Post Description

Serial #.............: Anti
Artist...............: Mavis Staples
Album................: Live - Hope at the Hideout 
Year.................: 2008
Genre................: Gospel
Comment..............: Prince Related
Type.................: Live
Cover(s) Included....: Yes
Audio Format.........: Lossless
Bitrate..............: Flac
Source...............: CD


Traklist

1. For What It's Worth 
2. Eyes on the Prize 
3. Down in Mississippi 
4. Wade in the Water 
5. Waiting for My Child 
6. This Little Light 
7. Why Am I Treated So Bad 
8. Freedom Highway 
9. We Shall Not Be Moved 
10. Circle Intro 
11. Will the Circle Be Unbroken 
12. On My Way 
13. I'll Take You There 

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Chicago is Mavis Staples' hometown so she is in exceptionally fine spirits on 
this 2008 live set, her first solo concert recording, at the Windy City's 
Hideout venue. Backed by a stripped down yet phenomenal three piece band of 
veterans featuring guitarist Rick Holmstrom, drummer Stephen Hodges and bassist 
Jeff Turmes along with a trio of backing vocalists, Staples comes to "bring joy, 
happiness, inspiration and some positive vibrations." Mission accomplished on 
this hour long set that borrows liberally from her 2007 civil rights oriented 
album We?ll Never Turn Back, but ups the energy and commitment for the live 
show. Her group burrows into a deep, dark swamp groove led by Holmstrom's 
shimmering guitar perfect for Staples' husky, gospel voice to pour into. On 
"This Little Light" she vocally riffs off the repeated lick, bringing intensity 
to the song only hinted at in its studio version. She digs back into her catalog 
to revive the traditional "Wade in the Water," here given a slight funk backbeat 
and brought to shore by Staples' gutsy, churchy reading. She's practically 
forced into a closing encore of the Staples Singers' signature tune "I'll Take 
You There," a sing-along for the audience played against skeletal guitar and 
enough joyous handclaps to raise the club, and now the listener, a little closer 
to heaven. -- Hal Horowitz