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010 2013032633
020 9781451647853|qhardback
020 1451647859|qhardback
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100 1 Kot, Greg.
245 10 I'll take you there :|bMavis Staples, the Staple Singers,
and the march up freedom's highway /|cGreg Kot.
246 3 I will take you there
250 First Scribner hardcover edition.
264 1 New York :|bScribner,|c2014.
300 viii, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
|billustrations ;|c24 cm
336 text|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|2rdamedia
338 volume|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-294),
discography (pages 289-291), and index.
505 0 Prologue: "Freedom Highway" in sequined flats -- Voices in
the Mississippi night -- Hard time killing floor -- "If I
could hear my mother pray again" -- "This may be the last
time" -- "Gospel in a blues key" -- "Uncloudy day" -- A
guitar, an amplifier, and a gun -- "That's the guy who
sings 'Blue Suede Shoes'" -- "God was in the room" -- Sam
Cooke and Aretha -- Modern folksingers -- For the love of
Bob Dylan -- "If he can preach it, we can sing it" --
"Freedom highway" -- "Why am I treated so bad?" -- "Mavis,
you want a hit?" -- The Stax era begins -- "When will we
be paid?" -- Mahalia passes the torch -- "You talk to me
like I'm a kid" -- "I have learned to do without you" --
Muscle shoals soul -- Back to the motherland -- "Cleo, you
like brownies?" -- "Respect yourself" -- "I'll take you
there" -- Wattstax -- "They don't know which category to
put us in" -- A family tragedy -- Stax crumbles -- "Let's
do it again" -- "I was never more scared in my life" --
"The last waltz" -- Desperate times -- "Slippery people" -
- Prince and the Holy Ghost moment -- Pops, the second act
-- "Whatever you do, don't give up" -- "My skin started
moving on my bones" -- "I'll be the history" -- Hope at
the hideout -- "You are not alone" -- "When the gates
swing open, let me in".
520 Recounts 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.
600 10 Staples, Mavis.
610 20 Staple Singers.
650 0 Gospel musicians|zUnited States|vBiography.
650 7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Composers & Musicians.
|2bisacsh
650 7 MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Chamber.|2bisacsh
650 7 MUSIC / General.|2bisacsh
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