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Odetta, Folk Singer Of The Gods [And Now She's Dead]
Posted on December 03, 2008
Odetta, the awesome blues and folk singer whose work was a soundtrack to the American civil rights movement and an inspiration to Bob Dylan and many others, has died at the age of 77. She began singing in the 1940s, and In 1961, Martin Luther King, Jr. anointed her 'The Queen of American folk music.' Okay? She was also Rosa Parks' favorite singer. Not much more needs to be said, except that her music was off the chain. Three clips come tumbling down like Jericho, below: ...
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