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THE COMMITMENT REMAINS
MAVIS STAPLES
"SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD"
MAVIS STAPLES
ANTI
RELEASE DATE:
NOVEMBER 7, 2025
"SAD AND BEATIFUL WORLD" CREDITS & MUSIC
MUSICIANS:
MAVIS STAPLES - VOCALS
BRAD COOK - SYNTH BASS, DRUM PROGRAMMING, VIBRAPHONE, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, BASS, SYNTHS, TAMBOURINE
JEFF TWEEDY - BASS
SPENCER TWEEDY - DRUMS
PHIL COOK - GUITARS, KEYBOARDS
MATT MCCAUGHAN - DRUMS, PERCUSSION, OP-1 BASS, DRUM PROGRAMMING, SYNTH
MATT DOUGLAS - SAX
WILL MILLER - TRUMPET
TREVER HAGEN - TRUMPET
NATHAN STOCKER - ACOUSTIC GUITAR, SYNTH
MJ LENDERMAN - ELECTRIC GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS, DRUMS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
WILL MILLER - EVI BASS SYNTH
NATHAN STOCKER - ACOUSTIC & ELECTRIC GUITARS
ANDREW MARLIN - MANDOLIN
ANDY KAULKIN - PIANO
DEREK TRUCKS - SLIDE GUITAR
BUDDY GUY - GUITAR
MJ LENDERMAN - GUITAR
RICK HOLMSTROM - GUITAR
COLIN CROOM - PEDAL STEEL GUITAR
BONNIE RAITT - BACKING VOCALS, SLIDE GUITAR
SAM BEAM - BACKING VOCALS
PATTERSON HOOD - BACKING VOCALS
NATHANIEL RATELIFF - BACKING VOCALS
AMY RAY - BACKING VOCALS
ANJIMILE - BACKING VOCALS
KARA JACKSON - BACKING VOCALS
KATIE CRUTCHFIELD - BACKING VOCALS
JUSTIN VERNON - BACKING VOCALS
TRE BURT - HARMONY VOCALS
ERIC BURTON - HARMONY VOCALS
TRACKLIST:
01 CHICAGO 02:37
02 BEAUTIFUL STRANGERS 05:58
03 SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD 04:06
04 HUMAN MIND 03:12
05 HARD TIMES 04:45
06 GODSPEED 02:49
07 WE GOT TO HAVE PEACE 03:32
08 ANTHEM 03:04
09 SATISFIED MIND 03:47
10 EVERYBODY NEEDS LOVE 04:24
MAVIS STAPLES
PREVIOUS ALBUMS
STAPLE SINGERS
A SELECTION
THERE ARE NO WORDS FOR MAVIS / THERE IS NO SONG FOR HER / NO MUSICAL GENRE THAT CAN DESCRIBE HER TASTE / SEVENTY YEARS SINCE THE STAPLE SINGERS BEGAN SINGING GOSPEL, BLUES, AND R&B / MAVIS IS PRESENT IN THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC, AN ACTIVIST FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS / IN “SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD” SHE SINGS AS IF IT WERE THE LAST TIME, DEEP SONGS AS A LEGACY OF HER PASSAGE THROUGH OUR SOULS / WITHOUT HER, WE WOULD NOT HAVE LIVED THE EMOTION AND TRANSCENDENCE THAT HER VOICE HAS ETCHED INTO SO MANY OF OUR FEELINGS / MAVIS STAPLES IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR MOST EXCITING EXPERIENCES THROUGH MUSIC; WITHOUT HER ON STAGE, MANY THINGS WOULD NOT HAVE MADE SENSE.
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