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We'll Never Turn Back ReviewIt saddens me that there is a negative cabal giving this beautiful CD negative votes. They have not listened to this CD. This CD is one to savour.
"This is a soulful, soulful album. Mavis Staples has a voice that is so full of faith and conviction that it just pours right out of the speakers and into your ear. About halfway through the album, you want to stand up and scream, "THANK YOU, JESUS!!! THANK YOU!" And, really... it doesn't get much better than that. Any album that can make me like a version of "Jesus Is On the Main Line" as much as the Bad Livers` is a standout in my book." Thom Jurek
Mavis Staples with the assistance of Ry Cooder has produced a CD that is ageless. It is a CD that will be revered and listened to through the next millineium. She, is of course, a memeber of the Staple Singers, most often rememmbered for Pop Staples and his guitar and leadership. But, this CD, even at the age of 67 has given Mavis Staples a new life.
'We'll Never Turn Back' is a CD of songs associated with the 1960s civil-rights movement. "It's 2007, and there are still so many problems in the world," she writes of why she's revisiting songs such as 99 and ½ and Eyes On the Prize. Mavis has the Freedom Singers, join her. We'll Never Turn Back`s opening song 'Down in Mississippi' "As far back as I can remember," Staples sings, "I either had a plow or a hoe...", working in the hot Black Belt sun. Danger was everywhere--someone would go to jail for shooting a rabbit out of the hunting season, but "the season was always open on me...". Water fountains were segregated; so were "washaterias". The traditional "Eyes on the Prize" is a spiritual with Ladysmith Black Mambazo's backing vocals. The Freedom Singers begin on the album's fourth song, 'In the Mississippi River,' with Charles Neblet. The rock version of "This Little Light of Mine" makes it a new song. Mavis sings pure Southern soul in her vocal. On the popping gospel '99 1/2 Won't Do,' she goes down into the groove for inspiration and finds it there. Ry Cooder and his son, Joachim provide the back-up of great music that helps make this CD great. The longest song is 'My Own Eyes,' which Mavis wrote. It is an emotional time, recounting her journey through the civil rights movement as inspired by Dr. King. She raises her voice to sing "I saw it with my own eyes/So I know it's true," I have no doubt. Mavis indicts politicians on the failure in New Orleans. The final song is 'Jesus Is on the Main Line'and Mavis lets the graininess in her voice shine through.

"Producer Ry Cooder keeps it all sounding dark and dangerous, while Staples avoids cheap slogans and hollow platitudes to soulfully deliver the straight goods on growing up under Jim Crow in Mississippi and the horrors of post-Katrina New Orleans while questioning why people are dying in a rich man's war. Her great success is making these protest songs personal, and she does it in a most profoundly moving way. This is powerful stuff." Will Hermes
Mavis Staples with her father and Dr Martin Luther King started her long fight for freedom for her people many years ago. "It has been almost 50 years, how much longer will it last? Why are we treated so bad?" sings Mavis Staples. She knows the fight is long from over. Katrina was testimony to what needs to be done. She "Saw It with my Own Eyes' and we can hear the sadness and longing and need for truth from Mavis Staples own voice. She brings reality to the light. When will we all listen?

Heartily, highly recommended. Listen everyday. prisrob 06-17-07
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We'll Never Turn Back OverviewFrom the liner notes, by John Lewis:When I listen to this music, it takes me back.It takes me back to the redclay hills of Georgia, to the Black Belt of Alabama, and the Delta ofMississippi. It takes me back to the moans and groans and pains of anoppressed people yearning for freedom.It takes me back to the time whenhundreds and thousands of us decided we were "sick and tired of being sickand tired," as Fannie Lou Hamer said.It takes me back to the days whenordinary people inspired by a dream decided to quench our hunger and thirstfor justice in the fountains of mercy and love.Back then, some people thought legalized segregation in America would nevercome to an end.But those of us in the Civil Rights Movement were inspiredby a higher calling.And even if it cost us our very lives, "we weren'tgone to let nobody turn us `round". We believed that the action of peace,the way of non-violence, and the power of love could overcome ouroppression and remind our oppressors of their own humanity.Through thepower of this faith our nation witnessed a non-violent revolution ofvalues, a revolution of ideas that changed America forever.The music you are listening to right now was the soul of that revolution. It was this music that gave us hope when it seemed like all hope was gone. It was the heartbeat of this music and its steady, reassuring message thatbound us together as one solid force.So when we were beaten, arrested andjailed; when we stood together on picket lines or marched through thestreets of the Deep South; when we faced the guns drawn, the billy clubsand the bullwhips raised; when we were teargassed, trampled by horses, orscattered by fire hoses, it was these songs that lifted us and pushed us toa higher place.It is my hope that when you hear Mavis Staples, when you hear the FreedomSingers, and the other artists on this CD, that you too will be inspired. I hope this music will help you find the courage to stand up, speak up, andspeak out and answer the call of your own conscience.It is my hope thatthis music will help you see what ordinary people with extraordinary visioncan do when they decide they will never turn back.Rep. John Lewis

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