{"id":23343,"date":"2015-02-02T14:49:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T22:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=23343"},"modified":"2015-02-03T09:47:06","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T17:47:06","slug":"listen-to-new-song-friendship-from-pops-staples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2015-02\/listen-to-new-song-friendship-from-pops-staples\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to “New” Song “Friendship” from Pops Staples"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Before the legendary Pops Staples<\/strong> (Staples Family<\/strong>) passed in 2000, he left to his daughter, the great Mavis Staples<\/strong>, a collection of incomplete songs he’d written.\u00a0 After all these years, the result of Mavis’s<\/strong> curation of that collection is the new album Don\u2019t Lose This<\/strong><\/em>, which will come out sometime this year.\u00a0 Finally!\u00a0 We can’t imagine a better celebration of what would have been Pops’ centennial birthday this past December.\u00a0 Today, Mavis<\/strong> (with the help of Jeff Tweedy<\/strong>) has released the first sample (which will undoubtedly become a music staple, if you will).\u00a0 Check out below the comforting track, Friendship<\/strong><\/em>. We love this song’s encouragement of lifetime friendships. It’s quintessential Pops<\/strong>, with wise, calming vocals burnished with Al Green<\/strong>-esque flourishes.\u00a0 Ms. Mavis<\/strong>, together with her sisters Yvonne<\/strong> and Cleotha Staples<\/strong>, add perfect harmonies on the song.\u00a0 Jeff Tweedy<\/strong> plays bass and his son Spencer<\/strong> plays the drums.\u00a0 It’s a beauty:\u00a0 simple but heartfelt, and powerful beyond Pops’<\/strong> nonchalant inflections.\u00a0\u00a0 Bodes incredibly well for the entire album.\u00a0 We can’t wait!<\/p>\n