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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

The reason I asked is because I might 'know' her songs , just not her name.  
I read about her in the NYT and other papers that she was a folk singer.  I'm 
familair with Woody Guthrie, Burl Ives, Pete Seeger, and many others.  'had 
just never heard the bname "Odettea".  I 'youtubed her, and according to the 
number of youtubes, her biggest, or most popular song , must be her rendition 
of "What A Friend We Have In Jesus" ?

It also said she was most popular in the fifties, though I am familiar with a 
lot of fifties music, I was not yet born.................

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--- On Thu, 12/4/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] The power of a voice - Odetta
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 11:39 AM
> On Dec 4, 2008, at 11:10 AM, bob ford wrote:
> 
> > What's a couple of her best known songs.  I had
> never heard the woman's name until
> yesterday..............
> 
> ..................................... which is to say you
> would likely not recognize the names of "her
> songs," because you were not interested in her various
> genres.
> 
> Google Odetta on Wikipedia and become enlightened of a
> great talent.