Wednesday, September 28, 2022

the Staple Singers’ bestselling 1972 title Be Altitude ..... 50 years ago


Beginning in 1948, Roebuck “Pops” Staples and daughters Cleotha, Mavis, and Yvonne began singing in churches across Chicago. Pops had grown up in Drew Mississippi, next door to Charlie Patton, and played guitar with him, and Robert Johnson (legendary guitarists)

Staple Singers songs including 1955's "This May Be the Last Time" (later adapted by The Rolling Stones as "The Last Time") and "Uncloudy Day"

Songs Respect Yourself, and I'll Take You There are simply wonderful groovy stuff. 





posted for the fantastic music, but mostly, because of that album cover (I've posted a lot of album cover art over the years, even an album cover photographer) is unusual, using a airliner engine 

2 comments:

  1. The Weight, from the movie The Last Waltz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccJTFXvkXkA&ab_channel=H%C3%A9ctorColorado

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    1. I love that song, but she annoys me all to hell with the addition of "-ah" to every damn word. Same thing James Hetfield does, but when he sings angry Metallica songs, it works

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