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Results for The Staple SingersThe Staple Singers were an American gospel group that found mainstream success throughout the 1960's and 70's. Under the patriarchy of Pops Staples, the southern rhythm and blues band consisted of Pops and his three children, Cleotha, Mavis and Pervis, who began performing in front of a church audience. With Pops and Mavis on vocals, they delivered Southern spirituality with soul and strength, and were signed by Riverside and then Epic, two of the leading labels of the day. After jumping briefly onto the white folk train in the late 60's, the Staples really found their sound after signing with Memphis-based Stax Records. Their contemporary gospel was accessible to commercial audiences and two of their albums under Stax, "Soul Folk in Action" and "We'll Get Over" were backed by house musicians Booker T and the MG's. Twelve hits later, Curtis Mayfield lured the Staple Singers to his Curtom label and derived from them a number one hit in "Let's Do It Again." By the time the 80's rang in, the Staples were losing steam, although they interestingly covered Talking Heads "Slippery People" in 1984. While they have been periodically visible throughout the last few decades, the family musicians dissolved with the death of Pops in 2000....more
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by j. poet•August 6, 2008•
Fantasy became the studio of choice for acts as diverse as Robert Cray, Sammy Hagar, Bobby McFerrin, Aerosmith, Camper Van Beethoven, and the Counting Crows, to name just a few. Santana recorded his blockbuster Supernatural there. In 2000, Billboard named Fantasy the number one Recording Studio in America. In 2004, the Concord Music Group bought the Fantasy label and sold the Studios and all their equipment including a vintage microphone collection
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by j. poet•July 23, 2008•
"a Lord I feel so bad but the audience is still giving me a standing ovation kind of blues"
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by Greg Gaston•June 4, 2008•
With the release of Brighter Than Creation’s Dark, the Truckers have yet again dealt with internal turmoil and regrouped to record this sprawling epic. Most bands are lucky to have one gifted songwriter on board, but these guys have three strong contributors. They wrote and recorded over 50 songs for Creation’s Dark, eventually whittling them down
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by Paul Williams•May 14, 2008•
The first issue of the first American rock music magazine was printed on Sunday, January 30, 1966, in a basement in Brooklyn, New York, on the Qwertyuiop Press mimeograph belonging to and operated by Ted White, a science fiction fan (and writer and editor). The date on the masthead was February 7, because the 17-year-old founder unreasonably intended it to be a weekly magazine
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by Andy Gill•May 7, 2008•
Originally published in
Q
, August 1987
Minneapolis: It must be something they put in the water. As well as dominating the post-Thriller black pop market—via Prince and his acolytes (Sheila E, Appollonia Six, the Time, Jill Jones, Madhouse) and the Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis production stable
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12/18/2007
’77 Flashback: Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Street Survivors
Over a dozen years, Lynyrd Skynyrd evolved from a high school band...
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7/5/2006
An amazing time capsule in music history! Thanks to Bill G for capturing these great moments and to the folks at The...
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3/7/2006
Hi,
what a great idea to make these invaluable recordings accessible to the public. I listen here in my office in the...
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