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aboriginals, 170, 184

A. C. Gaston Motel, 172

Addams, Jane, 32

AFL-CIO, 98

African independence movement, 114–15, 118–19

African tours, 118–20, 155, 156–57

Afro hairstyle, 33–36; and black pride, 114–15; at Blue Angel, 43; and civil rights movement, 142; and hair straightening, 14, 33–36, 86–87, 90, 114–15; of Miriam Makeba, 90; Odetta as trailblazer, 1, 2, 36, 188–89; Odetta’s decision on, 33–34; on Tonight with Belafonte, 86–87

“Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ’Round” (song), 174

“Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down” (song), 174

“Ain’t Scared of Your Jails” (song), 145

“Alabama Bound” (song), 56

Albany Movement, 123–24, 126

Albertson, Chris, 195

Alcazar Productions, 208

alcohol problem, 203, 218

Ali, Muhammad, 189

Allen, Woody, 39

“All I Really Wanna Do” (song), 158

“All My Trials” (song), 145

Almanac Singers, 26–27

Alvin Ailey Dance Company, 226–27

“Amazing Grace” (song), 219

American History (Southworth and Southworth), 13

American Nazi Party, 142

American Peace Crusade, 38

American Society of African Culture, 118

American Songbag (Sandburg), 28

“America the Beautiful” (song), 214

Amram, David, 61, 188, 195, 204, 207–8, 225

Anderson, Marian, 24, 26, 73, 77, 91, 145

Angelou, Maya, 47–48, 49, 63, 97, 177–78, 203, 225

the Animals, 159

“Another Man Done Gone” (song), 29, 42, 44, 54, 78, 81, 93, 127

Anti-Defamation League, 133, 134

Anti-Negro Propaganda in School Textbooks (NAACP), 13

“anti-segregationists,” 69

antiwar activists, 196

Asch, Moses, 181

Ash Grove (nightclub), 45, 81–82, 102, 104, 112, 133

Association of Artists for Freedom, 150–51, 152

Atkinson, James, 23

Australia tours, 169–70, 178, 208

“authenticity,” 28–29, 78–79

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (film), 198

“Baby I’m in the Mood for You” (song), 160, 161, 227

Baez, Joan: as activist, 126; Beatles songs, 182; early career, 76–77; first album, 102–3; Danny Gordon and, 121; Woody Guthrie tribute concert, 185; march from Selma to Montgomery, 165, 167; March on Washington, 143, 144, 145, 147; at Newport Folk Festival, 79, 138, 139; Odetta’s influence on, 2, 199, 214; at Odetta’s memorial service, 225; resentment of, 148; success of, 3, 147

Joan Baez (LP), 102–3

Bagar, Robert, 57

Bailey, Buster, 123

Bailey, Pearl, 43, 100

“Bald Headed Woman” (song), 44, 81, 84, 133, 159

Baldwin, James, 29, 35, 115, 150, 151

Ballad for Americans (LP), 94–96

“The Ballad of Davy Crockett” (song), 59

Ballads and Blues (LP), 56–57, 107

Banducci, Enrico, 39

Barclift, Bill, 173

Barlow, Profit, 166–67

Basie, Count, 14, 34, 72, 123

“Battle Hymn of the Republic” (song), 81

the Beatles, 155, 159, 182, 192

Beautiful Star (LP), 208

Beecher, Bonnie, 108

Beecher, John, 7

Belafonte (LP), 59

Belafonte, Harry: and Australia, 169; awards, 90–91; and Joan Baez, 77; benefit concert at Carnegie Hall, 96; on Christmas boycott, 152; and Bob Dylan, 108; falling out with, 89–90; first meeting with, 43–44; Ford Theater reopening, 185; fund-raiser for Martin Luther King Jr., 97–99; Harbel Productions, 103–4; Hunter College show, 73; on Martin Luther King Jr., 3, 180; liner notes on Odetta, 80; and march from Selma to Montgomery, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168; March on Washington, 147; memorial service, 226, 228; music arranged for, 80; Odetta’s influence on, 2, 43–44; on Odetta’s legacy, 228; Paris fund-raiser for SCLC, 179; popularity and success of, 58, 68, 71, 147; prime-time TV special, 81–86, 89, 92, 118; radio play, 91; on RCA, 131

Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (LP), 96

Belmont High School (Los Angeles), 22–23

benefit concerts, 195–96

Bennett, Tony, 165, 168

Bergen, Edgar, 12

Berkeley Little Theater, 70

Berlin Jazz Festival, 196

Berman, Marcia, 28–29

Bernstein, Leonard, 205

The Bessie Smith Story (projected film), 103–4, 116, 121, 195

Bibb, Leon, 124, 150, 167, 182

Bible, blacks reinterpreting, 105

Bikel, Theodore, 91, 139

Bilbo, Theodore, 25

Birmingham, Alabama: church bombing, 149–52, 172; in Depression, 9; early life, 5–8; Jim Crow laws and segregation, 9–10; key to city, 174–75; performance in, 172–75; steel industry, 6–7, 8

black colleges, first tour, 124

black culture, influence on, 188–89

black history, 3, 12–14, 28, 55

“black is beautiful,” 189

“Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair” (song), 58

blacklist, 31–32, 58, 81

black lung disease, 8, 15

black Madonna, 105

black power movement, 179, 189

black pride, 105, 115, 146, 188–89

Bloody Sunday, 164

“Blowin’ in the Wind” (song), 138, 139, 143, 145, 149, 161, 166, 167

Blue Angel (nightclub), 42–44, 56

Blues Everywhere I Go (LP), 215

blues festival circuit, 215–16

blues singing, 4, 116, 129–31, 133, 137–38, 210–23

Bob Dylan Words and Music, 139

Boettcher, Bonnie Jean (also Beecher, Bonnie), 108

Bollard, Bob, 96

Boone, Daniel, 112

Boone, Pat, 60

Boone, Peter, 112

Boone, Richard, 112–14

“Bourgeois Blues” (song), 218

Boutwell, Albert, 173, 175

Boylan, John, 193

Boys Choir of Harlem, 219

Brand, Oscar, 61–62, 167, 222, 225

Brandon, Richard “Roddy,” 21

Braxton, Bard, 225

Brel, Jacques, 182

Bridges, Ruby, 104

Brockenbury, L. I., 86

Brooklyn Academy of Music, 61–62

Broonzy, Big Bill, 52, 53

Brown, Clarence “Gatemouth,” 210

Brown, Forman, 21, 22, 26

Brown, James, 189

Brown, Ruth, 217

Brown v. Board of Education (1954), 48–49, 72, 97, 104, 134

Bruce, Lenny, 39, 42–43

Bucklen, John, 108

Bud and Travis, 140, 141

Burnett, Harry, 21, 22, 24, 26

Burnett, T Bone, 223

Burns, Robert Edward, 55

Burnside, R. L., 210

Burr, Aaron, 64 bus boycott, 9–10, 54, 96

Butterfield, Paul, 178

Butterfield Blues Band, 178

the Byrds, 203

Cable Car Village (nightclub), 39–40

Café Bizarre (nightclub), 64

Café Society (nightclub), 58, 116

Cahn, Rolf, 45, 46, 56

Calypso (LP), 59

campus tours, 65, 68

Cannon’s Jug Stompers, 138

Cantor, Eddie, 93

Carawan, Guy, 45

“The Car-Car Song” (song), 40

“Careless Love” (song), 212, 217

Carmichael, Stokely, 189

Carnegie Hall: benefit concert, 96; solo debut, 96

Carpentieri, Catherine, 210

Carpentieri, Marc, 210–11, 213, 216, 219

Carter Barron Amphitheater (Washington, DC), 141, 176

Carter Family, 135

Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New Year’s Eve at, 205

CBS, 82–84, 85

celebrity, 71, 87–88, 109–10, 177

Cellar Door (nightclub), 177

Chaiken, Lynn Gold, 20, 82, 133, 135, 136

chain gang songs: as activism, 127, 128; by Harry Belafonte, 84; changed words to, 54–55; on The Ford Show, 93; of Lead Belly, 1, 28; on My Eyes Have Seen, 81; no longer singing, 201; and rage, 29

Chandler, Len, 126, 145, 165, 167

Chaney, James, 158

Chapin, Tom, 226

Chaplin, Charlie, 22

Chapman, Tracy, 4, 209, 214

Charles, Ray, 102

Chateau Marmont, 99, 102

Chicago Blues Festival, 216

“Children, Go Where I Send Thee” (song), 40, 186

Childs, Peter, 155–58, 228

Christmas boycott, 151–52

Christmas Spirituals (LP), 208

Church of the Master (Harlem), 96

Cinerama Holiday (film), 47, 56

Civil Rights Act (1957), 72

Civil Rights Act (1964), 155, 163, 179

civil rights bill, 134, 137, 142, 146

civil rights movement: activists, 126–29; and African independence movement, 114–15, 118–19; Albany Movement, 123–24, 126; Birmingham church bombing, 141–42, 172; bus boycott, 9–10, 54, 96; Christmas boycott, 151–52; Civil Rights Act (1957), 72; Civil Rights Act (1964), 155, 163, 179; folk music and, 58; freedom rally, 98–99; Freedom Rides, 32, 113, 125; Freedom Singers, 126, 127–28; freedom songs, 2, 3, 97–98, 126–29; Freedom Summer, 158, 173; housing discrimination, 134; John F. Kennedy, 133–37, 142, 146, 150; march from Selma to Montgomery, 1, 163–67, 180; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 3, 32, 141–48, 180, 227; school desegregation, 48–49, 72–73, 97, 104–5, 134; sit-in movement, 91, 96, 97–98, 115, 125; Statue of Liberty rally, 97–98, 180; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 96–97; voter registration, 158, 163; Voting Rights Act (1965), 164, 168, 179

Civil Rights Night (Paris), 179

Clancy, Liam, 52, 63, 135

Clancy, Paddy, 52

Clancy, Tom, 52

Clancy Brothers: on Dinner with the President, 133, 135; and Danny Gordon, 121; at Newport Folk Festival, 158; popularity, 147; and Len Rosenfeld, 206; and Tradition Records, 52, 62–63

Clark, Jim, 163–64

Clark, Petula, 93

Dave Clark Five, 159

classical music: early exposure to, 14; opera singing, 14, 24, 26, 56, 62, 79

Clay, Cassius, 189

Clayton, Buck, 123, 137

Clayton, Merry, 191

Clayton, Paul, 53, 57–58, 63

Clinton, Bill, 213–14, 215

the Clintones, 214

“Clown Town” (song), 181, 182

Club Laurel, 34

Cohen, Herb, 190–91, 193

Cohen, Robert Carl, 23, 190–91

Cold War, 23, 30–33, 111

Cole, Nat King, 15

Colgate Comedy Hour (TV show), 93

college campus tours, 65, 68, 155

Collins, Judy: in Clintones, 214; on Dinner with the President, 133, 135, 136–37; and Danny Gordon, 121, 122, 169

Columbia Records, 108, 160

“Come and Go with Me” (song), 45, 56

Come Back Africa (film), 89

“Come Go to That Land” (song), 143. See also “Come and Go with Me”

Comfort, Alex, 170

Committee of Artists and Writers for Justice, 150

Committee to Defend Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Freedom in the South, 97

Communists, 2, 9, 23, 30–33, 37, 38, 58

“Concert for Peace,” 205

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 32, 155, 158

Connell, Gordon, 48

Connor, Eugene “Bull,” 142, 173

contralto voice, 26, 40–41

convict songs, 81

Cooke, Sam, 148

CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), 32, 155, 158

Cosmo Alley (nightclub), 74, 190–91

Costello, Elvis, 223

“Cotton Fields” (song), 47, 128

country music, 199

Cox, Ida, 129

Craddock, Janie, 15, 25, 28

Creatore, Luigi, 148

Crosby, Bing, 44

The Crucible (play), 198

Culpepper, Stuart, 129

Cyrus, Miley, 4, 227

Dana, Robert, 43

Dandetta Productions, 103, 121–22

Dandridge, Dorothy, 83, 84, 98, 102

Dane, Barbara, 45

Danzig, Fred, 85

Darden, Bob, 208

Darling, Erik, 138

Davies, Dave, 133

Davies, Ray, 133

Davis, Angela, 189

Davis, Reverend Gary, 77

Davis, Guy, 109, 152

Davis, Jefferson, 167

Davis, Ossie: and Birmingham church bombing, 150, 151; Martin Luther King, Jr., fund-raiser, 97; march from Selma to Montgomery, 166; March on Washington, 142–43, 144, 147

Davis, Sammy, Jr., 93, 100, 166

De Cormier, Robert, 85, 95

Dee, Ruby, 97, 109, 150

De Hass, Eddie, 140

Deitz, Roger, 202, 205, 206

Democratic Legacy Award, 133, 134

Depression: Birmingham, Alabama, 7, 9; Los Angeles, 11–12

Diamond, Neil, 192, 193

Dinner with the President (TV show), 133–37

discrimination in Los Angeles, 10

Dixon, Delores, 138

D’Lugoff, Art, 56, 177

Donovan, 182

“Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” (song), 57–58, 160

Douglas, Mike, 186

Douglas, Paul, 72

Dr. John, 217

Drew, John, 173

Driftwood, Jimmy, 125

drinking problem, 203, 218

Driver, Wilsonia. See Sanchez, Sonia

Du Bois, W. E. B., 10, 14

Du Brow, Rick, 137, 186

Dyer-Bennet, Richard, 58

Dylan, Bob: Bob Dylan Words and Music, 139; early career, 107–8; on European trip, 132–33; folk rock, 171, 182; and Albert Grossman, 108, 161, 163, 187, 188; Woody Guthrie tribute concert, 185; March on Washington, 144, 145, 147; at Newport Folk Festival, 138, 139, 158, 171; Odetta’s first meeting with, 111; Odetta’s influence on, 2, 199, 214; Odetta’s recordings and performances of, 149, 160–63, 170, 192, 221, 227; Odetta’s relationship with, 180–81; Peter, Paul and Mary’s recording of, 138; popularity and success of, 3, 148, 149, 169; traditional sources, 57–58; and Tom Wilson, 50

Earle, Steve, 226

Eastern Europe tour, 196–97

Eckstine, Billy, 165

The Ed Sullivan Show (TV show), 106, 155

Eisenhower, Dwight, 38, 60, 133

El, Jo, 63

Electric Circus (club), 177

Elektra Records, 52, 62, 191

Ellington, Duke, 14, 73

Elliott, A. J., 16

Elliott, Elizabeth, 220

Elliott, Ramblin’ Jack, 221, 225

Enahoro, Peter, 119

England tours, 132–33, 155

Ensley, Alabama, 6, 7

Esrick, Michelle, 220, 221, 224

European tours, 118, 119, 132–33, 155–56, 196, 216

Evans, Bill, 153

Everett, Chestyn, 57

Evergreen State College, 206

Evers, Medgar, 145

“Every Night” (song), 191, 194

fame, 71, 87–88, 109–10, 177

Fantasy Records, 47

Farber, Seth, 211–12, 216, 217, 222

Far East tour, 169–71

Farina, Mimi, 169

Farina, Richard, 169

Father Knows Best (TV show), 111

Faulkner, William, 89, 99–102

FBI, 2, 39

Felious, Austin, 11

Felious, Chester, 11

Felious, Ella, 11

Felious, Emma, 11

Felious, Flora: abortion attempt, 7; attending performance, 81; death of second husband, 20; first marriage, 6–8; on kinky hair, 36; life in Los Angeles, 14, 15; move to Los Angeles, 10–12; second marriage, 8; sending money to, 194; work at the Turnabout, 22

Felious, Jimmy Lee: childhood, 8, 10, 11, 14, 19; death of, 219; at Grammy Awards, 216; living and working together with, 206–7; work at the Turnabout, 22

Felious, Odetta. See Odetta

Felious, Otto, 10, 11, 15

Felious, Zadock, 8, 10–11, 14–15, 20

Fellowship of Reconciliation, 32–33

financial struggles, 194, 203, 215, 220–21

Finian’s Rainbow (play), 24–25, 27, 56

Fink, Janis. See Ian, Janis

Finnegan’s Wake (play), 52

Flack, Roberta, 195

Folk City (folk club), 208–9

folk clubs, 29, 64, 70–71. See also specific clubs

Folklore Center, 61, 63, 69

folk music: arrival of, 91; and black history, 14; in early 1950s, 37; first brush with, 24–30; waning popularity, 182

“folkniks,” 61

folk revival, 52–53, 58, 61, 68, 70–71

folk rock, 171, 182

“Folk Song Fest and Calypso Carnival,” 61–62

Folksong Festival (radio show), 62

folk song interpreters vs. traditional artists, 78–79

Folk Sound U.S.A. (TV show), 102

Fonda, Peter, 185

Ford, Betty, 92, 94

Ford, Jan, 33, 35–36, 146, 206, 216, 219, 224

Ford, Jeffrey Buckner “Buck,” 92, 94

Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 59, 91–94

Ford Motor Company, 91, 92

The Ford Show (TV show), 91–94

Ford’s Theatre reopening, 185–86

Ford’s Theatre special, 185–86

Foster, John, 182

Fowler, Nan, 39

“The Fox,” 65

Franklin, Aretha, 191, 194, 213

Fred Kaz Trio, 116

“Free and Equal Blues” (song), 135

freedom rally, 98–99

Freedom Rides, 32, 113, 125, 155

Freedom Singers, 126, 127–28, 139, 145, 158

freedom songs, 2, 3, 97–98, 125, 126–29, 142–47, 165

Freedom Summer, 158, 173

“Freedom Trilogy” (songs): on Ballads and Blues, 56; on Dinner with the President, 136; March on Washington, 145, 146; in Nigeria, 119; on Peter, Paul and Mary tour, 141, 143; source of, 45; at Statue of Liberty rally, 98

Freifeld, Samuel, 70

Fry, Dave, 205

fund-raisers, 195–96

Gaines, Ernest J., 198

“Gallows Pole” (song), 118, 128

Garbo, Greta, 22

Garvey, Marcus, 34, 105

Gaston, A. G., 165

Gate of Horn (nightclub): blues program at, 116; and Judy Collins, 122; and Bob Dylan, 108; early gigs at, 52–53, 54; Albert Grossman and, 66–67, 89, 103, 187; as new base, 68–69; and Dave Van Ronk, 65

George V Hotel, 179

Gerdes Folk City (nightclub), 140

Geringer, M., 172

Gibson, Bob, 52, 53, 63, 64, 77, 78, 80

Giddens, Rhiannon, 4, 227

Gilbert, Ronnie, 222

“Gimme Shelter” (song), 191

“Girl from the North Country” (song), 132

Gitter, Dean: departure for England, 65–66; lawsuit, 70, 74, 121, 123; Odetta living with, 61, 63–64; as Odetta’s manager, 50–52, 55–56, 68; and Peter, Paul and Mary, 131

Gitter, Jonathan, 66

Gitter, Margery, 61, 66

Give Me Your Hand (film), 184

“Give Me Your Hand” (song), 182–83

Gleason, Ralph, 116–17, 183, 194

glee club, 19, 23

“Glory, Glory” (song), 85

Godfrey, A. W., 147

Godfrey Daniels (folk club), 205

“Go Down Moses” (song), 144

“God’s Gonna Cut You Down” (song), 226

Gold (Chaiken), Lynn, 20, 82, 133, 135, 136

Goldstein, Kenny, 51–52

Goldwyn, Frances, 84

Goldwyn, Samuel, 84

Gone with the Wind (film), 17

Gonna Let It Shine (LP), 221

Goodman, Andrew, 158

“Goodnight, Irene” (song), 26

Gordon, Leo Vincent Daniel (Danny): character of, 75; Dandetta Productions, 103, 121–22; divorce from, 168–69; honeymoon, 111; living apart from, 117; marriage to, 74–76; Newport Folk Festival, 77; as Odetta’s manager, 103–4; projected film about Bessie Smith, 103–4, 116, 121, 195

Gordon, Max, 43, 56, 89

Gordon, Odetta Felious. See Odetta

Gore, Lesley, 214

“Got a Little Light, Let It Shine” (song), 216–17. See also “This Little Light of Mine”

“Go Tell It on the Mountain” (song), 167

“Got My Mind on Freedom” (song), 154–55, 156, 158, 174, 178

Gottlieb, Lou, 51

Grammy nomination, 216

Granada TV, 118

Gravy, Wavy, 162, 226

Great Migration, 11, 12

Greek Theatre (Los Angeles), 25, 193

“Greenback Dollar” (song), 138

Greenhill, Manny, 103

Greening, Dawn, 68–69, 75

Greening, Lance, 69, 75, 202

Greening, Nate, 68

Greenwich Village, 61, 62–63, 65

Gregory, Dick, 39, 112, 147, 166

Griffin, Merv, 186

Griffith, Nancy, 203

Grinage, Raphael “Les,” 153–57, 159, 161, 169, 171, 182

Grossman, Albert: accusations of racism, 186–88; and Joan Baez, 103; and Peter Childs, 155; and Bob Dylan, 108, 161, 163, 187, 188; European tour, 132; and Gate of Horn, 52–53, 89, 103, 116, 187; Danny Gordon working for, 75; lawsuit, 70; and Miriam Makeba, 90; move to New York, 103; Newport Folk Festival produced by, 76, 79–80; on Odetta, 79; and Odetta at the Gate of Horn, 66–67; other clients, 139, 169, 178; and Peter, Paul and Mary, 130–31, 187–88; and radio airplay, 91; severing ties with, 186–88; tour with Peter, Paul and Mary, 140; and Dave Van Ronk, 64–65; at wedding to Danny Gordon, 76; and Peter Yarrow, 102

group singing, 217

guitar playing, 28, 45

Gunsmoke (TV show), 111, 114

Guthrie, Woody: and Bob Dylan, 107, 108; as early proponent of folk singing, 26–27; first time hearing Odetta, 1; as folk song interpreter, 78; popularity, 147–48; songs by, 40, 93, 95, 193; tribute concert, 185

Hagen, Robert, 41–42

hair straightening, 14, 33–36, 86–87, 90, 114–15

Hall, Vera, 54, 78

Hamilton, Frank: early career, 29, 30; on Albert Grossman, 53, 187; on Allan Hunter, 17; on Odetta as blues singer, 129; on Odetta at Turnabout, 26; teaching guitar to Odetta, 28; and “We Shall Overcome,” 45

Hampton, Bill, 125

Hampton, Lionel, 119

“The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs” (TV episode), 112–14

Harbel Productions, 103–4

Harburg, Yip, 25, 56

Hardin, Tim, 182

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, 223

Harlem Hellfighters, 98

Harlem 369th Regiment Armory, 98

Harrington, Richard, 202

Harris, Emmylou, 223

Harris, Julie, 185

Harris, Rutha Mae, 126

Harrison, Jay S., 73–74

Hart, Richard, 201

Have Gun–Will Travel (TV show), 111–14

Havens, Richie, 181, 185, 187

Hawes, Bess Lomax, 190

Hawes, Butch, 190

Hayes, Bill, 59

Hayes, Helen, 134, 185

Haynes, Marques, 35

“He Had a Long Chain On” (song), 125, 141

Helm, Levon, 217

Hentoff, Nat, 134

“He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” (song), 67, 104–5, 119, 145

Himes, Geoffrey, 215

Hines, Earl, 153

“Hit or Miss” (song), 192, 227

Holder, Geoffrey, 119

“Hole in the Bucket” (song), 85, 96, 118, 133, 169

Hollywood: influence of, 17–18; roles for African Americans in, 101, 103–4, 112, 116

Hollywood Bowl, 140–41

Hollywood Independent Church, 17

Holmes, Flora. See Felious, Flora

Holmes, Odetta. See Odetta

Holmes, Ruben, 5–6, 7

Holmes, Ruben, Jr., 6, 7

Holmes Brothers, 221

Holt, Will, 133, 135

Holzman, Jac, 191

“Homeless Blues” (song), 212

“Home on the Range” (song), 192–93

Hooker, John Lee, 169

hootenannies, 1, 27, 71, 190

Hopper, Hedda, 99

Horne, Lena, 83, 144, 153

Horton, James, 150

Horton, Zilphia, 45

“The House I Live In” (song), 144

“House of the Rising Sun” (song), 174, 223

House Un-American Activities Committee, 2, 23, 31–32, 37, 38, 58

housing discrimination, 134

“How I Got Over” (song), 146

Huddleston, George, 9

Hughes, Langston, 78, 85, 89

Hugh’s Room, 223

Hugo & Luigi, 148, 149

Hungary concerts, 197

Hungry i (nightclub), 39, 64

Hunter, Allan, 16–17

Hunter, Tab, 60

Hunter College benefit, 72–73

“Hush Little Baby” (song), 110

Hutchinson, Harriet (Cohen), 167–68

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (film), 55

Ian, Janis, 87, 222

Ian & Sylvia, 169

“If Anybody Asks You” (song), 106, 144

“If I Had a Hammer” (song), 131, 143, 145, 166, 174

“I Have a Dream” speech, 145–46

“I Know Where I’m Going” (song), 40

“I’m on My Way” (song), 45, 56–57, 143

integration, 195–96

International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, 30

interpretative ability, 40

interracial cast, 85, 90

Isley Brothers, 148

Israel tours, 171–72, 196

“It’s a Mighty World” (song), 154

It’s a Mighty World (LP), 153–55

“I’ve Been ’Buked and I’ve Been Scorned” (song), 29, 40, 108, 146

“I’ve Been Driving on Bald Mountain” (song), 81, 133

Ives, Burl, 37, 57, 159

“I Was Born Ten Thousand Years Ago” (song), 42, 93

“I Wish the Rent Was Heaven Sent” (poem), 85

“Jack O’ Diamonds” (song), 108

Jackson, Jimmie Lee, 164

Jackson, Mahalia, 73, 86, 91, 146, 179

Jackson, Michael, 219

Jacoby, Herbert, 42–43

Jaffee, Leonard “Boots,” 177–78, 196, 220, 224

Jagger, Mick, 191

Japanese American internment camps, 15–17

Japan tours, 170–71, 183–84

Jazz Foundation, 220–21

Jazz with Father O’Connor (TV show), 104–5

Jefferson, Blind Lemon, 58

Jefferson, Thomas, 136

Jefferson Airplane, 65

Jewel, 4

Jim Crow: in Birmingham, Alabama, 2, 9; and John F. Kennedy, 134; and Martin Luther King Jr., 97; and Odetta at the Gate of Horn, 67; and Odetta’s anger, 204; in San Francisco, 51; and Emmett Till lynching, 54; on train, 11; Josh White and, 58

“Jim Crow Blues” (song), 218

John, Elton, 191, 192

“John Henry” (song), 40, 41, 47, 58, 135, 201

John Henry Faulk Festival, 199

Johnson, Big Jack, 210

Johnson, James Weldon, 14

Johnson, Lyndon, 135, 163, 164, 168, 179

Johnson, Marguerite. See Angelou, Maya

Johnson, Robert, 133

Johnson’s Bath House, 102

Jones, Earl, 63–64

Jones, James Earl, 64

Jones, Max, 118

Jones, Tom, 227

Joplin, Janis, 2, 187, 188

Jordan Hall (Boston), 70

“Jordan River” (song), 79

“Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho” (song), 56, 85, 174

Jug Stompers, 138

Julian, Percy, 69

“Jumpin’ Judy” (song), 81

“Keep Your Eyes on the Prize” (song), 145

Kennedy, John F., 133–37, 142, 146, 150

Kennedy, Robert, 135

Kentucky State College, 124

Kerouac, Jack, 63

Keyes, Dave, 223

Kilgallen, Dorothy, 116

Killens, John O., 150, 151

King, Alan, 98

King, B. B., 196, 216

King, Carole, 191

King, Coretta Scott, 166

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: and African independence, 118; Albany Movement, 123; on Birmingham church bombing, 150, 172; bus boycott, 54; Christmas boycott, 151; and college integration, 124; Hunter College show, 73; indictment for perjury, 97–99; and John F. Kennedy, 134; march from Selma to Montgomery, 163–67; March on Washington, 32, 87, 145–46; on Odetta’s music, 3; Odetta’s relationship with, 180, 214; Paris fund-raiser for SCLC, 179; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 96–97

Kingsbury, John Adams, 241n2

Kingston Trio: “Blowin’ in the Wind,” 139; March on Washington, 147; Newport Folk Festival, 76; pop music, 138; radio airplay, 91; success of, 70, 81, 102, 140

the Kinks, 133, 159

kinky hair. See Afro hairstyle

Knitting Factory (club), 215

Knob Lick Upper 10,000, 155

Koerner, John, 108

Kōsei Nenkin hall, 170

Koster, Mike, 218, 222

Krasnow, Bob, 131

Ku Klux Klan: in Birmingham, Alabama, 9; in history books, 14; in Los Angeles, 17; lynching, 200; and march from Selma to Montgomery, 165, 168; and touring the South, 124; and voter registration, 158

LACC (Los Angeles City College), 24, 33–34

Ladner, Joyce, 142

Lanchester, Elsa, 21

Landrón, Jack (Jackie Washington), 86, 126, 207

Langhorne, Bruce: Far East tour, 169; on It’s a Mighty World, 153–54; March on Washington, 143, 145; in new backup group, 140; on Odetta Sings Dylan, 161, 162; on Odetta Sings Folk Songs, 148; on Odetta Sings of Many Things, 159; on Peter, Paul and Mary tour, 141, 143; Sweden and Israel tour, 171

“La Nuit des Droits Civiques” (Civil Rights Night), 179

“La Ragazza Della Vallata” (song), 132. See also “The Lass from the Low Countree”

“The Lass from the Low Countree” (song), 63, 132

Late Show (TV show), 219

La Touche, John, 94

Leace, Donal, 214

Lead Belly: anger of, 2–3; authenticity of, 78; and Harry Belafonte, 44; comparison with, 42, 74; influence of, 20, 28; and leftist groups, 27; and Rory McEwen, 118; National Museum of African American History and Culture, 227; songs by, 1, 26, 28, 40, 56, 84, 85; tribute to, 218

Ledbetter, Huddie. See Lead Belly

Led Zeppelin, 192

Lee, Bernard, 97–98

Lee, Bill: on Christmas Spirituals, 208; The Ed Sullivan Show, 106; and Mo’ Better Blues, 211; on My Eyes, 80; Newport Folk Festival, 77; Southern college tour, 124, 125

Lee, Spike, 211

left-wing organizations, 29–33

LeGon, Jeni, 34, 36

Le Moyne College, 124

Lennon, John, 183

lesbianism, 207

lesbian nightclub, 24

Lescoulie, Jack, 65

Letterman, David, 219

Lewis, Jesse, 174

Lewis, John, 164

Liberty Island rally, 97–98, 180

Lightfoot, Gordon, 169

Lightning in a Bottle (film), 217

light skin, 34

the Limeliters, 140

Lincoln, Abbey, 98, 114, 142

Lincoln, Abraham, 185

Lindsay, John, 195

“The Lion Sleeps Tonight” (song), 149

“Little Girl Blues” (song), 182

Little Richard, 60–61

Little Sandy Review (magazine), 79, 130

Liuzzo, Viola, 168

Lockerman, Doris, 128

Lockwood grammar school (Los Angeles), 12

Logan, Ella, 25

Lomax, Alan, 78, 81

Lomax, John, 54

London performances, 132–33, 221

“Lonesome Valley” (song), 135

“Long Ago, Far Away” (song), 160

Looking for a Home (LP), 218–19

Lorković, Radoslav, 217, 221, 222

Los Angeles: in Depression, 11–12; evacuation of Japanese-Americans, 16–17; Hollywood influence, 17–18; hootenannies, 1, 28; mixed-race neighborhoods, 11–12; move to, 7–11; racial tolerance, 10; segregation, 22–23, 32; work in, 11–12

Los Angeles City College (LACC), 24, 33–34

Los Feliz (Los Angeles), 18–19

“Lost Cause” ideology, 13–14

Louisiana Red, 199–200

LSD, 184

Lunceford, Jimmie, 14–15

Lyman, Arthur, 139

lynchings, 53, 127, 200

Madrigal Singers (Belmont High School), 33

Makeba, Miriam, 89–90, 96, 114, 135

Makem, Tommy, 52, 121, 133, 158

“Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor” (song), 129

Malcolm X, 174, 189

“Mama Told Me Not to Come” (song), 191

Mapes, Hillary, 39

Mapes, Jo: adventures with, 24; on Afro, 36; on Rolf Cahn, 45, 46; as folk singer, 109–10, 190; in San Francisco, 27–28, 39, 41–42; teenage friendship with, 18–20, 22

Mapes, Paul, 27–28, 41

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 3, 32, 141–48, 180, 227

Mariposa Folk Festival, 190

Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites (LP), 44

Marovitz, Abraham Lincoln, 75

Marshall High School (Los Angeles), 22

Mason, Linda, 160

“Masters of War” (song), 158, 160, 161, 162–63, 227

Mathis, Johnny, 165

Mays, Willie, 102

McCarthy, Charlie (puppet), 12

McCarthy, Eugene, 196

McCarthy, Joseph, 65, 81

McCarthyism, 2, 30, 37, 65

McCartney, Paul, 191, 194

McCurdy, Ed, 57

McDaniel, Hattie, 17

McEwen, Rory, 118

McGhee, Brownie, 85, 133

McGrory, Mary, 196

McGuinn, Roger, 2, 203

McNamara, Robert, 135

MC Records, 210, 211, 218, 221

McWhorter, John, 202

Melody Maker (magazine), 118, 123

Memphis Minnie, 212

Merrill, Gary, 165

Metropolitan Opera, 14, 24, 73, 130

“Michael Row Your Boat Ashore” (song), 214

Miller, Arthur, 198

Milne, A. A., 178

Mingus, Charles, 153

Minter, Iverson, 199–200

“Mississippi Goddam” (song), 159, 166

Mitchell, Chad, 96, 138, 165, 182

Mitchell, Doris, 173

Chad Mitchell Trio, 96, 138, 165, 182

mixed-race neighborhoods in Los

Angeles, 11–12

Mo’ Better Blues (film), 211

Mohr, Larry, 47, 93

Monk, Thelonious, 73

Monroe, Bill, 93

Monroe Brothers, 135

Montand, Yves, 100, 101

Monterey Jazz Festival, 116–17

Montgomery, Ala.: bus boycott, 9–10, 54, 96; march from Selma, 1, 163–67, 180

Moore Theatre (Seattle), 155

Morehouse College, 128

“More Yet” (song), 85

Mothers of Invention, 50

Motion Picture Production Code, 100

Movin’ It On (LP), 208

“Movin’ It On” (song), 191–92

“Mr. Tambourine Man” (song), 140, 158, 161–62, 163, 178, 221

Mt. Hollywood Church, 16–17

Muhling, Vivienne, 110

Muldaur, Maria, 225

“Mule Skinner Blues” (song), 93, 108

Municipal Auditorium (Birmingham), 172

Muscle Shoals rhythm section, 191

Museum of International Folk Art (Santa Fe), 82

music lessons, 15, 19

Musicultura, 222–23

Muste, A. J., 32

My Eyes Have Seen (LP), 80–81

NAACP, 13, 15, 73, 151, 155

nappy hair. See Afro hairstyle

Nashville Huggies, 199

National Medal of the Arts and Humanities, 213–14

National Museum of African American

History and Culture, 227

Nero, Peter, 153

Neumann, Dorothy, 26

Newman, Randy, 191

Newport Folk Festival, 76, 77–80, 138–40, 158–59, 171

Newport Jazz Festival, 138

news clippings, 46, 88

New World Singers, 138

New Year’s Eve at Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 205

New York City: folk revival, 61, 64; plaque honoring Odetta, 227

New York University, 202

Nigeria performances, 118–19, 156–57

Niles, John Jacob, 58

“900 Miles” (song), 141, 148, 149, 201

Nixon, Richard, 196

“Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out” (song), 129

“No Expectations” (song), 191

“No More Auction Block for Me” (song), 127, 139–40, 144

“No More Cane on the Brazos” (song), 40

North Beach (San Francisco), 27–28, 40

Nyro, Laura, 181

Obama, Barack, 223–24

Oberlin College, 127

O’Brien, Conan, 212

Ochs, Phil, 169

O’Connor, Norman, 104–5

Odetta: “adopted” children, 177–78, 220; arrival in New York, 59; biological father, 5–7; birth, 7–8; as civil rights activist, 126–29; co-op apartment in New York, 194–95; death of, 224; deteriorating health, 211, 213, 214–15, 217, 220–24; divorce, 168–69; drinking problem, 203, 218; early exposure to music, 14–15; early life, 5–8; education, 12–13, 18–19; extended family, 6–8, 11; feeling more comfortable in her own skin, 176–77; fiery temper, 217; financial struggles, 194, 203, 215, 220–21; first album, 47; first solo LP, 56–57; first tour of Southern colleges, 123–29; glee club, 19; homes in Los Angeles and New York, 117; honeymoon with Danny Gordon, 111; influence on black culture, 188–89; largely white audience, 146, 193–94; legacy, 226–28; love and engagement with Garry Shead, 178–79, 180, 182–85; marriage to Danny Gordon, 74–76; middle-age changes, 201–2; move to Los Angeles, 7–12; move to New York, 61–62; move to San Francisco, 39; orneriness later in career, 204–5; personal manager, 59; professionalism, 205; repertoire, 69; reputation of being difficult, 203–4; sexuality, 207; singing at own tribute concert, 222; smugness, 202; step-father, 7, 20; teaching gigs, 206; teenage years, 18–20; transformation during performances, 109; use of first name, 46–47; voice lessons, 15

Odetta (ballet), 226–27

Odetta (LP), 182–83

Odetta and the Blues (LP), 123, 129

Odetta at the Gate of Horn (LP), 66–67, 226

Odetta at Town Hall (LP), 130

Odetta & Larry (LP), 47, 51

Odetta Sings (LP), 191–94

Odetta Sings (television show), 69

Odetta Sings Christmas Spirituals (LP), 105–6

Odetta Sings Dylan (LP), 160–63

Odetta Sings Folk Songs (LP), 148–49

Odetta Sings of Many Things (LP), 159–60

“the Odetta strum,” 28

“Oh, Freedom” (song): by Joan Baez, 148; on Ballads and Blues, 56; March on Washington, 145; in Nigeria, 119; on Peter, Paul and Mary tour, 143; source of, 45; at Statue of Liberty rally, 98

“Oh, My Babe” (song), 129

Okun, Milt, 80

“Old Man River” (song), 38

Old Town School of Folk Music, 68–69

Oliveros, Pauline, 41

“One Man’s Hands” (song), 170

“One Morning in May” (song), 223

One Sheridan Square (nightclub), 116

“Only a Pawn in Their Game” (song), 145

opera singing, 14, 24, 26, 56, 62, 79

“Operation Stardom,” 55–56

Orchestra Hall (Chicago), 70

O’Toole, Peter, 179

Ottawa Bluesfest, 217

Oxenhorn, Wendy, 221

pacifist groups, 32

Palais des Sports, 179

Paramount Theater (Los Angeles), 14–15

Paris fund-raiser for SCLC, 179

Parker, Fess, 59

Parks, Rosa, 9, 54, 144, 167

“Pastures of Plenty” (song), 93

“Paths of Victory” (song), 160

Paxton, Tom, 202, 222

payola, 91

“Peace Fast,” 196

peace organizations, 32

peace songs, 196

Pearl, Ed, 45, 81–82, 104, 207

Pearl Harbor, 16

“Pennies from Heaven” (song), 44

Pepamar Music, 139

Peretti, Hugo, 148

Perma Strate, 35

Personal Appearance (TV show), 118

Peter, Paul and Mary: “Blowin’ in the Wind,” 149; and Al Grossman, 131, 169, 187–88; march from Selma to Montgomery, 165, 166; March on Washington, 143, 144, 145, 147; at Newport Folk Festival, 138, 139, 158, 171; pop music, 138; rising popularity, 147, 149; on tour with, 140–41, 176

Peter, Paul and Mary (LP), 131

Edmund Pettus Bridge, 164–67, 168, 227

piano lessons, 15

“Pick a Bale of Cotton” (song), 85

Pickett, Wilson, 191

Pierce, Dede, 138

Pierson, Frank, 114

“Please Send Me Someone to Love” (song), 212

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), 48

Poets’ Theatre, 52

Poitier, Sidney, 97, 98, 100

Polydor Records, 191, 193

“Poor Little Jesus” (song), 80, 106

pop music, 159–60

pops concerts, 199

Porgy and Bess (film), 100

Potting Shed (nightclub), 159

Powell, Jane, 19

Presley, Elvis, 60, 131, 147, 162

Preston, Robert, 135

“Prettiest Chain” (song), 128

Primus, Pearl, 36

Prince Charles Theatre, 132–33

prison songs, 1, 28, 29

progressive politics, 29–33

“Puff the Magic Dragon” (song), 138, 149

Purple Onion (nightclub), 47–48

Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 155

Queen Latifah, 195

racial pride, 105, 115, 146, 188–89

radio airplay, 91, 149

railroad trains, segregation on, 11

Rainey, Ma: comparison to, 57, 138; Odetta on, 104; songs of, 116, 117, 129, 212

“Rambling Round Your City” (song), 193

Ramsey, Frederick, 2

Randle, Lizzie, 6, 7, 8, 11

Randolph, A. Philip, 73, 97, 167

Rankin, John, 25

RCA: Harry Belafonte on, 68, 96; It’s a Mighty World, 153–54; Odetta Sings Dylan, 161, 163; Odetta Sings Folk Songs, 148–49; Odetta Sings of Many Things, 159; Odetta’s move to, 123, 131; refusal to renew contract with, 181; Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin’, 130

Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 127–28

Reconstruction, 13–14

Red-baiters, 32

Red Channels (pamphlet), 58

Reed College, 70

Reese, Paul, 26

Remick, Lee, 100, 101

Requiem for a Nun (Faulkner), 99

Return to Love (Williamson), 218

Reuss, Richard, 163

“Reverend Mister Black” (song), 138

Revlon, 82–84, 85, 90

Revson, Charles, 83

Richards, Keith, 191

Richardson, Terry, 100

“Rich Man Blues” (song), 212

The Rifleman (TV show), 111

“Rise Up Shepherd and Follow” (song), 106

Ritchie, Jean, 61

Riverside Records, 52, 70, 74, 123, 129, 130

Robards, Jason, 205

Roberts, Pernell, 165

Robeson, Paul: “Ballad for Americans,” 94–95, 96; blacklisted, 31–32; comparison to, 83; learning “Water Boy” from, 81; Odetta opens for, 38; Russian tour, 197; and Vanguard Records, 80

Robinson, Earl, 94

“Rock Island Line” (song), 40

rock music, 191–94

rock ’n’ roll, 60–61

Rockwell, George Lincoln, 142

Rodgers, Jimmie, 93

Rodgers and Hart, 182

Rogosin, Lionel, 89

Rolling Stones, 159, 191

Romney, Jahanara (Bonnie Beecher), 108

Ronstadt, Linda, 191

Rooftop Singers, 138

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 96

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 9, 15–16, 136

Rosenberg, Ethel, 32–33, 38–39

Rosenberg, Julius, 32–33, 38–39

Rosenfeld, Len, 206, 211

Rosenthal, Andrew, 127

Rose Quartz label, 208

Rossiya Concert Hall, 197

Rothschild, Charlie: on Australia tour, 170; on financial struggles, 194; on Danny Gordon, 122; on Albert Grossman, 67; on Odetta’s first television appearance, 87; on RCA, 149, 163, 181; as road manager, 155, 156; on Vanguard Records, 131

Rushing, Andrea Benton, 115

Russell, Jane, 22

Russell, Nipsey, 166

Rustin, Bayard, 32

Sahl, Mort, 39

“Sail Away, Ladies” (song), 201

Sainte-Marie, Buffy, 160, 181–82, 183

Sanchez, Sonia, 9

Sanctuary (film), 89, 99–102, 108

Sandburg, Carl, 28

Sanders, Flora. See Felious, Flora

Sanders, Jim, 6, 7, 8

San Francisco: discrimination in, 46; Odetta’s move to, 39

San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, 27

Sanger, Margaret, 73

Santi, Vania, 223

“Santy Anno” (song), 56

“Say It Loud–I’m Black and I’m

Proud” (song), 189

Scandinavia tours, 119, 155, 156, 171, 196

“Scarborough Fair” (song), 132

school desegregation, 48–49, 72–73, 97, 104–5, 134

Schubert, Leda, 95–96

Schwerner, Michael, 158

Scott, Bob, 129

Scottsboro Boys, 9

“Sea Lion Woman” (song), 159

Seeger, Pete: and Joan Baez, 77; at Blue Angel show, 44; college shows, 68; crowds drawn by, 91; as early proponent of folk singing, 26–27; first time hearing Odetta, 1–2; and Freedom Singer, 128; Woody Guthrie tribute concert, 185; and House Un-American Activities Committee, 37; influence of, 58; march from Selma to Montgomery, 165; memorial service, 225; at Newport Folk Festival, 78, 138–39, 158, 171; in New York City, 61; at Old Town School of Folk Music, 69; performance of songs by, 170; popularity, 147, 202; and “We Shall Overcome,” 45

segregation: in Los Angeles, 17, 22–23; in the South, 2, 9, 11

Seiter, John, 182, 183, 226

Sellers, Brother John, 119, 140

Selma (film), 227

Selma, Ala.: march to Montgomery, 1, 163–67, 180; voter registration, 163

“separate but equal,” 48

September 11 attacks, 218–19

sexuality, 207

Shain, Percy, 137

Shaker Village Workshop, 177

Shanas, Joanne. See Mapes, Jo

Sharpe, Albert, 25

Sharps and Flats Club (Los Angeles City College), 24

Shead, Garry, 178–79, 180, 182–85, 208

Shearston, Gary, 178, 184, 185

Shelton, Robert: on blues repertoire, 137–38; on lack of radio airplay, 91; on Newport Folk Festival, 78, 158–59; on Odetta at the Gate of Horn, 67; on Odetta Sings Dylan, 163; on Town Hall concert, 108–9

“Shenandoah” (song), 44, 135

“Shout for Joy” (song), 106

Siegel, Barbara, 76

Simon, Carly, 2, 159, 214

Simon, Lucy, 159

Simon, Paul, 160, 182

Simon and Garfunkel, 50, 160

Simone, Nina, 119, 127, 159, 165, 166

Simon Sisters, 159

Sinatra, Frank, 74

singing union movement, 26–27

sit-in movement, 91, 96, 97–98, 115, 125

“Sixteen Tons” (song), 59, 92

slaves and slavery: history of, 13; songs about, 81, 127

Slick, Grace, 65, 76

Smith, Bessie: comparison to, 42, 57, 74, 91, 138, 215; projected film about, 103–4, 116, 121, 195; recording and performing songs of, 212; songs of, 116–17, 129

Solomon, Maynard, 80, 95, 102, 105, 131

Solomon, Seymour, 80, 95, 102, 131

Somer, Jack: on Bob Dylan, 161, 162; on It’s a Mighty World, 155; as Odetta’s producer, 153; on RCA, 149, 181; on recording sessions, 154; and Paul Simon, 160

Somethin’ Blue, 210

Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin’ (LP), 123, 130

“Sounds of Silence” (song), 160

Southern California Peace Crusade, 38

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 87, 97, 151, 163, 179

Southern colleges tour, 123–29

Southern Courier (newspaper), 173

Southern University, 124

South Hollywood Civic Chorus, 33

Southworth, Gertrude Van Duyn, 13

Southworth, John Van Duyn, 13

Soviet Union tour, 196–97

“Special Delivery Blues” (song), 116

Spelman College, 128

Spencer, Janet, 22, 26

Spielberg, Steven, 213

spirituals, 29, 40, 45, 56, 80, 105–6

Spivey, Victoria, 212

St. Paul Auditorium, 108

“St. Louis Blues” (song), 212

stage-acting debut, 198

stage fright, 39

Stalin, Joseph, 30

Stanley Brothers, 77

stardom, 71, 87–88, 109–10, 177

“Stardust” (song), 44

Starr, June, 68

“The Star Spangled Banner” (song), 97, 167

Statue of Liberty rally, 97–98, 180

steel industry in Birmingham, Ala., 6–7, 8

Stereo Mike, 207

Stockholm Concert Hall, 119

Stone, Cliffie, 92

Stookey, Noel Paul, 131

Storyville (nightclub), 64, 76

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 134

Strait, Peggy, 194–95, 227

“Strawberry Fields” (song), 182, 183

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC): black power movement, 189; black voter registration, 158, 163, 164; creation, 96–97; and It’s a Mighty World, 155; March on Washington, 142; Howard Zinn and, 128

The Student Prince (operetta), 19

Studio A, 153, 161–62

Sullivan, Ed, 106

Sweet Honey in the Rock, 226

swing bands, colored, 14–15

Sydney Town Hall, 178, 208

Sylvania Award, 90–91

Sylvania Electronics, 90–91

“Sylvie” (song), 84

Symphony of the Air, 95

Takeda, Kenichi, 171, 220

“Take Me to the Pilot” (song), 191, 192, 193

“Take This Hammer” (song): at early hootenannies, 1, 28, 29; on Odetta at the Gate of Horn, 67, 226; at Odetta’s memorial service, 225; source of, 78; at Tin Angel, 41

Talmy, Shel, 133

Tambourines to Glory (play), 89

Tanganyika performance, 156

Tartakov, Carlie Collins, 86–87

Taufer, Lesley Greening, 69, 75, 117

Taylor, James, 192

TB (tuberculosis), 8, 15, 20

teaching gigs, 206

Teatro Parioli (Rome), 132

television: black roles on, 112; Dinner with the President, 133–37; Odetta Sings, 69–70; physical contact between blacks and whites on, 93–94; quiz show scandals, 82–83; talk shows, 186; Tonight with Belafonte, 82–87

10 O’Clock Scholar (nightclub), 108

Terkel, Studs, 54

Terry, Clark, 204

Terry, Sonny, 25, 85, 133

textbooks, black history in, 3, 12–14

Thal, Terri, 65

Thaler, Carrie, 62, 109, 200, 203, 207, 221

Thaler, Ed, 62, 87, 180

Thaler, Selma: and Bob Dylan, 180, 181; friendship with, 62; on Danny Gordon, 75, 169; on Odetta’s drinking problem, 203; on Odetta’s legacy, 226; on Odetta’s management, 188, 227; on “This Land Is Your Land,” 95; on Tonight with Belafonte, 87

Tharpe, Rosetta, 86

Third Story Productions, 191, 193

Thirsty Ear Festival, 218

“This Land Is Your Land” (song), 95, 141, 167, 196, 226

“This Little Light of Mine” (song), 148, 205, 219, 222, 226

Thomas, Dylan, 63

Thomas Starr King Junior High School (Los Angeles), 18–19

“Three Pigs” (song), 85

Throckmorton Theatre, 221

Tiki Studios, 212

Till, Emmett, 54

“Timber” (song), 67

“The Times They Are A-Changin’“ (song), 145, 158, 160, 162

Timi of Ede, 157

Tin Angel (nightclub), 40–44, 46, 47, 49, 93, 104, 176, 215

Today Show, 65

the Tokens, 149

Tolk-Watkins, Peggy, 40, 42, 46, 49

“Tom Dooley” (song), 70

“Tomorrow Is a Long Time” (song), 170, 221

Tonight with Belafonte (TV show), 82–87, 90, 118

Topanga Canyon hootenanny, 1

Town Hall (New York concert venue), 73–74, 108–9, 137, 150, 163

traditional artists vs. folk song interpreters, 78–79

Tradition Records, 52, 56, 62–63, 66, 67–68, 80, 107

trains, segregation on, 11

Transition Pre-Recorded Tapes, 50, 51–52

Traum, Happy, 139

Travers, Mary, 64, 131, 132, 144, 187–88

Travis, Merle, 59, 92, 93

Troubadour (nightclub), 19, 118, 177

Truman, Harry, 31

tuberculosis (TB), 8, 15, 20

Turnabout Jr., 26, 33

Turnabout Theatre, 21–22, 26, 50, 52

Turner, Henry McNeal, 105

Turner, John C., 172

“Turn Me ’Round” (song), 182

Tyson, Cicely, 189, 198

“Uhuru Suite” (song), 119

“Unemployment Blues” (song), 212

Unicorn Coffeehouse (nightclub), 190

Universal Negro Improvement Association, 105

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 125, 127–28

University of Texas (Austin), 124–25

University of Wisconsin, 70

“Until It’s Time for You to Go” (song), 181–82, 185

Van Doren, Mark, 135

Vanguard Records: advance on royalties, 121; Joan Baez on, 102; Ballad for Americans, 94, 95; and folk music, 62; and “Hole in the Bucket” single, 96; move to RCA from, 123, 131; My Eyes Have Seen, 80; Odetta at Town Hall, 130; Odetta Sings Christmas Spirituals, 105, 208

Van Ronk, Dave, 58–59, 64–65, 72, 76, 181

Vaughan, Sarah, 98

Vega, Suzanne, 209

Verve Folkways, 181, 183

Vesuvio’s (bar), 27–28

Victor Records, 94

Vietnam War, 196

Village Gate (nightclub), 56, 115, 148, 177

Village Vanguard (nightclub), 43, 56, 89

“Virgin Mary Had One Son” (song), 79

Vivino, Jimmy, 212

voice lessons, 15, 19, 22, 24, 26

Voice of America broadcasts, 197

voter registration, 158, 163, 164

Voting Rights Act (1965), 164, 168, 179

W. C. Handy blues award nominations, 219

Waits, Tom, 191

Walker, C. J., 35

“Walkin’ Down the Line” (song), 162

“Walk Right In” (song), 138

Wallace, George, 150, 165, 167

Wallace, Sippie, 212

Warhanek, Frederick: on blues albums, 213; at Grammy Awards, 216; on Louisiana Red, 200; on Odetta’s drinking problem, 203; and Odetta’s failing health, 221; on Odetta’s sexuality, 207; on Odetta trying rock, 194

Warner Bros., 131

Warren, Earl, 48

Washington, Booker T., 172

Washington, Jackie, 86, 126

Washington Square Park, 61

“Water Boy” (song): by Harry Belafonte, 44, 59; by Bob Dylan, 108; on Japan tour, 170; on My Eyes, 81; by Rhiannon Giddens, 227; by Paul Robeson, 38, 39; on Tonight with Belafonte, 84–85

Waters, Ethel, 93–94, 129, 212

Waters, Muddy, 133

Wavy Gravy, 221, 224, 226

“Wayfarin’ Stranger” (song), 159

“Wearing of the Green” (song), 63

Weatherwax, Jack, 30–31

Weatherwax, Seema, 30–31

the Weavers: and folk music revival, 26–27, 59, 91; and House Un-American Activities Committee, 2; songs by, 131; and Vanguard Records, 80

Wednesday Morning 3 AM (LP), 160

“Weeping Willow Blues” (song), 116, 129

Wein, George, 76, 79, 103

welfare assistance, 15

Wellstood, Dick, 123

“We Shall Not Be Moved” (song), 145

“We Shall Overcome” (song): at antiwar rally, 196; at Birmingham concert, 174; and civil rights movement, 45; on Japan tour, 170; on Late Show, 219; at March on Washington, 142, 143; at Newport Folk Festival, 139–40, 158

westerns, 111–14

Weston, Randy, 119

“We Want No Irish Here” (song), 135

“What a Friend We Have in Jesus” (song), 93

“When the Ship Comes In” (song), 144

White, Josh: and Australia, 169; at Blue Angel, 43, 44; and civil rights struggle, 58; college shows, 68; declining influence of, 58–59; Dinner with the President, 133, 135; at Gate of Horn, 52, 53; guitar strumming, 28; and House Un-American Activities Committee, 37, 58; “Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho,” 56; March on Washington, 143, 144, 147; National Museum of African American History and Culture, 227; at Old Town School of Folk Music, 69; Len Rosenfeld and, 206

White, Josh, Jr.: and death of Odetta, 224; on Danny Gordon, 75; at memorial service for Odetta, 225, 226; at Odetta’s tribute concert, 222; on Southern tour, 124; and Doug Yeager, 211

White Horse Tavern (nightclub), 63

“Who’s Gonna Buy You Ribbons When I’m Gone?” (song), 58

“Why Can’t a Mouse Eat a Street Car” (song), 42

Wilkins, Roy, 73, 151–52

Williams, Andy, 185

Williams, Big Joe, 69

Williams, Camilla, 145

Williamson, Marianne, 218

Wilson, August, 213

Wilson, John S., 129

Wilson, Stan, 39

Wilson, Tom, 50–52, 123, 160

Wiltwyck School for Boys, 96

Winchell, Walter, 43

Winn, John, 121–22

Winters, Shelley, 166

“With God on Our Side” (song), 160, 161, 170

M. Witmark & Sons, 161

Woliver, Robbie, 208–9

Woodson, Carter G., 12–13, 14, 34–35

Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in, 91

Word, G. H., 6

work songs, 40, 201

“World Cafe” (radio show), 214

World Folk Music Association, 222

World War II internment of Japanese-Americans, 15–17

Wright, Richard, 118

Yale Puppeteers, 21

Yancey, Mama, 129

Yarrow, Peter: on folk music in 1970s, 199; on Danny Gordon, 75; and Al Grossman, 102, 131; at memorial service, 225, 226; on Odetta as opening act, 141; “Puff the Magic Dragon,” 138

Yeager, Doug: on Blue Angel shows, 44; on blues festival circuit, 216; at death of Odetta, 224; on National Medal of the Arts and Humanities, 213; on Odetta’s declining health, 215, 220, 222; as Odetta’s manager, 211

“Yes I See” (song), 148

“Yesterday” (song), 182

Yorkin, Bud, 92

“You Gotta Haul That Timber Before the Sun Goes Down” (song), 42

Young, Izzy, 61, 63, 69, 76, 163

Young, Raymond H., 121

youth culture, 2, 60–61

Youth March for Integrated Schools, 72–73

Yugoslavia concerts, 197

Zanuck, Darryl, 98

Zanuck, Richard, 89, 99, 101

Zappa, Frank, 191

Zimmerman, Bobby. See Dylan, Bob

Zinn, Howard, 128