Mavis Staples

Last Friday night I went to see Mavis Staples at the Kennedy Center. She started performing with her family 60 years ago, and she is still going strong. Her sister Yvonne still sings with her.

Here is a recent performance of a song originally from The Staples Singers days, "March Up Freedom's Highway".



Here is an interview with Mavis talking about Martin Luther King and Freedom Songs.



Mavis performing another hit from The Staple Singers days, in Central Park, "I'll Take You There".



Here is a scene from the 1978 film The Last Waltz. The Band and The Staples Singers performing "The Weight".javascript:void(0)