{"id":14813,"date":"2024-07-22T20:23:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T18:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=14813"},"modified":"2024-08-08T19:42:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T17:42:07","slug":"episode-274-odetta-listeners-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/22\/episode-274-odetta-listeners-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 274. Odetta (Listeners\u2019 Favorites)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 274. Odetta (Listeners\u2019 Favorites)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1193-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button alignright\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Odetta-1961-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Odetta-1961-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Odetta-1961-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Odetta-1961-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Odetta-1961-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Odetta-1961-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Odetta-1961.jpg 1651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Odetta Holmes (31 December 1930 &#8211; 02 December 2008)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States seems (if this could be possible) even more divided and challenged than it did a week ago. In spite and even because of that, I am continuing my salute to the truly great Americans in our shared past to provide us with inspiration and courage in the challenging days to come. Today I repost an episode that I initially presented on June 18, 2021, the first observance of Juneteenth as a national holiday. It honors the great folk singer and civil rights icon Odetta (1930-2008). The breadth of her influence and the scope of her accomplishment should be trumpeted from the rooftops. From her first appearance on primetime national television opposite Harry Belafonte, to her prominence as the artist at the forefront of the folk music revival, to the importance of her music as a centerpiece to the Civil Rights Movement, to her additional contributions to blues and gospel music (and even, less expectedly, jazz and soul), Odetta Felious Holmes remains one of the most important musicians of the twentieth century. Not only was Odetta an important cultural icon, she possessed one of the most striking contralto voices in the history of recorded sound, and thus is an appropriate entry in my Great Contraltos series. This episode celebrates the entirety of her cultural contribution from her first recording in 1954, to one of her final live performances, in a wide-ranging portrait celebrating the significance of an artist who, for once, merits the designation \u201ccultural icon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Under-Tree-1024x538.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Under-Tree-1024x538.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Under-Tree-300x158.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Under-Tree-768x403.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Under-Tree.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>All songs performed by Odetta. Unless otherwise noted, all are traditional folk songs arranged by Odetta Felious Holmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Best-of-Harlem.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Best-of-Harlem.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Best-of-Harlem-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Best-of-Harlem-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Odetta Felious Holmes: Hit or Miss (from <em>It\u2019s Impossible: At The Best of Harlem <\/em>[1976])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Odetta-at-the-Gate-of-Horn.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Odetta-at-the-Gate-of-Horn.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Odetta-at-the-Gate-of-Horn-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Odetta-at-the-Gate-of-Horn-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Take this Hammer (from <em>At The Gate of Horn<\/em> [1957])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Tin-Angel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Tin-Angel.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Tin-Angel-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Tin-Angel-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Old Cotton Fields at Home (from <em>The Tin Angel Presents Odetta and Larry<\/em> [1954])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1016\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/On-CBS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/On-CBS.png 1016w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/On-CBS-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/On-CBS-768x571.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Water Boy [<em>Tonight with Belafonte<\/em>, CBS-TV, first broadcast 10 December 1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Upward-Gaze.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Upward-Gaze.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Upward-Gaze-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Upward-Gaze-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Timber (from <em>At The Gate of Horn<\/em> [1957])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ballads-and-Blues.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ballads-and-Blues.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ballads-and-Blues-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ballads-and-Blues-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>God\u2019s Gonna Cut You Down (from <em>Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues<\/em> [1956])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buked and Scorned (from <em>Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues<\/em> [1956])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deep Blue Sea (from <em>Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues<\/em> [1956])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hound Dog (from <em>Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues<\/em> [1956])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"471\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Japan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Japan.jpg 471w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Japan-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>No More Cane on the Brazos (from <em>Odetta in Japan <\/em>[1967])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dylan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dylan.jpg 450w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dylan-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dylan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bob Dylan: Masters of War (from <em>Odetta Sings Dylan<\/em> [1965])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fox (from <em>Odetta in Japan <\/em>[1967])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ballad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ballad.jpg 584w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ballad-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ballad-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Woody Guthrie: This Land Is Your Land. Bill Lee (from <em>Odetta Sings The Ballad of Americans and Other American Ballads<\/em> [1960])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/One-Grain.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/One-Grain.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/One-Grain-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/One-Grain-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>She Moved through the Fair (from <em>One Grain of Sand<\/em> [1964])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sakura (from <em>Odetta in Japan <\/em>[1967])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Folk-Songs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Folk-Songs.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Folk-Songs-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Folk-Songs-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Forrest Tollis, Robert Cosbey, Jr.: Anthem of the Rainbow (from <em>Odetta Sings Folk Songs <\/em>1964])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Carnegie-Hall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Carnegie-Hall.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Carnegie-Hall-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Carnegie-Hall-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ain\u2019t No Grave Can Hold My Body Down. Choir of the Church of the Master, Bill Lee (from <em>Odetta at Carnegie Hall <\/em>[8 May 1960])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Town-Hall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Town-Hall.jpg 591w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Town-Hall-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Town-Hall-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Another Man Done Gone (from <em>Odetta at Town Hall <\/em>[1962])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Come and Go with Me; I\u2019m on My Way (from \u201cFreedom Trilogy\u201d) Bill Lee, bass. (from <em>Odetta at Town Hall<\/em> [1962])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Odetta-and-the-Blues.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Odetta-and-the-Blues.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Odetta-and-the-Blues-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Odetta-and-the-Blues-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jimmie Cox: Nobody Knows You When You\u2019re Down and Out. Buck Clayton, Vic Dickenson, Herb Hall, Dick Wellstood, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Berisford \u201cShep\u201d Shephard (from <em>Odetta and the Blues <\/em>[1962])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cryin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cryin.jpg 594w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cryin-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cryin-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I Just Can\u2019t Keep from Cryin\u2019. Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Leonard Gaskin, Dick Wellstood, Panama Francis, Buster Bailey, Vic Dickenson, Buck Clayton, Tedell Saunders. (from <em>Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin\u2019 <\/em>[1962])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hogan\u2019s Alley. 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