Mavis Staples I'll Take You There - Central Park 2008 

love her!!

Legendary!

This lady is soundin' great- lookin' stunning.

Janis Joplin once stood in the wings listening to Mavis sing and ruefully lamented "I'll never be able to sing like that", and meant it with all her heart. Mavis is one of our iconic voices. Outstanding.

Wish I was there!

I love her. I've never met her and never will, and she may be the biggest asshole ever in person, but fuck it, I love her.

@justincredible214 I have no idea. Probably not. That was my (somewhat poorly worded) point. "may" = "even if she turned out to be"

What happened to the family group of the stapple singers ?

@zappaphile76 Wow is she really that bad in person?