Odetta - "Keep On Moving It On"....February 2008

Odetta sings at the Thresholds Arts Festival in Des Moines. A major influence on Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and others....she looks frail, sitting in a wheel chair - but looks are deceiving, she can still carry her own.

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[gtb224]

Do you know what year she wrote it? I can't find it anywhere.

[Jeniphish]

@gtb224

It's on her 2005 CD "Gonna Let It Shine, A Concert For The Holidays" it's the last song on the CD. I think you can get it on Amazon.

[gtb224]

Where is this song from??

[Jeniphish]

@gtb224

Odetta wrote this song. I found a transcript from NPR where she talks about it a little bit, but YouTube won't let me post a link...but the name of the segment is "Odetta: Live at 75 with 'Let It Shine'"...

[Jeniphish]

RIP Odetta

[billmzza]

I think she wrote this song for her 1970 AMAZING (but early recording-career-ending now out-of-print) album "Odetta Sings"

seemed to be a try at cross-over success when rock was financially ascendant. Amazing band (Carol King on piano, Merry Clayton on backup vocals), unexpected covers, and two strong originals, including "Movin' It On". More upbeat version than this video.

[singidunum24]

thank you for everything

rest in peace

[garyroute66]

I was privileged to see one of her last performances at the "Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" in San Francisco.

What a stunning voice and performance!!

Rest in peace Odetta!!!

[carolinaguitarman]

That's what gets me, too. She was 77 when this was made but she has more spirit than a person half her age. What a lady, what a voice, and what a life!

[asidasoulcom]

Thank you for posting this!  My father named me (middle name) after her, and it amazes me how I am in music as well. THANK YOU ODETTA!

[LairMistress]

Good Lord, that voice never weakened! If only I could have known her...

Ashe and Slainte, Odetta!

--Karen (a 40something folksinger of sorts)