Pops Staples - Father Father (1994) e Don't Lose This (2015)

 

Roebuck "Pops" Staples (1914-2000), o lendário músico norte-americano de gospel e R&B, foi uma figura central do gospel nas décadas de 1960 e 1970. Compositor, guitarrista e cantor, ele era o patriarca e membro do grupo The Staple Singers, que incluía seu filho Pervis e as filhas Mavis, Yvonne e Cleotha. Postamos aqui dois álbuns, Father Father (1994) e Don't Lose This (2015), este um álbum póstumo, montado com vários músicos, usando faixas inacabadas de 1998 que eram destinadas a um álbum "perdido" do The Staple Singers.

Father Father (1994)

Faixas:
1. Father Father (Billy Beck, Erik Scott, Pops Staples, Rick Brown)
2. Why Am I Treated So Bad (Pops Staples)
3. Getting Too Big For Your Britches (Homer Banks)
4. Jesus Is Going To Make Up (My Dying Bed) (arranged by Pops Staples)
5. Downward Road (Pops Staples)
6. People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield)
7. Hope In A Hopeless World (Bob Theill, Phil Roy, Pops Staples)
8. Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob Dylan)
9. Waiting For My Child (Pops Staples)
10 Simple Man (Pops Staples)
11 Glory Glory (Pops Staples)

Don't Lose This (2015)

Faixas:
1. Somebody Was Watching (Brenda Burns)
2. Sweet Home (Margaret Allison)
3. No News Is Good News (Pops Staples)
4. Love On My Side (Pops Staples) - vocals Mavis Staples
5. Friendship (Pops Staples)
6. Nobody's Fault But Mine (Pops Staples)
7. The Lady's Letter (Pops Staples)
8. Better Home (Pops Staples)
9. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Pops Staples)
10. Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob Dylan)