Like the idea that it's about his daughter, or his wishes for / advice to her.... 12 at the time of this album's release.... if there is a specific 'in story' incarnation of the black girl with the guitar, who was inspiring and singing in the Greenwich Village (about where Bowie lives now) of the early 60s, then that would have to be Odetta.
Like the idea that it's about his daughter, or his wishes for / advice to her.... 12 at the time of this album's release.... if there is a specific 'in story' incarnation of the black girl with the guitar, who was inspiring and singing in the Greenwich Village (about where Bowie lives now) of the early 60s, then that would have to be Odetta.