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Odetta

Livin' With The Blues

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Song	Lyrics	Save	Buy
PLAY QUEUE 1 Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor		save
PLAY QUEUE 2 Mean And Evil		save
PLAY QUEUE 3 Livin' With The Blues		save
PLAY QUEUE 4 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out		save
PLAY QUEUE 5 House Of The Rising Sun		save
PLAY QUEUE 6 Empty Pocket Blues		save
PLAY QUEUE 7 Fare Thee Well		save
PLAY QUEUE 8 Rosie		save
PLAY QUEUE 9 Special Delivery Blues		save
PLAY QUEUE 10 Down On Me		save
PLAY QUEUE 11 Another Man Done Gone		save
PLAY QUEUE 12 Jumpin' Judy		save
PLAY QUEUE 13 Timber		save
PLAY QUEUE 14 Rambler-Gambler		save
PLAY QUEUE 15 Sail Away, Ladies		save
PLAY QUEUE 16 Midnight Special		save
PLAY QUEUE 17 Rambling Round Your City		save
PLAY QUEUE 18 Bald Headed Woman		save
PLAY QUEUE 19 Ain't No Grave		save
PLAY QUEUE 20 Roll On, Buddy		save

MOG Editorial Review

Whether she was lending her voice to folk, jazz, or gospel, Odetta Holmes was one of the most distinct singers of the '50s and '60s, and her versatility is in full force on Livin' With the Blues. Few female singers at the time had the deep, husky vocals that Odetta possessed, and she used it to her advantage on soulful reworks of standards like "Rambler Gambler." She was more than convincing as a jazz singer on tracks like "House of the Rising Sun," but Odetta's greatest moments come when accompanied by a sparse acoustic guitar, and the effect early songs like "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" had on the vocal delivery of Bob Dylan and the rest of the folk movement is undeniable.
AMG Review of Livin' with the Blues

Alex Henderson
All Music Guide

If any female vocalist should be compared to Leadbelly, it's Odetta. Like Leadbelly, Odetta has long had one foot in folk and the other in the blues. The singer did some of her most compelling work for Vanguard in the '60s, and her Vanguard output is the focus of Livin' With The Blues. Released in 2000, this collection focuses on Odetta's Vanguard recordings of the early '60s and paints a consistently attractive picture of her artistry. Most of the songs on this CD (which contains material from the albums Odetta at Town Hall, My Eyes Have Seen, and One Grain of Sand, along with a few rarities) don't actually have a 12-bar blues format -- this is essentially a folk collection, but it's a folk collection that never loses the feeling of the blues. Whether Odetta accompanies herself on acoustic guitar on "Jumpin' Judy," "Rambler Gambler," and "Bald Headed Woman," or becomes a piano-playing vocalist on performances of "House of the Rising Sun" and "Lovin' With The Blues," the earthy, big-voiced singer provides a wealth of blues feeling throughout this superb collection.