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Mavis Staples

Though Staples and Helm got on like childhood pals, the two were already both stars in their own right by the time they first met at the 1976 filming of ‘The Last Waltz’. Critics would go on to cite The Staple Singers’ collaboration with The Band on “The Weight” as a high point of the film, and Mavis and Levon would remain close friends in the decades to come, but it was unclear if the pair would ever get to sing together again after Helm was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998. More than two dozen radiation treatments robbed him of his voice, and, as Helm told Fresh Air’s Terry Gross in a 2007 interview, “I had a period of time there for about two-and-a-half years or so where I had to whisper or write you a note to tell you what I wanted you to know.” But when Staples arrived in Woodstock for the Ramble, the ever-resilient Helm was in the midst of a genuine renaissance. The cancer was in remission, his voice had returned, and he’d won a pair of GRAMMY Awards for his two most recent solo albums (he’d take home his third less than a year later). On top of all that, Helm, much like Staples, was now more in demand than ever, sought out by a younger generation of artists who rightfully revered him not only as one of the greatest drummers of all time, but as a patron saint of the American musical canon.

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Worthy

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We Get By (feat. Ben Harper)

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You Are Not Alone

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We Shall Not Be Moved

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No Time For Cryin' (Live)

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Carry Me Home

2022

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One True Vine

2013

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Spirituals

1996

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We Get By

2019

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You Are Not Alone

2010

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Mavis Staples

1994

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If All I Was Was Black

2017

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We'll Never Turn Back

2007

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Livin' On A High Note

2016

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Have A Little Faith

2004

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Worthy

Single • 2024

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Respect Yourself (Live)

Single • 2017

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All In It Together

Single • 2020

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Turn Me Around (Live)

Single • 2017

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Your Good Fortune

EP • 2015

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Slippery People (Live)

Single • 2017

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Black Star

Single • 2011

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One More Change (ALA.NI Remix)

Single • 2021

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Worthy

Mavis Staples • 109K views

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You Got To Move

Mavis Staples & Levon Helm • 163K views

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I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free

Mavis Staples & Levon Helm • 78K views

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We Get By (feat. Ben Harper)

Mavis Staples • 554K views

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Farther Along

Mavis Staples & Levon Helm • 34K views

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Can You Get to That

Mavis Staples • 265K views

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No Time for Cryin’

Mavis Staples • 302K views

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You Are Not Alone

Mavis Staples • 717K views

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I Like the Things About Me

Mavis Staples • 291K views

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Slippery People

Mavis Staples • 125K views

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Fight the Power

Playlist • YouTube Music

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Icons of Americana

Playlist • YouTube Music

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2021 Grammy Nominees

Playlist • YouTube Music

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Mavis Staples Essentials | New Single “Worthy” Out Now

Playlist • Mavis Staples • 33K views

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Mavis Staples | Live & Sessions

Playlist • Mavis Staples • 2K views

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Mavis Staples + Jeff Tweedy

Playlist • Mavis Staples • 172 views

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Ural Thomas and The Pain

874 subscribers

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Ondara

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Amythyst Kiah

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Rhiannon Giddens

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Alabama Shakes

686K monthly audience

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Black Pumas

2.79M monthly audience

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