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The Staple Singers
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My Main Man / There Is a God
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from The Very Best of the Staple Singers
(2007)
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The Staple Singers
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Swing Down Chariot
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from Swing Low Sweet Chariot
(2007)
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Mavis Staples
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I Have Learned to Do Without You
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from Only for the Lonely
(2006)
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Pops Staples
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Trying Times
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from Celebrating the Life of Pops Staples
(2003)
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The Staple Singers
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There Was a Star
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from The 25th Day of December
(2007)
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Staple Singers
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Let's Go Home
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from Uncloudy Day & Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
(2007)
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The Staple Singers
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You're Gonna Make Me Cry
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from The Staple Swingers
(2006)
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The Staple Singers
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Nobody's Fault But Mine
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from Freedom Highway
(1991)
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The Staple Singers
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I Got to Be Myself
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from The Very Best of the Staple Singers
(2007)
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Staple Singers
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Pray On
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from Uncloudy Day & Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
(2007)
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The Staple Singers
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Be What You Are
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from The Very Best of the Staple Singers
(2007)
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Staple Singers
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Don't Knock
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from Uncloudy Day & Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
(2007)
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The Staple Singers
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Hammer and Nails
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from Freedom Highway
(1991)
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The Staple Singers
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Love Is Plentiful
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from The Staple Swingers
(2006)
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The Staple Singers
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Be Careful of Stones That You Throw
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from Freedom Highway
(1991)
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Comment:
No matter the setting — stadium, stage, or studio — the Staples always keep one foot firmly planted under the gospel tent flap. In "Swing Down Chariot," Pops builds a head of steam like a locomotive leading a devil-chased dash to the Promised Land, his kids stoking the firebox with the fevered chant of "swing, swing, swing, swing, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet." With just a rockabluesy electric guitar, a brush-shuffled drum kit, and a family chorus chiming in their support, daughter Mavis baptizes the faithful in the volcanic rapture of "Pray On," filling every open space with a from-the-haunches holler of salvation. And if that was the call to meeting, then the satin-cloaked, silver-tongued "Hammer and Nails" is the spit-shined, freshly conked preacher sealing the deal, every [i]doo-doot-doo[/i]ing voice in the choir loft locked together like hands in prayer, just [i]itching[/i] for the chance to save one more sinner.
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