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Billie Holiday

Lady Twanged the Blues: Karen Dalton

Music post by Kjerstin Johnson, Submitted by Kjerstin Johnson on May 26, 2009 - 5:31pm; tagged 1960s, Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, folk music, guitarists, Karen Dalton, music, vinyl.
Folk songwriter Fred Neil said Karen Dalton "sure could sing the shit out of the blues," and Bob Dylan said she sang like Billie Holiday and played guitar like Jimmy Reed. Dylan's description wouldn't be the last time this under-the-radar folk singer was likened to Lady Day. Like Holiday, Dalton's haunting croon completely transforms whatever folk, blues, or pop standard she sang.
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