Guest Speed Racer Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Stephen Malkamus did a year or two ago too, right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Yes he did. So that means: Andrew Bird, Richard Swift, Steve Malkamus, and Mavis Staples have all recorded there. Geez. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 And this I suppose, but not 'independently' of course Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Magnetized Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 And this I suppose, but not 'independently' of course /quote] Details, please. Who are the people in the pics? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Wilco + Leslie Feist. That's her right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Magnetized Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Wilco + Leslie Feist. That's her right? Oh, right--didn't recognize her. Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blureu Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Wrote a Song for Everyone: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/08/vulture_premieres_mavis_staple.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chinese Apple Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Mavis Staples and Billy Bragg in concert together, UCLA Royce Hall. November 5, 2010. http://eventful.com/losangeles/events/mavis-staples-and-billy-bragg-/E0-001-032329210-5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Dave Hoekstra has nice write up in the Chicago Sun-Times Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 I am really looking forward to that Jeff-produced Mavis album that's coming out.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAfMh_uLxvU Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Wrote a Song for Everyone: http://nymag.com/dai...vis_staple.htmlHeard this on the radio today - very very good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 I am really looking forward to that Jeff-produced Mavis album that's coming out.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAfMh_uLxvUOne of my favorite CCR songs. Paul Westerberg did a nice version of this too on a tour a few years back. I don't know about Jeff, but I'd be freaking out on the inside big time working with Mavis. Talk about some serious Soul history (and greatness) there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 MOJO gave it 4 stars and called it a contender for album of the year. I can't wait to hear the whole thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 awesome!. i bet fogerty would be proud Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 awesome!. i bet fogerty would be proud...and a little richer... WXRT has been playing it in regular rotation. Very nice for all concerned. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Magnetized Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Just found a really good article from the Chicago Sun-Times Dave Hoekstra, from 8/29. Boy, the connection between Mavis and Jeff seems genuine and strong, and it sounds like he found this experience in producing her album really inspirational. Also, lots of funny stuff in here re bird poop and Jeff's cooking skills and food-withholding strategies! I'm including the text of the article below, but if you click on the link there's a picture or two, plus links to related articles. http://www.suntimes....-082910.article Mavis and Jeff: Eating, laughing and learning August 29, 2010 BY DAVE HOEKSTRA Staff Reporter Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy are two of the most prolific figures on the American roots music scene. What did they learn on making “You Are Not Alone” that they can apply to future projects? “To me, its just encouraging to be able to work with someone as great as Mavis Staples and not feel like I’m messing things up,” Tweedy said. “That’s something you need to learn. I don’t know if before these sessions if I had the confidence that would be the case. That was important. I learned the [Wilco loft] studio works for other people. This is the first time I’ve worked with other people than Wilco here. “Its good to work with people that have recorded records for a long, long time. Standing in the same room and hearing Mavis sing into the air has allowed me to go back and listen to not just Staple Singers records, but other records from that time and feel like I can get more inside them — which is what my whole life has been about. I care about records so much. No matter how much I know about how the music is recorded, I’ve always pictured records as being performances, something really happening in a room. I’m able to envision that better after seeing how Mavis works and what it sounds like without it coming through electricity, speakers, stuff like that. “That is priceless to me.” In a career that dates back 60 years this year to the formation of the Staple Singers, Staples said she has never had food catered at a session. “Tweedy had a caterer every day!” Staples reported. “Lasagna. Mashed potatoes. Macaroni and cheese. Then we started telling him what we wanted. He made the most beautiful salads.” Staples looked over her right shoulder into the studio, lined with an army of guitars and said, “Tweedy would be over there setting up and we could smell the food. We were lickin’ our chops. And he’d go, ‘Nobody gets to eat until this song is finished!’ So we would jump on it and not make any mistakes so we could get back in the kitchen to eat.” Tweedy: “Hungry takes are good takes.” Staples: “And another thing I’ve never seen in a session was a TelePrompter. Normally my lyrics are on a music stand. The TelePrompTer was the best. It was also good to have the band I’ve been working with the past three years to be playing on the record. Tweedy saw that when I played the Hideout. They know me and I know them, so these songs were right on time. And Tweedy is funny, he just comes with stuff. You know you’re going to get your tickle on. The first thing I asked him today was what he thought about the pigeons pooping on those guys [Kings of Leon].” And what did he say? Tweedy: “When we were starting out, we considered it a luxury when a pigeon would s--- on our stage. I still don’t understand it. How can you walk offstage in front of a bunch of people? The show must go on, that’s the way it used to be. I can think of 1,000 things worse that have happened to me. That’s a lesson they’re going to learn. It means a lot to people when you walk offstage. I think we’ve only canceled one show in our whole career. I was in rehab. That’s a good reason. That had to happen.” Dave Hoekstra Quote Link to post Share on other sites
i'm only sleeping Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 The cover of the september issue of Ruta 66, THE Spanish rock magazine, is for Mavis; http://ruta66mag.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sandoz Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Mavis Staples and Billy Bragg are playing several shows together this fall http://www.rosebudus.com/staples/tourdates.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
H.Stone Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Thanks for the link! We'll be in Chicago on 11/27, but for a 90th bday party. Not sure if we'll be able to make it, but I see she has a three night stand at Oneida in Green Bay. Maybe we could work the bingo cards beforehand? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 you can stream the album via NPR here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129578095 it's f'n awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 you can stream the album via NPR here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129578095 it's f'n awesome. t-minus x to a full leak I'm sure. I would love to see her on this tour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Halfway through first listen - amazing stuff. "Creep Along Moses" and "I Belong To The Band- Hallelujah" are stellar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 The three chords played under the lyrics "open up, this is a raid" are spine-tingling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blureu Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Mavis on The Tonight Show Tuesday night: http://tinyurl.com/2eecshn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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