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I'll take you there : Mavis Staples, the Staple ... Read More

Kot, Greg.(Author).

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  • ISBN: 9781451647853 (hardback)
  • ISBN: 1451647859 (hardback)
  • ISBN: 9781451647860 (trade paperback)
  • ISBN: 1451647867 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: viii, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ... Read More
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2014.

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Includes bibliographical references, discography ... Read More
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Prologue: "Freedom Highway" in sequined flats -- ... Read More
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Recounts the life and achievements of the lead ... Read More
Subject: Staples, Mavis.
Staple Singers.
Gospel musicians > United States > Biography.
Soul musicians > United States > Biography
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24510. ‡aI'll take you there : ‡bMavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the march up freedom's highway / ‡cGreg Kot.
264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bScribner, ‡c2014.
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504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references, discography (pages 289-291)and index.
50500. ‡tPrologue: "Freedom Highway" in sequined flats -- ‡tVoices in the Mississippi night -- ‡tHard time killing floor -- ‡t"If I could hear my mother pray again" -- ‡t"This may be the last time" -- ‡t"Gospel in a blues key" -- ‡t"Uncloudy day" -- ‡tA guitar, an amplifier, and a gun -- ‡t"That's the guy who sings 'Blue Suede Shoes'" -- ‡t"God was in the room" -- ‡tSam Cooke and Aretha -- ‡tModern folksingers -- ‡tFor the love of Bob Dylan -- ‡t"If he can preach it, we can sing it" -- ‡t"Freedom highway" -- ‡t"Why am I treated so bad?" -- ‡t"Mavis, you want a hit?" -- ‡tThe Stax era begins -- ‡t"When will we be paid?" -- ‡tMahalia passes the torch -- ‡t"You talk to me like I'm a kid" -- ‡t"I have learned to do without you" -- ‡tMuscle Shoals soul -- ‡tBack to the motherland -- ‡t"Cleo, you like brownies?" -- ‡t"Respect yourself" -- ‡t"I'll take you there" -- ‡tWattstax -- ‡t"They don't know which category to put us in" -- ‡tA family tragedy -- ‡tStax crumbles -- ‡t"Let's do it again" -- ‡t"I was never more scared in my life" -- ‡t"The last waltz" -- ‡tDesperate times -- ‡t"Slippery people" -- ‡tPrince and the Holy Ghost moment -- ‡tPops, the second act -- ‡t"Whatever you do, don't give up" -- ‡t"My skin started moving on my bones" -- ‡t"I'll be the history" -- ‡tHope at the hideout -- ‡t"You are not alone" -- ‡t"When the gates swing open, let me in".
520 . ‡aRecounts the life and achievements of the lead singer of the Staple Singers, revealing how her family fused diverse musical genres to transcend racism and oppression through song, and discussing her collaborations with fellow artists and her impact on civil rights culture.
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