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Snuffysmith

Dec 3 2008, 06:25 AM

<h6 class="credit">Earl Wilson/The New York Times</h6>
Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 77
<h6 class="byline"> By TIM WEINER </h6> The singer, whose voice wove together American folk music and the civil rights movement, died Tuesday.

The Last Word: Odetta
An extended interview with the singer, whose renditions of spirituals and blues were part of the soundtrack of the 1960s.

graham4anything

Dec 3 2008, 06:29 AM

Oh, that is very sad.
I saw her in the audience seeing something I was seeing just maybe six months ago.

Saw her in concert a number of times over the years.

She was one of the best.

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