Billboard: Mavis Staples Reflects on the Stax Years: Watch New Episode of ‘Memphis Masters’
Back in 1968, a deal with Stax Records vaulted the Staple Singers from a stripped-down family gospel act to a soul music powerhouse whose enduring hits — including “I’ll Take You There,” “Respect Yourself” and “If You’re Ready (Come Go With Me)” — led the quartet’s way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and to a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Now its legacy with the label is being celebrated by Craft Recordings with Come Go With Me: The Stax Collection, a seven-disc collection of the group’s albums accompanied by the online Memphis Masters series, a new episode of which is premiering below.