The most surprising part of the concert was how Mavis Staples shined most performing with the younger stars:
Win Butler and Regine Chassagne from Arcade Fire on some disco-ish song that she really got into, and the song "You Are Not Alone", which she did with Jeff Tweedy from Wilco and held the entire house in the palm of her hand.
"The best producer in the world!", she shouted out several times during the concert, referring to him.
Interestingly, after the concert I watched to see who of the many celebrities Mavis Staples gravitated towards after the big closing number where the 20+ guest stars were all on stage together, and it turned out to be those same young folks, and not people like random bluesmen, Bonnie Raitt, Greg Allman, and others who were more her age.
I wonder if it's because the younger folks are making new music with her in fresher-inflected genres, and the rest of the people seem to be locking her into her older repertoire rather than allowing her to grow as an artist.
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