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Paul in NZ
3rd March 2011, 16:38
Blind Boys of Alabama with Aaron Neville + Mavis Staples and band....

Fuck me....

Vicki and I will be there with bells on.... I'm genuinely excited about seeing this...
spookytooth
3rd March 2011, 18:01
Hmmm can't say i have heard of any of them
James Deuce
3rd March 2011, 18:10
That's your loss SpookyT.

So when? Where? Other people need entertainment too, you selfish bugger Paul.
martybabe
3rd March 2011, 18:29
Don't know the others but Aaron Neville has a voice like warbling melted Chocolate, brilliant. Enjoy

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James Deuce
3rd March 2011, 18:36
You guys DO know Mavis Staples, believe me. She's sung on stuff you've heard and love, I guarantee it.
Tink
3rd March 2011, 18:39
You guys DO know Mavis Staples, believe me. She's sung on stuff you've heard and love, I guarantee it.

who... erm this is becoming a habit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1:bleh:
James Deuce
3rd March 2011, 18:47
who... erm this is becoming a habit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1:bleh:

Like Bob Dylan? Then you've heard Mavis Staples.

Steven Stills?

Curtis Mayfield?

Prince?

The Band?

Ray Charles?

Nona Hendryx?
Gubb
3rd March 2011, 18:50
... But will they sing the theme tune to The Wire?

"Write the Theme tune, sing the theme tune".
pzkpfw
3rd March 2011, 19:23
Like Bob Dylan? Then you've heard Mavis Staples.

Steven Stills?

Curtis Mayfield?

Prince?

The Band?

Ray Charles?

Nona Hendryx?

Who?


(10, 9, 8, ...)
Highlander
3rd March 2011, 19:25
Who?


Nah mate I checked his list a couple of times and they weren't on it.
spookytooth
3rd March 2011, 19:39
Don't know the others but Aaron Neville has a voice like warbling melted Chocolate, brilliant. Enjoy
No sir I don't like it
Elysium
3rd March 2011, 19:40
Blind Boys of Alabama with Aaron Neville + Mavis Staples and band....

Fuck me....

Vicki and I will be there with bells on.... I'm genuinely excited about seeing this...

:confused: ah who?
martybabe
3rd March 2011, 19:42
No sir I don't like it

You'd best not go to the concert then eh :msn-wink:
Paul in NZ
3rd March 2011, 20:15
Sigh!

Not the full set o blind boys but...

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Bit o History

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwlW8uJwP-E

Probably the longest continuous group - formed pre WW2. These guys have sung duets with everyone - they are the real bloody deal....

Mavis Staples is one of the Staples Family Singers. She has really had a come back of late but if you are interested in social history and the civil rights movement then this woman and her family were right there at the pivot point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZWdDI_fkns

Class act....

Jim - jump on ticketek and type in blind and wellington - St james, late April.

ladies and gents - open your ears and your minds this is roots with a capital R. Nothin fake - its the real shiz!
Banditbandit
4th March 2011, 08:20
FUCK !!!! Love to be there. But it's a long way to ride from Whakatane ... and my wife would be a tad upset if I rode off again so soon ...
Paul in NZ
4th March 2011, 11:16
FUCK !!!! Love to be there. But it's a long way to ride from Whakatane ... and my wife would be a tad upset if I rode off again so soon ...

Looks like the ChCh show was cancelled so I wonder if they will do an Auckland one?

Either way - mate jump on a plane with the missus - she would love a weekend in wellie and lets face it, Mavis Staples and her family did so much for civil rights. Without it, the resurcence in Maori culture might not have happened yet. Tell her its a Hikoi to a cultural event...
Banditbandit
4th March 2011, 13:04
Looks like the ChCh show was cancelled so I wonder if they will do an Auckland one?

Either way - mate jump on a plane with the missus - she would love a weekend in wellie and lets face it, Mavis Staples and her family did so much for civil rights. Without it, the resurcence in Maori culture might not have happened yet. Tell her its a Hikoi to a cultural event...

Naaa .. the problem is she doesn't travel well ... she would love the concert if it was just down the road ... but nto if she has to travel ...

That's how I get to go out on the bikes by myself ... so there's a bit of a trade off ... but I'd better spend a couple fo weekends with her ..
Paul in NZ
4th March 2011, 16:14
Naaa .. the problem is she doesn't travel well ... ..

Ah - a woman thats like a fine wine then ;-)
Paul in NZ
4th March 2011, 16:48
I dunno how else to convince you folks that this is the shiz....

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Kickaha
4th March 2011, 17:12
Hmmm can't say i have heard of any of them

You're probably not in the right "age group" :whistle:
Paul in NZ
30th April 2011, 10:04
Shit that was good - the real deal.... gritty as a nelson beach and as real as a shark attack... Real bucket list stuff....