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- | < | + | First off, I was really pleased to have this show on my calendar because I enjoy hearing Mavis sing, and I knew I was going to miss her set at HSB14 due to the inevitable conflict of too many good things happening at the same time. One of these days I need to check and see if an archived video stream of her set is available from the HSB website. |
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+ | Secondly, I was surprised to note that Yvonne Staples, only a year or three older than baby Mavis, didn't seem to be doing all that well. She was leaning heavily on an attendant when she walked out with the other performers at the start of the show, and left after a couple tune, never to return. Mavis said something about it that made me think Yvonne has diabetic foot pain, so I can sympathize that standing for an hour or two performance would be uncomfortable. | ||
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+ | Mavis was unusually talkative tonight, but she was also kind of incoherent -- she kept interrupting herself or drifting from one storyline to another. As best as I can tell, she'd spent part of the day participating in some sort of panel discussion regarding popular and folk music of the civil rights era with Chris Strachwitz, Linda Tillery, and other local celebrities. Mavis may have also been awarded an honorary doctorate, but I couldn' | ||
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+ | The band and performance were totally awesome, but one weird thing to mention is that it seemed like the guitar and bass weren' | ||
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+ | So it was another fun night. Whew! I'm glad we went! | ||
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