Interview: Mavis Staples discusses her singing career

From: Tavis Smiley (NPR) | Date: September 27, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

TAVIS SMILEY
Tavis Smiley (NPR)
09-27-2004
Interview: Mavis Staples discusses her singing career

Host: TAVIS SMILEY
Time: 9:00-10:00 AM

TAVIS SMILEY, host:

From NPR in Los Angeles, I'm Tavis Smiley.

(Soundbite of music)

Ms. MAVIS STAPLES (Singer): (Singing) Take the sheet off your face, boy. It's a brand-new day.

SMILEY: For more than half of her life, Mavis Staples' distinctive voice has been the signature sound of the Staples Singers. The gritty gospel-soul-pop tunes of the group led by her later father Pops Staples became embedded in the social consciousness of the '60s with songs like ...

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