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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Kot, Greg (1957-....)
Titre(s) : I'll take you there [Texte imprimé] : Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the march up freedom's highway / Greg Kot
Publication : New York : Scribner, 2014
Description matérielle : viii, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Comprend : 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".
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references, discography (pages 289-291)and index
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
Sujet(s) : Staples, Mavis (1939-....)
Musiciens noirs américains
The Staple singers
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781451647853 (hardback). - ISBN 1451647859 (hardback). - ISBN 9781451647860
(trade paperback). - ISBN 1451647867 (trade paperback). - ISBN 9781451647877 (erroné)
(ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43866188g
Notice n° :
FRBNF43866188
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)