"Those people who made up the songs were the ones who insisted upon life and living, who reaffirmed themselves. They didn't just fall down into the cracks or the holes. I think that was an incredible example for me and I learned a lot from that."
(Odetta's remarks on the songs of slavery, quoted in Sullivan 2011:1)
Oliver 2009
Oliver, Paul (2009), Barrelhouse Blues. Location recording
and the early traditions of the blues. New York: Basic Books.
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