Odetta with its "Living Legend Award". In mid-September 2001, Odetta performed with the Boys' Choir of Harlem on the "Late Show with David Letterman," appearing on the first show after Letterman resumed broadcasting, having been off the air for several nights following the events of September 11; they performed "This Little Light of Mine". The 2005 documentary film "No Direction Home", directed by Martin Scorsese, highlights her musical influence on Bob Dylan, the subject of the documentary. The film contains an archive clip of Odetta performing "Waterboy" on TV in 1959, as well as her "Mule Skinner Blues" and "No More
The Essential Bob Dylan several more. It has been reissued a couple of times over the years such as in 2009 and again as recently as 2016 with varying track listings . All songs written by Bob Dylan except where noted. The Essential Bob Dylan The Essential Bob Dylan is a compilation by Bob Dylan, released as a double-CD set in 2000, part of Columbia Records' "The Essential" series. "The Essential Bob Dylan" spans from 1963's "Blowin' in the Wind" (taken from "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan") to 1999's "Things Have Changed" (Dylan's Oscar-winning song from the motion picture, "Wonder Boys"). "The Essential Bob Dylan"