Odetta at Carnegie Hall

by Odetta

Odetta at Carnegie Hall cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1960
  • Label: Vanguard
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 35:44
  • Community rating: 3.87/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This commanding performance at the prestigious venue solidified the classically trained vocalist's role as the definitive 'Voice of the Civil Rights Movement.' Armed only with her acoustic guitar and an immensely powerful, operatic contralto, she delivers profoundly authoritative interpretations of traditional blues, spirituals, and work songs. The recording served as a crucial, foundational influence on the burgeoning Greenwich Village folk revival, deeply inspiring figures like Bob Dylan and Joan Baez.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, acoustic, folklore, melodic, minimalistic

Tracklist

  1. Hard, Oh Lord (4:06)
  2. Believe I'll Go (3:03)
  3. Oh, Papa (3:16)
  4. How Long Blues (2:08)
  5. Hogan's Alley (2:09)
  6. Leavin' This Morning (2:47)
  7. Oh, My Babe (4:22)
  8. Yonder Come The Blues (2:49)
  9. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (3:47)
  10. Weeping Willow Blues (2:34)
  11. Go Down Sunshine (2:19)
  12. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (2:20)

Credits

  • Odetta - primary artist, vocals, guitar, arranged by, adapted by
  • Bill Lee - double bass [string bass]
  • Lee Hays - written-by
  • Pete Seeger - written-by
  • Traditional - written-by

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