Odia Coates

Odia Coates

Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, April 1975

ODIA COATES is now a lady with two claims to fame. Her actual discovery as far as the world is concerned is that she was ...

Coates Of Many Colours

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, February 1977

IT'S FUNNY how some people look much better in real life than on photo. To date, I really haven't seen a good, accurate photograph of ...