Glastonbury's Park Stage hosted Staples on June 27, 2015. Staples and Joan Osborne performed in Washington, D.C. on October 31, 2015, as part of their Solid Soul Tour at The George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium. Livin' on a High Note was published by Staples in February 2016. A collection of songs written especially for Staples by artists such as Nick Cave, Justin Vernon, tUnE-yArds, Neko Case, and Aloe Blacc is featured on the M. Ward-produced album. Staples said of the album:
After signing with Stax Records in 1968, the group's efforts were bolstered by Booker T. & the MGs' musical support. The Staples made it into the top 40 eight times between 1971 and 1975, with two simple numbers one and two: "I'll Take You Therer" and "Let's Do It Again." Mavis made her solo debut towards the end of the 1960s, while her band Epic Records released the single "Crying in the Chapel". [2] ​ Mavis Staples, her first solo album, was released in 1969 on Stax Records, and Only for the Lonely, her second, was released in 1970. Another self-titled album released in 1984 preceded the release of two new Prince-directed albums: Time Waits for No One and The Voice, released in 1989 and 1993, respectively. In 1996, the Lucky Peterson-recorded Spirituals & Gospels: A Tribute to Mahalia Jackson was released.
It inspired songs like 'Why (Am I Treated So Bad),' which was scarcely a powerful cry for change, but was still revolutionary for its time.'" "You know I'm all alone, as I perform this song," they crooned. Hear my plea: I've done nothing wrong and yet I'm being treated so unfairly. Dr. King loved the song, Staples stated on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week. For years, the group would accompany King as he talked to crowds around the country, performing their gospel tunes before he spoke.
NotesMavis Staples is a legendary figure in the world of popular music in the US. As a member of the Staples Singers gospel group, she was at the vanguard of the civil rights struggle throughout the 1960s. During the civil rights movement, Mavis, Pops, and their siblings marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. When President Obama, with whom Mavis has had a long acquaintance, presented her with the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors in December 2016, she flew to Washington, DC. Mavis invited Jeff Tweedy, the leader of Wilco, as a special guest for the weekend's activities. There were long stretches of time spent debating current events and how today's battle for equality is very much like that of the 1960s. Mavis and Jeff collaborated to write Mavis' new album, If All I Was Black, produced by Jeff Tweedy in the wake of these occurrences. Mavis' greatest work to date, the new album is a wonderful statement for our time.
