Odetta and Tennessee Ernie Ford Sing Woody Guthrie

[dcrimmen]

OUTSTANDING!!!!!!

[allenshepard]

amazing

[akemoguy]

wow, this is incredible

[Rottoify]

Anybody knows the 3rd song , the one they sing together, a name anything.Thanks

[TheRoob420]

@Rottoify not entirely sure mate but i think it might be Guthrie's "The Biggest thing that man has ever done" :)

[Rottoify]

@TheRoob420 Thanks for the info :) , the harmonies are so inspiring on that one . All the best .

[ourDC888]

Great! Thanks!

[gnowave]

now THATS what i call an r&b singer... how come most new r&b fans dont know rythm and blues? what a woman this was too! did the folk revival festivals with the segers, and stood with the civil rights movement!

and isnt it weird how big skinny ernie's voice is too?

[watchoutbambi]

Magic. Absolute magic.

[TheGodzillaGodzilla]

Beautiful!

[doclanders]

This is everything I like all at once. I don't know if it is possible for me to like a video more than I like this.

This video is better than Christmas.

[biastg]

I never knew Tennessee Ernie was such a small guy. But he had a big voice!

[cosmicrat]

Nice co-operation even way back then.

[lilyhillfarm]

Terrific.

[GitgrrL]

240p  instead of 340 might get you sound.

[darioteich]

@GitgrrL

Thanks! It did.

[TheWoodsugar]

I just can't get enough of this performance !!

[lilyhillfarm]

What a treasure! Thanks for posting!

[dnaisinmybody]

What an awesome recording. I think most old recordings have much nicer acoustics in general. If somehow they would've been recorded the same way with todays technology... We did downgrade to 128kps mp3s. So that's probably worst.

[kidn]

Amazing stuff, two great vocalists

[PainMonkey]

Has the sound turned off on this for any other viewers?

[hojoslugger301]

What's the historical bum song?

[kidn]

@hojoslugger301 Its called 'Just The Facts Ma'am' By Woody Guthrie, but other people have called it 'The Bragging Song' or 'I was born 10,000 years ago'

[1000wrongdecisions]

" You sure that's all true"?

[mittyb1]

Odetta and Tennessee Ernie Ford.................it just doesn't get any better than this! Thank you for posting this video.

[WanaCare2]

Love this music.

[GreatBonFire]

Daaammmm! I'm getting so happy when I hear this!! :D

[Maritimer2009]

What a voice!! Odetta this is marvelous!! T.E. Ford sings with Odetta - this is incredible! Two such great, great voices with something to say!

[arjuna91]

About 20 years ago my girlfriend and I were channel surfing and found this broadcast on a public access station. Neither one of us had heard of Odetta; we were mesmerized by this performance! Through the years we purchased much of her catalog (and got married). Finally, we landed an original pressing of the album which included Pastures of Plenty by Odetta.

The real reward came when we met Odetta in 2001, and she signed our record that we worked so hard to find.

Thanks for posting this!

[grnhair2001]

this is the only clip I can find of Odetta with the guitar--and the thing is, she was an amazing, energetic guitarist, with a number of interesting techniques, popping, thumping, frailing, and her own inventions. Yeah, her voice is amazing, but for us guitarists, it's a crime that there aren't hundreds of old videos of her that show what she was doing with the six-string, too.

[CurlyPubis]

THOMAS!

[CurlyPubis]

Is she the maid with the broom that always yells "THOMAS!" in Tom and Jerry cartoons?

[rookedpawn]

Two former American treasures that never got enough credit. I loved Tennessee Ernie and Odetta-both American Originals!

[misslady1908]

That looked like such fun! :)))

[martinusvantee]

Tennessee Ernie Ford looks just like Harry Shearer, of Spinal Tap, and Simpsons fame!

[RPenta]

Both gone; both great. I wish they had worked together more--if you like the mezzo and bass as I do--this was nice.

[pussytracy]

wow

[Leadingnorth]

This is sooooooooooooo good. Thanks for posting!!.

[sthlmnoir]

that's a mighty voice

[pcerel]

Thanks so much, what a great video.

[oldetavern]

This is such a great post...thank you so much for posting it! I've always loved Odetta's voice.

[dkfelix]

Can't hear a f''cking thing!

[Quag7]

Oh hell yes.

[WHQODJYSingers]

That's terrific stuff!

[SirCoughsalot]

That's just incredible.

[raymondcrooke]

Great to see these videos of the late great Odetta.

[haprock828]

Wow! TEF, Odetta singing Woody Guthrie - it does not get any better than that. Keep these postings coming.