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<\/a><\/p>\nJejich hudba st\u00e1la na kombinaci zbo\u017en\u00e9ho gospelov\u00e9ho reperto\u00e1ru s\u00a0ne\u0161kolen\u00fdmi, neform\u00e1ln\u011b fr\u00e1zuj\u00edc\u00edmi, o\u00a0to ale vroucn\u011bj\u0161\u00edmi a\u00a0sourozenecky slad\u011bn\u00fdmi hlasy. Z\u00a0kostel\u016f postupn\u011b pronikli do men\u0161\u00edch s\u00e1l\u016f, divadel a\u00a0r\u00e1di\u00ed, a\u017e na vrcholu 60.\u00a0let n\u011bkolikr\u00e1t ovl\u00e1dli hitpar\u00e1du a\u00a0\u00fa\u010dinkovali na stejn\u00fdch festivalech jako rockov\u00e9 hv\u011bzdy Janis Joplin nebo Jimi Hendrix. Obdivovali je v\u0161ichni od The Rolling Stones p\u0159es Sly & the Family Stone po The Band, kter\u00fd sv\u00e9 vok\u00e1ln\u00ed harmonie stylizoval v\u00a0duchu The Staple Singers.<\/p>\n
Z jejich tvorby je asi nejzaj\u00edmav\u011bj\u0161\u00ed \u0161estice alb pro vydavatelstv\u00ed Stax Records z\u00a0let 1968\u00a0a\u017e 1974\u00a0v\u010detn\u011b t\u0159\u00ed nahran\u00fdch v\u00a0alabamsk\u00e9m studiu Muscle Shoals s\u00a0tamn\u00edmi respektovan\u00fdmi muzikanty. Z\u00a0t\u00e9to \u00e9ry ve V\u0161etic\u00edch zp\u00edv\u00e1 Mavis Staples jejich prvn\u00ed velk\u00fd hit, optimistick\u00fd song Heavy Makes You Happy, skladbu Respect Yourself nebo l\u00e1skyplnou p\u00edse\u0148 I\u2019m Just Another Soldier.<\/p>\n
Celou dobu ji doprov\u00e1z\u00ed p\u011bti\u010dlenn\u00e1 sestava veden\u00e1 kytaristou v\u00a0obleku a\u00a0\u010dern\u00e9m klobouku Rickem Holmstromem. Spolupracuj\u00ed od roku 2006, kdy se jej\u00ed muzikanti zdr\u017eeli cestou na koncert. Mavis Staples tehdy zaimprovizovala s\u00a0triem, kter\u00e9 vystoupilo p\u0159ed n\u00ed, a\u00a0natolik si porozum\u011bli, \u017ee ho nakonec najala. <\/p>\n
Holmstrom hraje tuto sobotu cel\u00fd ve\u010der na \u010dernob\u00edlou kytaru Fender Telecaster. Co do \u00faspornosti a\u00a0barvy n\u00e1stroje \u010d\u00e1ste\u010dn\u011b navazuje na jej\u00edho otce, v\u00a0doprovodu ale je\u0161t\u011b v\u00edc smaz\u00e1v\u00e1 hranice mezi soulem, R&B, rockem a\u00a0funkem.<\/p>\n
I kompozice z\u00a0jej\u00edch s\u00f3lov\u00fdch desek jako Hand Writing on the Wall nebo Who Told You That stav\u00ed na funk\u010dn\u00edch groovech a\u00a0prokl\u00e1d\u00e1 je pouze kr\u00e1tk\u00fdmi s\u00f3ly. Mavis Staples ho n\u011bkolikr\u00e1t pl\u00e1cne do zad jako kon\u011b a\u00a0jednou mu dokonce v\u00a0r\u00e1mci show s\u00e1hne na krk n\u00e1stroje. Kytarista v\u0161ak zcela slou\u017e\u00ed p\u00edsn\u00edm, stejn\u011b jako baskytarista Gregory Boaz a\u00a0buben\u00edk Steve Mugalian. <\/p>\n
Pro vyzn\u011bn\u00ed jsou z\u00e1sadn\u00ed i\u00a0vokalistky Kelly Hogan a\u00a0Saundra Williams, se kter\u00fdmi Mavis Staples \u010dasto komunikuje stylem zvol\u00e1n\u00ed a\u00a0odpov\u011bdi b\u011b\u017en\u00fdm v\u00a0baptistick\u00fdch kostelech. A\u00a0kdy\u017e hv\u011bzda ve\u010dera pot\u0159ebuje popadnout dech, vokalistky na n\u011bkolik des\u00edtek vte\u0159in p\u0159eb\u00edraj\u00ed hlavn\u00ed hlas.<\/p>\n
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Foto: Eva Do\u0161kov\u00e1<\/p>\n
Mavis Staples ve V\u0161etic\u00edch zp\u00edvala hity The Staple Singers, coververze i\u00a0skladby ze sv\u00fdch posledn\u00edch desek. V\u00a0pop\u0159ed\u00ed je kytarista Rick Holmstrom, vzadu baskytarista Gregory Boaz.<\/p>\n
Mavis Staples, kter\u00e1 za sv\u016fj p\u011bveck\u00fd vzor ozna\u010dovala Mahalii Jackson a\u00a0pozd\u011bji se \u00fazce p\u0159\u00e1telila s\u00a0Arethou Franklin, u\u017e samoz\u0159ejm\u011b ve vysok\u00e9m v\u011bku nedisponuje celou \u0161\u00ed\u0159\u00ed sv\u00e9ho hlubok\u00e9ho hlasu. Ani nepou\u017e\u00edv\u00e1 tolik vibrata jako d\u0159\u00edve. Zachovala si ale osobitou barvu v\u00fdrazu, po\u0159\u00e1d v\u00fdte\u010dn\u011b fr\u00e1zuje a\u00a0zabarvuje slova s\u00a0emocion\u00e1ln\u00ed up\u0159\u00edmnost\u00ed typickou pro gospel. <\/p>\n
Ve V\u0161etic\u00edch se j\u00ed da\u0159\u00ed i\u00a0p\u00edsn\u011b ve st\u0159edn\u00edch tempech\u00a0\u2013 coververze skladby kritizuj\u00edc\u00ed masov\u00e9 st\u0159elby Beautiful Strangers od Kevina Morbyho nebo balady Far Celestial Shore, je\u017e vyjad\u0159uje v\u00edru v\u00a0posmrtn\u00fd \u017eivot.<\/p>\n
Temn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed songy jsou ale v\u00a0men\u0161in\u011b. \u201eP\u0159ijeli jsme, abychom v\u00e1m p\u0159inesli radost, \u0161t\u011bst\u00ed, inspiraci a\u00a0pozitivn\u00ed n\u00e1ladu. Abyste odch\u00e1zeli v\u00a0lep\u0161\u00edm rozpolo\u017een\u00ed, ne\u017e v\u00a0jak\u00e9m jste p\u0159i\u0161li,\u201c oznamuje Mavis Staples, kter\u00e1 u\u017e v\u00a0dob\u00e1ch The Staple Singers v\u017edy zp\u00edvala v\u00a0prvn\u00ed \u0159ad\u011b povzbudiv\u00e9 p\u00edsn\u011b o\u00a0v\u00ed\u0159e, rodin\u011b \u010di vytrvalosti.<\/p>\n
N\u011bkolikr\u00e1t ve V\u0161etic\u00edch po skon\u010den\u00ed skladby opakuje \u00fast\u0159edn\u00ed mantru, jako by cht\u011bla apelovat na lidi v\u00a0kostele. \u201eMus\u00edte si nejd\u0159\u00edve za\u010d\u00edt v\u00e1\u017eit sebe sama, jestli chcete, aby si v\u00e1s v\u00e1\u017eili druz\u00ed,\u201c shrnuje posl\u00e1n\u00ed hitu o\u00a0\u010derno\u0161sk\u00e9 hrdosti Respect Yourself. A\u00a0kdy\u017e mluv\u00ed o\u00a0svobod\u011b, z\u00a0jej\u00edho hlasu \u010di\u0161\u00ed p\u0159esv\u011bd\u010den\u00ed, \u017ee to m\u00e1 smysl a\u00a0\u017ee boj za spravedlnost je odm\u011bnou s\u00e1m o\u00a0sob\u011b, i\u00a0kdy\u017e nenese v\u017edy okam\u017eit\u00e9 v\u00fdsledky. Nejd\u016fle\u017eit\u011bj\u0161\u00ed je vytrvat, vzkazuje Mavis Staples, kter\u00e1 o\u00a0n\u011bm zp\u00edv\u00e1 nep\u0159etr\u017eit\u011b od roku 1948, dnes u\u017e jako posledn\u00ed \u017eij\u00edc\u00ed \u010dlenka The Staple Singers.<\/p>\n
Na rozlou\u010denou za\u0159azuje z\u00e1v\u011bre\u010dnou skladbu sv\u00e9ho lo\u0148sk\u00e9ho alba Sad and Beautiful World, p\u00edse\u0148 s\u00a0jednozna\u010dn\u00fdm n\u00e1zvem Everybody Needs Love. Tedy p\u0159ipom\u00ednku, \u017ee na ten boj \u010dlov\u011bk nikdy nen\u00ed s\u00e1m.<\/p>\n
Koncert: Mavis Staples<\/p>\n
Po\u0159adatel: Festival Kr\u00e1sn\u00fd ztr\u00e1ty<\/p>\n
15.\u00a0srpna 2026, V\u0161etice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ta drobn\u00e1 \u017eena s\u00a0hlubok\u00fdm hlasem leccos pamatuje. \u201eNa ka\u017ed\u00e9m koncert\u011b budu zp\u00edvat o\u00a0boji za svobodu, proto\u017ee jsem ho…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[24539,79,23206,23208,84,23207,1334,43276,19758,80],"class_list":["post-181861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-zabava","tag-blues","tag-entertainment","tag-festival-krasny-ztraty","tag-gospel","tag-hudba","tag-mavis-staples","tag-recenze-koncertu","tag-rhythm-and-blues-rb","tag-soul","tag-zabava"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@cz\/117108981516230153","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}