Nobody could sing like Odetta and her arrangements were fantastic. Woody Guthrie wrote this classic but nobody could put it over so beautifully as Odetta. Heard her through her youth (& mine) and last heard her just before she passed and she could still sing anyone else under the table.
She changed the lyrics for this line: My land I'll defend with my life if need be. She said instead: Travel this road until death sets me free. I believe due to racism she experienced in her life she didn't want to die for America like Woody Guthries had wanted..
Odetta was the greatest. Saw her once many moons ago. We lost one of the great voices of American music. Woody's great song as performed like no one else has recorded it before or since.
My mother and her friend sat behind Odetta on the city bus during the Van City Folk Festival. I just wish I'd of sent her out with a record to autograph. Just kidding. And I would've only been 12 years old. Ha!
It's a mighty hard row my poor hands have hoed My poor feet have travelled this hot dusty road Out of your dustbowl and westward we roam Through deserts so hot and through mountains so cold I've wandered all over your green, growing land Wherever your crops are, I'll lend you my hand On the edge of your cities, you'll see me and then I come with the dust and I'm gone with the wind California, Arizona, I've worked on your crops And northward up to Oregon to gather your hops I've dug beets from the ground, I've cut grapes from the vine To set at your table that white sparkling wine Green pastures of plenty from the dry desert ground From the grand Coolie dam where the waters run down In every state of this union we migrants have been We work on the land and we'll fight until we win It's always we ramble, that river and I All along your green valleys I'll work 'til I die Travel this road until death sets me free 'Cause pastures of plenty must always be free
"I come with the dust and I am gone with the wind." Odetta's wonderful 1960 cover of "Pastures of Plenty", a song written by Woody Guthrie in 1942, from the album "Ballad for Americans and Other American Ballads", released on the Vanguard label. czcams.com/video/5vfqgXnzd0k/video.html You can listen to Woody's original version of the song here: czcams.com/video/pQ5zA368EJs/video.html
I know I will seem to be an « heretic » lol, but according to me, Odetta just sang the best version of this standard !!! 🤩🤩🤩❤️ sorry for Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and all the others 😊
Woody bangs away solidly in C. Odetta plays it in F#minor with a simple chord change toward the end of the verse. I hear it in Am with a hammer on like a Joan Baez riff and a quarter note worth of a Dm. If that's too boring you can go to and E7 quickly in the middle. I also played around with playing C under the verse and going to the Am between the verses. Have fun.
Nobody could sing like Odetta and her arrangements were fantastic. Woody Guthrie wrote this classic but nobody could put it over so beautifully as Odetta. Heard her through her youth (& mine) and last heard her just before she passed and she could still sing anyone else under the table.
Absolutely brilliant.
My personal favorite version of this song...
That voice...has experienced many lifetimes...
Those who study American literature should listen to this song.
She changed the lyrics for this line:
My land I'll defend with my life if need be.
She said instead:
Travel this road until death sets me free.
I believe due to racism she experienced in her life she didn't want to die for America like Woody Guthries had wanted..
Racism....🥱
Nah people back then weren't filled with hatred like today's leftists.
you're all dumb as fuck lmao
Her version is more powerful. Underscores how hopeless that kind of life is.
very good hypothesis. I was wondering why she did this.
Love this song. She's by far my favourite to cover this!!!! 💓 I'm a big Odetta fan!!!! 😊
me too.
Amazing version and sure Talented Odetta!
Odetta was the greatest. Saw her once many moons ago. We lost one of the great voices of American music. Woody's great song as performed like no one else has recorded it before or since.
I sure miss that voice, but I'm so happy for recordings.
God bless her and Woody Guthrie. Their music was this good and true here. Imagine how it will sound in the hereafter.
She sang it right, Alan.
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@@philmulligan5456 indeedy.
u mean the other side don't u? the other side we maintain some control but the here after is different
What a voice and talent.
Stephen. I am a new and devoted admirer of the blessed Odetta.
Instruments are hauntingly beautiful.
wow, awesome, just found out about Odetta!
takes me back to the '50s
Yesss!!
just loved her. I saw her as a youngster at Newport folk festivals
You blessed man!
Beautiful song
Thank you Milos for uploading this - we need this. Odetta we miss you.
Love her excellent of Woody 's great song.
WHEN I WAS GROWNG UP IN THE 1950'S I HAD SEVERAL OF HER RECORDS
This is the best version of Pastures of Plenty. Odetta is a national treasure.
Yes, Odetta is an INTERnational treasure
My mother and her friend sat behind Odetta on the city bus during the Van City Folk Festival. I just wish I'd of sent her out with a record to autograph. Just kidding. And I would've only been 12 years old. Ha!
This well may be my favorite version of this song
This was on ‘Greatest Songs of Woody Guthrie’ album before ‘Roll On Columbia’ with Country Joe McDonalds performing. My parents had this album.
Goosebump.
This is my favourite version of this song 🙂
FANTASTIC....LOVE HER
Beautiful
Qué hermosa!❤
timeless
wow
Guthrie, Dyllan she changed this songs in monuments
The instruments are all Odetta
Her 12 string guitar with her signature stop time
and the original instrument
Voice
No one like Odetta
It's a mighty hard row my poor hands have hoed
My poor feet have travelled this hot dusty road
Out of your dustbowl and westward we roam
Through deserts so hot and through mountains so cold
I've wandered all over your green, growing land
Wherever your crops are, I'll lend you my hand
On the edge of your cities, you'll see me and then
I come with the dust and I'm gone with the wind
California, Arizona, I've worked on your crops
And northward up to Oregon to gather your hops
I've dug beets from the ground, I've cut grapes from the vine
To set at your table that white sparkling wine
Green pastures of plenty from the dry desert ground
From the grand Coolie dam where the waters run down
In every state of this union we migrants have been
We work on the land and we'll fight until we win
It's always we ramble, that river and I
All along your green valleys I'll work 'til I die
Travel this road until death sets me free
'Cause pastures of plenty must always be free
"I come with the dust and I am gone with the wind."
Odetta's wonderful 1960 cover of "Pastures of Plenty", a song written by Woody Guthrie in 1942, from the album "Ballad for Americans and Other American Ballads", released on the Vanguard label. czcams.com/video/5vfqgXnzd0k/video.html
You can listen to Woody's original version of the song here: czcams.com/video/pQ5zA368EJs/video.html
I think the father of film maker Spike Lee, Bill Lee, was playing double bass on this. He was mentioned on the record.
Wasn't aware she played a 12 string. But she could sure do wonders with 6. Twelve would be awesome!
The grapes of wrath.
Traci Chapman has definitely carried on her legacy
NeoBeo brought me here =)
I know I will seem to be an « heretic » lol, but according to me, Odetta just sang the best version of this standard !!! 🤩🤩🤩❤️ sorry for Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and all the others 😊
rampue brought me here
Same here
+Celso Castañeda yeppp
Depression song. My daddy traveled rails texas to california, picking fruit.
thank you for your story.
We as a society have learned nothing.
No, we certainly have not. Thankfully, I'm not part of society...
Doesnt Nihilism make you feel like shit?
@@gangstalker9 I’m not a nihilist, I just don’t trust society at large.
Anyone know the chords to this version? Can't make it out!
Woody bangs away solidly in C. Odetta plays it in F#minor with a simple chord change toward the end of the verse. I hear it in Am with a hammer on like a Joan Baez riff and a quarter note worth of a Dm. If that's too boring you can go to and E7 quickly in the middle. I also played around with playing C under the verse and going to the Am between the verses. Have fun.
@@blueskazoo thank you so much!!!
en voici une autre par Oetta qui est très très bonne
mais je suis désolé car je ne trouve la version de son compositeur Tom Pomposello dommage
merci Marcelo bon samedi