{"id":2896,"date":"2011-01-23T09:45:30","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T13:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=2896"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:41:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:41:09","slug":"musical-role-models-in-strong-soulful-ladies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/musical-role-models-in-strong-soulful-ladies\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical role models in strong, soulful ladies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now you have to know I&#8217;d love a story that starts like this one in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/stories\/34\/2\/24_mavisstaples_2011_01_14_bk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brooklyn Paper<\/a> recently:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mavis Staples is the queen of reinvention.<br \/>\nThe Chicago-based singer and civil rights icon has been a staple on  the gospel circuit for over 50 years, making her name foremost in  spirituals with her family\u2019s group, the Staple Singers, who added  \u201cRespect Yourself\u201d and \u201cI\u2019ll Take You There\u201d to the American music  lexicon. But on her own, she has continually put her stamp on pop, rock  and folk worlds thanks to her work with such varied artists as Prince,  The Band, Curtis Mayfield and Bob Dylan (who once asked for her hand in  marriage; she declined).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Though it&#8217;s a different plot line, this reminded me of <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/arts\/popmusic\/features\/65090\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a New York magazine<\/a> profile I read last year on Sharon Jones:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>After three decades of near obscurity, Jones is in demand; she and  Brooklyn soul curators the Dap-Kings will release their fourth album, <em>I Learned the Hard Way<\/em>, on April 6. In recent years, she\u2019s sung with Lou Reed in the stage version of <em>Berlin<\/em> and with Phish for their re-creation of <em>Exile on Main St<\/em>.; she duetted with Michael Bubl\u00e9 on <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> and sings a funkified version of \u201cThis Land Is Your Land\u201d in the opening credits of <em>Up in the Air.<\/em> \u201cI feel like I asked God, and it took me a while,\u201d says Jones. \u201cSo instead of \u2018Why?\u2019 I say, \u2018Thank you.\u2019\u2009\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Maybe the common element is strong, talented women who are doing what they love well into their mature years &#8212; and instead of doing some county fair greatest hits tour, coasting on past successes, they&#8217;re bringing new energy to their craft.<br \/>\n[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KW0kE6mucFY]<br \/>\n[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LIKU8O58-Yk]<br \/>\nAnd while we&#8217;re at it &#8212; Jack White loves the older ladies, eh? Wanda Jackson and Loretta Lynn<br \/>\n[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HoAQz4KLa2g]<br \/>\n[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2SHAX4z4sLg]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now you have to know I&#8217;d love a story that starts like this one in the Brooklyn Paper recently: Mavis Staples is the queen of reinvention. 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