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ARTiST....: mavis staples
TiTLE.....: we'll never turn back
LABEL.....: ANTI
GENRE.....: soul
SOURCE....: cdda
QUALiTY...: VBR / joint-stereo
SiZE......: 72,1 MB
REL.DATE..: 02-19-2007
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01] down is mississippi 05:00
02] eyes on the prize 04:08
03] we shall not be moved 04:34
04] is the mississippi 04:29
05] on my way 04:12
06] this little light 03:25
07] 99 and 1/2 04:48
08] my own eyes 07:21
09] turn me around 03:55
10] we'll never turn back 04:08
11] i'll be rested 05:46
12] jesus is on the main line 06:31
TOTAL TiME : 58:17 min
When we started our family group, The Staple
Singers, we started out mostly singing in churches
in the south. Pops saw Dr. Martin Luther King
speak in 1963 and from there we started to broaden
our musical vision beyond just gospel songs. Pops
told us, "I like this man. I like his message. And
if he can preach it, we can sing it." So we
started to write "freedom songs" like "Why Am I
Treated So Bad", "When Will We Be Paid for the
Work We've Done", "Long Walk to DC" and many
others. Like many in the civil rights movement, we
drew on the spirituality and the strength from the
church to help gain social justice and to try to
achieve equal rights.
We became a major voice for the civil rights
movement and hopefully helped to make a difference
in this country. It was a difficult and dangerous
time (in 1965 we spent a night in jail in West
Memphis, Arkansas and I wondered if weÆd ever make
it out alive) but we felt we needed to stand up
and be heard.
So for us, and for many in the civil rights
movement, we looked to the church for inner
strength and to help make positive changes. And
that seems to be missing today. Here it is, 2007,
and there are still so many problems and social
injustices in the world. Well, I tell you ¼we need
a change now more than ever, and IÆm turning to
the church again for strength.
With this record, I hope to get across the same
feeling, the same spirit and the same message as
we did with the Staple Singers - and to hopefully
continue to make positive changes. We've got to
keep pushing to make the world a better place.
Things are better but we're not where we need to
be and we'll never turn back. 99 and 1/2 just
won't do!
- Mavis
http://www.mavisstaples.com/
Buy me if you love me :)