''Movin' It On'' is a
live album
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by
American
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folk
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singer
Odetta, released in 1987. It is a recording of a concert at The Wisconsin Union Theatre, Madison, Wisconsin and was her first release in 12 years. It is out of print.
Track listing
#"Give Me Your Hand"
#"Sail Away, Ladies"
#Suite, Ancestors 1:
##"Roll on Buddy"
##"
Take This Hammer"
##"Lowlands"
##"Deep Blue Sea"
##"
Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore
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#Suite, Ancestors 2:
##"Ol' Howard's Dead & Gone"
##"
House of the Rising Sun"
##"When I Was a Young Girl "
##"Ol' Howard "
##"
Irene, Goodnight" (
Lead Belly
Huddie William Ledbetter (; January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949), better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk music, folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals, Virtuoso, virtuosity on the twelve-string guita ...
,
Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax (; January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music of the 20th century. He was also a musician himself, as well as a folklorist, archivist, writer, sch ...
)
#"Movin' It On" (Odetta Gordon)
#"
This Little Light Of Mine
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" (Harry Loes)
Personnel
*Odetta –
vocals
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,
guitar
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, body percussion (left foot)
;Technical
*Marv Nonn - recording, mixing, engineer
References
Odetta live albums
1987 live albums
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