Poetic Obituaries: [Odetta] was singing and performing well into

the 21st century, and her influence stayed strong.

In April 2007, half a century after Bob Dylan first heard her, she was on stage at a Carnegie Hall tribute to Bruce Springsteen. She turned one of his songs, "57 Channels," into a chanted poem, and Springsteen came out from the wings to call it "the greatest version" of the song he had ever heard.

from The Times Herald Record: Odetta, 77, voice of the Civil Rights Movement, dies
also Ebony Jet: Whose Tube

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