Morning Shift: The life and legend of Mavis Staples and The Staples Singers

Morning Shift: The life and legend of Mavis Staples and The Staples Singers
Morning Shift: The life and legend of Mavis Staples and The Staples Singers

Morning Shift: The life and legend of Mavis Staples and The Staples Singers

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Sound Opinions co-host and Chicago Tribune music critic Greg Kot swings by for Music Thursday to talk about the life and music of Chicago legend Mavis Staples. Kot is author of I’ll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March up Freedom’s Highway which is out now. Photo: Flickr/debra_amerson