Video: Mavis Staples – “If All I Was Was Black”
Tom Breihan, Stereogum
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Last year, the soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples teamed up with producer Jeff Tweedy for her album If All I Was Was Black. Today, she’s got a new video for the album’s warm, inviting title track. In the clip, director Zac Manuel films Staples sitting in a diner, while a young woman watches the unveiling of a statue…
By Tom Breihan, Stereogum
Last year, the soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples teamed up with producer Jeff Tweedy for her album If All I Was Was Black. Today, she’s got a new video for the album’s warm, inviting title track. In the clip, director Zac Manuel films Staples sitting in a diner, while a young woman watches the unveiling of a statue that looks a lot like her. Check it out below.
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