Odetta Sings Dylan is an outstanding cover album by the Queen of Folk. At first glance, one might think Odetta was heavily influenced by Bob Dylan – but in truth, it was the other way around.

Dylan once discovered her album Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues in a record store – and was so inspired that he traded in his electric guitar for an acoustic one. The rest is music history.

Bob Dylan himself later said:
“The first thing that turned me on to folk singing was Odetta. I heard a record of hers in a record store, back when you could listen to records right there in the store. That was in ’58 or something like that. Right then and there, I went out and traded my electric guitar and amplifier for an acoustical guitar, a flat-top Gibson. I learned all the songs on that record.”