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Mavis Staples: Her Father’s Daughter. A new recording!

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130051633

Mavis Staples says her father, Roebuck “Pops” Staples, played a significant role in her development as a performer. The singer recalls his advice at an early performance, when she, at 13, felt it necessary to replicate the energy of a young gospel group who’d gone on before her.

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