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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.

01. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor     
02. Mean and Evil      
03. Livin' With the Blues     
04. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out     
05. House of the Rising Sun    
06. Empty Pocket Blues     
07. Fare Thee Well      
08. Rosie      
09. Special Delivery Blues lyrics 
10. Down on Me     
11. Another Man Done Gone    
12. Jumpin' Judy    
13. Timber    
14. Rambler Gambler lyrics 
15. Sail Away Ladies     
16. Midnight Special lyrics 
17. Rambling Round Your City lyrics 
18. Bald Headed Woman    
19. Ain't No Grave    
20. Roll on Buddy

RELEASE DATE April 18, 2000
DURATION 59:49
GENRE Folk Blues International
STYLES Folksongs Folk-Blues

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