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08 Apr 18 - 02:24 PM (#3915933) Subject: appreciation for Mavis Staples From: GUEST,keberoxu When my car radio is turned on, it is a pleasant surprise to hear the voice of Mavis Staples. There are two ways that her singing can be heard on local FM radio stations, not counting the public radio networks supported by subscribers. One: the station plays the Staples Singers oldies hit records. Two: the station plays Mavis Staples' recent albums. Neither one happens often enough. Mavis Staples is a household word in the virtual household that is the Mudcat membership. But she hasn't a thread of her own -- until now. Of course, as Mudcat threads do, it will probably drift and creep and include other topics. Oh, you ask which local FM radio station plays the recent solo/collaboration studio recordings of Mavis Staples? It is the much-maligned WUMB-FM station at the University of Massachusetts campus on Boston's South Shore sort of. Maligned, I say, because old Mudcat posts about WUMB are scathing in their criticism of how commercial the station is and how unsupportive of traditional music. The fact remains that WUMB-FM, which as a newbie I just discovered a month or two ago, plays more of this out-of-the-mainstream music stuff than all the other FM stations put together. |
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08 Apr 18 - 04:22 PM (#3915962) Subject: RE: appreciation for Mavis Staples From: keberoxu and one timeless message: Respect Yourself |
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08 Apr 18 - 04:26 PM (#3915963) Subject: RE: appreciation for Mavis Staples From: GUEST,paperback Trawling GUEST,keberoxu, and all: Back when being a Blood wasn't a bad thing, (even for us cat-eyed, Elvis lookin dudes). https://youtu.be/D9rh3JTvvlk Oh mmm I know a place Ain't nobody cryin' Ain't nobody worried Ain't no smilin' faces Mmm, no no Lyin' to the races Help me, come on, come on Somebody, help me now (I'll take you there) Help me, ya'all (I'll take you there) Help me now (I'll take you there) Oh! (I'll take you there) Oh! Oh! Mercy! (I'll take you there) Oh, let me take you there (I'll take you there) Oh-oh! Let me take you there! (I'll take you there) Play your, play your piano now All right Ah do it do it Come on now Play on it, play on it Daddy daddy daddy Ooh, Lord All right now Baby, easy now Now, come on, little lady All right Dum-dum-dum-dum Sock it, sock it Ah, oh, oh! I know a place, ya'all (I'll take you there) Ain't nobody cryin' (I'll take you there) Ain't nobody worried (I'll take you there) No smilin' faces (I'll take you there) Uh-uh (Lyin' to the races) (I'll take you there) Oh, no Oh! (I'll take you there) Oh oh oh! (I'll take you there) Mercy now! (I'll take you there) I'm callin' callin' callin' mercy (I'll take you there) Mercy mercy! (I'll take you there) Let me (I'll take you there) Oh oh! I'll take you there (I'll take you there) Oh oh oh oh Wanna take you there! (I'll take you there) Just take me by the hand Let me (I'll take you there) Let me, let me, let me lead the way Oh! (I'll take you there) Let me take you there (I'll take you there) Let me take you there! (I'll take you there) Ain't no smilin' faces (I'll take you there) Up in here, lyin' to the races (I'll take you there) You oughta, you gotta gotta come let me, let me (I'll take you there) Take you, take you, take you over there (I'll take you there) Ooh! Oh! Oh! All right (I'll take you there) Oh-oh! All right! (I'll take you there) Oh! Oh! (I'll take you there) Mmmm ah Oh! Yeah! (I'll take you there) Whoa! (I'll take you there) Let me lead the way (I'll take you there)? Looks like mumbo-jumbo as text... until she sings it, lordy. peace. |
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08 Apr 18 - 06:29 PM (#3915984) Subject: RE: appreciation for Mavis Staples From: GUEST,keberoxu The song broadcast by WUMB-FM was "Build A Bridge" from the Mavis Staples Album, If All I Was Was Black. (too bad Azizi left us) |
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09 Apr 18 - 01:33 AM (#3916014) Subject: RE: appreciation for Mavis Staples From: michaelr Mavis Staples is the real thing. Go see her live if you can. Testify! |
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10 Apr 18 - 02:52 PM (#3916413) Subject: RE: appreciation for Mavis Staples From: GUEST,keberoxu Sadly, Yvonne Staples, Mavis' sister, has just passed away. I don't know when Yvonne Staples stopped performing, but it seems to me as though Mavis performed/recorded without her sister Yvonne since the death of their father Roebuck "Pops" Staples and their older sister Cleotha. |
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10 Apr 18 - 08:55 PM (#3916483) Subject: RE: appreciation for Mavis Staples From: GUEST,paperback A Conversation with Greg Kot and Mavis Staples Roll, Jordan, roll I want to go to heaven when I die to hear Jordan roll Yvonne Staples rest in peace |
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12 Apr 18 - 11:43 AM (#3916852) Subject: RE: appreciation for Mavis Staples From: voyager For my 66th trip round the sun this week I was gifted this CD - Mavis Staples Tribute CD - I'll Take You There Emmy Lou Harris singing 'Far Celestial Shore' will knock you over. Mavis Staples is the real deal. voyager |