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SPEAKER_05: Odetta had a special way of bringing old songs to life. She would perform them as if trying to bring the audience into the environment, percussively hitting her guitar to mimic the bang of a convex sledgehammer, for example. Her first album, Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues was released in 1956. Bob Dylan later said he listened to every song on that record and that the first thing that turned me on to folk singing was Odetta. Everybody likes to talk about the Judas moment when Dylan went electric, but the real story is that he went acoustic in the first place after hearing Odetta. Odetta was also a force in the world of politics. In the 1950s, at the height of the Red Scare, she would perform for groups accused of being communist. And then in the 1960s, Odetta's music led her to get involved in the civil rights movement. In 1963, she marched with Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. in the March on Washington and sang on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to the gathered crowd. Her fame was at its highest around this time. When Rosa Parks was once asked which songs meant the most to her, she replied, all of the songs Odetta sings. Odetta's influence was often overlooked and she did not get the same recognition as other often white male folk singers whom she influenced and performed alongside. However, she continued to have a vibrant career that spanned nearly 60 years full of awards. In 1999, then President Bill Clinton presented her with the National Medal of Arts. And in 2003, the Library of Congress gave her a living legends tribute. And today, Odetta's contributions to American folk music are being reinterpreted by a new wave of Americana artists. At last year's Newport Folk Festival, we honored her with an entire set called Once and Future Sounds, Roots and Revolution. I was the first black woman to ever be invited to curate the stage that Odetta built. She passed away on a Tuesday in Manhattan in December 2008. She was 77. All month long, we're highlighting black musicians. LaMonica is a Wonder Media Network production. Special thanks to co-creators Jenny and Liz Kaplan who invited me to guest host this month. As always, we're taking a break for the weekend. Talk to you on Monday.
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