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Cotton Eyed Joe (2CD+DVD)

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...with a pair of headphones.
This is great. Not much more to say but I was appalled by one 3 star review; thought I'd bump up the average.
DVD is great too, less so when the French narrator talks over her performance.

This is a great package, raw and beautiful, at times even jawing dropping in nuances of performance few possess in our own time. I listen to it over and over. All Karen's recordings are true American treasures, and we are fortunate to have this one released by the French concern Megaphone. I thank them endlessly.

Karen Dalton's been lauded by artists from Devendra Banhart to Dylan--for a reason. She's the you-know-what, seductive, powerful, sincere, traditional but completely herself. Larger than life like a great bluesman, she's got freedom without a whit of pretension. This is a great collection, too. You won't regret it.

I think perhaps if I were to really hear Karen Dalton in this little ATTIC club in 1961 my ears were receive her awkward voice a wee bit more. This is no polished It's So Hard...
But it's real. Real life. And I think she had a bit of sense of humor.
And what is up with the French dialogue on the DVD? Nevertheless this whole set is priceless and may take a few glasses of wine and the dark nights of October to really appreciate. A must for all Karen Dalton fans in the end.