | Great historical bum | 00:01:58 | |
12 | Payday at Coal Creek | 00:03:29 | |
13 | Going home | 00:02:41 | |
14 | Pastures of plenty | 00:04:01 | |
15 | Hard, oh Lord | 00:04:06 | |
16 | Believe I'll go | 00:03:03 | |
17 | Oh, Papa | 00:03:17 | |
18 | How long blues | 00:02:08 | |
19 | Hogan's alley | 00:02:10 | |
20 | Leavin' this morning | 00:02:48 | |
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21 | Oh, my babe | 00:04:22 | |
22 | Yonder comes the blues | 00:02:48 | |
CD 4 | |||
1 | Make me a pallet on the floor | 00:03:48 | |
2 | Weeping willow blues | 00:02:35 | |
3 | Go down, sunshine | 00:02:19 | |
4 | Nobody knows you when you're down and out | 00:02:21 | |
5 | If I had a hammer | 00:01:54 | |
6 | Red clay country | 00:04:33 | |
7 | When I was a young girl | 00:02:53 | |
8 | Gallows pole | 00:02:38 | |
9 | God's a-gonna cut you down | 00:02:12 | |
10 | John Riley | 00:03:28 | |
11 | John Henry | 00:03:24 | |
12 | Joshua fought the battle of Jericho | 00:02:22 | |
13 | All the pretty little horses | 00:03:04 | |
14 | Prettiest train | 00:03:26 | |
15 | Meeting at the building | 00:02:36 | |
16 | No more auction block | 00:02:19 | |
17 | Hold on | 00:02:43 | |
18 | Sometimes I feel like a motherless child | 00:03:25 | |
19 | Ain't no grave can hold my body down | 00:03:16 | |
20 | A hole in the bucket | 00:04:19 | |
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21 | House of the rising sun | 00:03:41 | |
22 | Gonna take my time | 00:02:06 | |
23 | Stranger here | 00:03:24 | |
24 | Misery blues | 00:03:00 | |
25 | I've been living with the blues | 00:02:43 | |
CD 5 | |||
1 | Empty pocket blues | 00:03:30 | |
2 | I'm on my way | ||
3 | Poor man | 00:03:00 | |
4 | I just can't keep from cryin' | 00:02:25 | |
5 | If I had wings | 00:03:57 | |
6 | Special delivery | 00:02:53 | |
7 | Darlin' Baby | 00:02:52 | |
8 | Let me ride | 00:01:34 | |
9 | The fox | 00:01:52 | |
10 | Santy Anno | 00:01:50 | |
11 | Devilish Mary | 00:02:41 | |
12 | Another man done gone | 00:02:32 | |
13 | Children's trilogy | 00:02:07 | |
14 | He had a long chain on | 00:06:25 | |
15 | He's got the whole world in his hands | 00:02:06 | |
16 | Take this hammer | 00:03:48 | |
17 | Ox driver | 00:03:07 | |
18 | Hound dog | 00:04:44 | |
19 | Carry it back to Rosie | 00:03:27 | |
20 | What month was Jesus born in? | 00:02:21 | |
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21 | The frozen logger | 00:02:51 | |
22 | Timber | 00:03:27 | |
23 | I'm on my way |