Mavis Staples rose to prominence as a member of her family’s launched-in-1948 group, the Staple Singers. The Staple Singers ...
Long before he was a record producer, before he was even a teenager, Jun Mhoon was playing drums on tour with the Staple Singers, gazing in amazement at thousands of faces while warming up crowds ...
The Staples Jr. Singers never had any association with the actual Staple Singers, but people told them that they sounded like the Staples, so they went running with that. The Brown family made a ...
only to find out the dudes who played on their favorite Staple Singers and Wilson Pickett hits were unglamorous Caucasians. Such is the Shoals' country-funk mystique. And deceptively simple sonic ...
The Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding, if only from a wedding band or an elevator.But if there is a single takeaway from the ...
In between bluegrass bands and bluesmen, the gospel group shook the crowd with their spiritual sound. The next year, The Staple Singers would meet the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.—a relationship ...
“I always tell Mavis that she’s been with me my whole life, but actually, it was (age) 15 when I first heard the Staple Singers in my sister’s apartment in Height Asbury and it changed ...
Philosopher Plato is credited with saying: “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, ...
Famous actors, singers, athletes and housewives are fans of the Mercedes-Benz van, which has become a staple in streets ...
How did Memphis' new music festival turn out? Here are some takeaways from The Commercial Appeal team who covered RiverBeat ...
They documentary features interviews with Stax execs, both living and dead, who recall the label’s history. Stewart, who died in 2022, and Axton, who died in 2004, are featured, as are the late ...