Odetta • “Take This Hammer/The Midnight Special/Gallows Pole” • 1963 [RITY Archive]

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[@MadDawg60]

A dream of an artist to work with! Thanks for preserving this!

[@ginnygrafton3058]

I didn't realize she dead to history. She influenced so many who are still alive! My life would not have been so rich if I'd never been introduced to her singing and life.❤

[@sherirobinson6867]

Forgotten to history is this American treasure.
Great find!

[@kettymartire7660]

Adoro Odetta Holmes e la sua musica....la sua musica e il suo sound rimarranno uniche nella storia drl blues ❤❤

[@timothyjones3564]

I remember we as students sang this song in grade school back in 92

[@tonylombardi4661]

So great.
Thanks.

[@Grace-dy6ic]

Wonderful..Thank you for sharing!

[@NuisanceMan]

This puts the word "classic" to shame. I can't believe I never saw it before!

[@arieleen9216]

prachtig, jammer dat ik Odetta nu pas ontdekt door de docu van James joplin

[@PAKiller1]

I first heard Gallows Pole thru Zeppelin

[@ReelinInTheYears66]

Yeah me too! But both versions are great for different reasons.

[@turntablesrockmyworld9315]

@@taddyd1 Actually didn't write the song, it was first written and performed by folk singer Anne Bredon, and Baez learned it from someone else! Great version!

[@KorinaBrother]

Fantastic slice of Americana. With some English folk songs