Odetta died today. This is sad for many reasons... but the one that comes to the surface is that she did not get to sing at Obama's inaugural. She has spent her life within the Civil Rights Movement and it would have been a tribute to her efforts to experience this type of closure.A moment of silence for one of the greatest singers.
“You’re walking down life’s road, society’s foot is on your throat, every which way you turn you can’t get from under that foot. And you reach a fork in the road and you can either lie down and die, or insist upon your life.”
We are going to miss your soul.
