Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Odetta - With God On Our Side

from 'Odetta Sings Dylan' (1965).

Link: http://youtu.be/WpepEOx5wI0

Odetta - With God On Our Side

from 'Odetta Sings Dylan' (1965).

Link: http://youtu.be/WpepEOx5wI0

Odetta - I Know Where I'm Going (Scottish folk song)

Blues/folk singer Odetta sings the Scottish folk song, "I Know Where I'm Going."

Music
- "I Know Where I'm Going" by Odetta, Larry Mohr (Google Play • iTunes)
Category
- Music
License
- Standard YouTube License

Link: http://youtu.be/glr_sV9s1FM

Lyrics:

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you

Though I know that evening's empire
Has returned into sand
Vanished from my hand
Left me blindly here to stand
But still not sleeping

My weariness amazes me
I am branded on my feet
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street's
Too dead for dreaming

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you

Take me on a trip upon your
Magic swirling ship
My senses have been stripped
My hands can't feel to grip
My toes too numb to step
Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering

I'm ready to go anywhere
I am ready for to fade
Into my own parade
Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you

Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging
Madly through the sun
It's not aimed at anyone
It's just escaping on the run
And but for the sky, there are no fences facing

And if you hear vague traces
Of skipping reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time
I wouldn't pay it any mind
It's just a ragged clown behind
And if to you he looks blind
I wouldn't worry, it's just a shadow that you are seeing that he's chasing

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you

Then take me disappearing
Through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time
Far past the frozen leaves
The haunted, sheltered trees
Out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow

Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky
With one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea
Circled by the circus sands
Driving memory and fate
Deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you

Artist
- Odetta
Category
- Music
License
- Standard YouTube License

Link: http://youtu.be/pOEPkRvpE2k

Odetta Holmes - Tomorrow Is A Long Time

From her album "Odetta Sings Dylan". Obviously it was this version that inspired Elvis Presley for his cover.

Music
- "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" by Odetta (Google Play • iTunes)

Link: http://youtu.be/KPyCJIPtJps

Odetta - House of the Rising Sun

"If only one could be sure that every 50 years a voice and a soul like Odetta's would come along, the centuries would pass so quickly and painlessly we would hardly recognize time" - Maya Angelou

Music
- "House of the Rising Sun" by Odetta (Google Play • iTunes)

Link: http://youtu.be/hzc20VmMCl8

Odetta- Weepin' Willow Blues

Link: http://youtu.be/AnlM9q_HqQE

Odetta-Oh,papa

Link: http://youtu.be/EpNWm57Txg8

Odetta - Livin' with the blues

Uploaded on Jan 25, 2010

Odetta is one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century. By combining the power and grace of an opera singer with the earthiness of a blues singer and the conviction of a folk singer, Odetta became a commanding, stirring singer unlike any other.

Odetta released her first album, Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues, in 1956. This is some two years before the beginning of the folk revival with which she is usually associated. The power of her singing seems to connect her to an earlier folk music, more elemental and raw than her late-50s and early-60s peers. Unlike the Highwaymen or other popular interrupters of classic folk songs, Odetta seems closer in both approach and presentation to Leadbelly. Her interest in folk music appeared to be less of a personal "revival" or awakening, than a continuation of a living tradition. She was referred to as the "female Leadbelly."

Bob Dylan was major inspired by Odetta - - in 1956 her album, "ODETTA Sings Ballads & Blues," inspired him to trade in his electric guitar for a Gibson acoustic guitar,and got him into folk .

Livin' With The Blues collects a number of Odetta's blues songs recorded for Vanguard during the 1960s, including several that have been previously unreleased. The majority of the songs feature Odetta singing and playing guitar with bassist Bill Lee holding up the bottom end. The other material includes Odetta singing folk and blues with piano, bass, and drum accompaniment.

Music
- "Livin' With the Blues" by Odetta (Google Play • iTunes)
Artist
- Odetta
Category
- Music
License
- Standard YouTube License

Link: http://youtu.be/DRPSkHrfdqc

You Don't Know My Mind / Odetta

Written by Jimmie Skinner. From THE WOODSONGS OLD-TIME RADIO HOUR.

Link: http://youtu.be/F9R1UhCSyN8

LaLa Brooks: "Then He Kissed Me"/"Da Doo Ron Ron" - David Letterman

LaLa Brooks performs a medley of "Then He Kissed Me" and "Da Doo Ron Ron." Her debut solo album is entitled, "All or Nothing."

Brooks was the second youngest of 11 children, born to a full-blooded Native American mother and an African-American father.

LaLa Brooks
Vocalist
Dolores Brooks "Sakinah Muhammad" is a former member of the girl group The Crystals and Broadway actress. She is best known as the lead vocalist on their hits "Then He Kissed Me" and "Da Doo Ron Ron".Wikipedia
Born: June 20, 1947 (age 67), Brooklyn, New York, United States
Music group: The Crystals (Since 1962)