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Karen Dalton
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Karen J. Dalton (born Karen J. Cariker (July 19, 1937 - March 19, 1993) was an American folk blues singer and banjo player associated with the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk music scene, particularly with Fred Neil and The Holy Modal Rounders as well as Bob Dylan.
Dalton, whose heritage was Cherokee, was born Karen J. Cariker in Enid, Oklahoma. Her bluesy, world-weary voice is often compared to that of iconic jazz singer Billie Holiday. She sang blues, folk, country, pop, Motown - making over each song in her own style. She played the twelve string Gibson guitar and a long neck banjo.
In his 2004 autobiography, Bob Dylan wrote this in his description of discovering and joining the music scene at Greenwich Village’s Cafe Wha? after arriving in New York City, New York, United States in 1961: “My favorite singer in the place was Karen Dalton. Karen had a voice like Billie Holiday and played guitar like Jimmy Reed… I sang with her a couple of times.”
Dalton’s second album, In My Own Time (1971), was recorded at Bearsville Studios and originally released by Woodstock Festival promoter Michael Lang’s label, Just Sunshine Records. The album was produced and arranged by Harvey Brooks, who played bass on it. (Harvey Brooks played bass also on the Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, on the Bob Dylan album Highway 61 Revisited and on the Richie Havens album Mixed Bag.) Piano player Richard Bell guested on In My Own Time. Its liner notes were written by Fred Neil and its cover photos were taken by Elliot Landy. Less well-known is Dalton’s first album, It’s So Hard to Tell Who’s Going to Love You the Best (Capitol, 1969), which was re-released by Koch Records on CD in 1996.
Dalton, whose heritage was Cherokee, was born Karen J. Cariker in Enid, Oklahoma. Her bluesy, world-weary voice is often compared to that of iconic jazz singer Billie Holiday. She sang blues, folk, country, pop, Motown - making over each song in her own style. She played the twelve string Gibson guitar and a long neck banjo.
In his 2004 autobiography, Bob Dylan wrote this in his description of discovering and joining the music scene at Greenwich Village’s Cafe Wha? after arriving in New York City, New York, United States in 1961: “My favorite singer in the place was Karen Dalton. Karen had a voice like Billie Holiday and played guitar like Jimmy Reed… I sang with her a couple of times.”
Dalton’s second album, In My Own Time (1971), was recorded at Bearsville Studios and originally released by Woodstock Festival promoter Michael Lang’s label, Just Sunshine Records. The album was produced and arranged by Harvey Brooks, who played bass on it. (Harvey Brooks played bass also on the Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, on the Bob Dylan album Highway 61 Revisited and on the Richie Havens album Mixed Bag.) Piano player Richard Bell guested on In My Own Time. Its liner notes were written by Fred Neil and its cover photos were taken by Elliot Landy. Less well-known is Dalton’s first album, It’s So Hard to Tell Who’s Going to Love You the Best (Capitol, 1969), which was re-released by Koch Records on CD in 1996.
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Hayzi22 wrote:
Karen Dalton is my favorite.
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kaipaan wrote:
love her.
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dumbwater wrote:
:)
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retroindiano wrote:
I love Ms Dalton !!!
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JoshCIVM wrote:
I am sooo glad her discography is so tiny. It's very refreshing to only have a few albums to deal with. And I personally love her awful voice.
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raskolnikoy wrote:
Its the sort of thing, straight away, you know you're going to stick with
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Mr-Usuario wrote:
Lilac... get lost.
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lilac-toj wrote:
what an awful voice
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wowugotit wrote:
I love Karen Dalton so much!
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wendell3 wrote:
Stunning.
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nancykitten wrote:
I love how Dalton sounded like she was a thousand years old. Such a voice.
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cacamac wrote:
Very very nice, fresh:)
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Grotessque wrote:
He gives me one night of love, sometimes he gives me two.<3
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elephant505 wrote:
inimitable.
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c_lombard wrote:
Incredible. One of the greatest voices I've ever heard.
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thereminwar wrote:
I, too, found this through the Mojo compilation CD. Great haunting voice
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grenats wrote:
gorgeous voice. i could listen to it for hours.
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SunderingTitan wrote:
incredible.
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hablador wrote:
O_O
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weone wrote:
Unique voice!
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