JEFF TWEEDY & SPENCER TWEEDY, EMMYLOU HARRIS, KEB’ MO’ AND JOAN OSBORNE ADDED TO THE STAR-FILLED LINEUP FOR I’LL TAKE YOU THERE – CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF MAVIS STAPLES
ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME CONCERT EVENT NOVEMBER 19
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW VIA TICKETMASTER.COM
Previously Announced Performers Include
Gregg Allman, Ryan Bingham, Eric Church, Patty Griffin,
Glen Hansard, Taj Mahal, Michael McDonald, Buddy Miller,
Aaron Neville, Widespread Panic, Grace Potter,
Mavis Staples, and Marty Stuart
CHICAGO, IL – October 7, 2014 – Jeff Tweedy & Spencer Tweedy, Emmylou Harris, Keb’ Mo’ and Joan Osborne are the latest performers announced as part of the prestigious lineup of artists taking part in I’LL TAKE YOU THERE – CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF MAVIS STAPLES, a once-in-a-lifetime concert event taping honoring one of the most influential singers of our time. The concert will take place at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, IL on November 19.
In addition to the newly announced performers, the concert will feature a lineup of music stars, including: Gregg Allman, Ryan Bingham, Eric Church, Patty Griffin, Glen Hansard, Taj Mahal, Michael McDonald, Buddy Miller, Aaron Neville, Widespread Panic, Grace Potter, Mavis Staples, and Marty Stuart. Staples will take the stage to perform with a number of special guests throughout the night. Additional performers will be announced in the coming weeks.
Tickets are on sale now via ticketmaster.com. Tickets are also available at the Auditorium Theatre box office or by phone at 800-745-3000.
Grammy Award-winner Don Was will serve as music director, leading an all-star band backing the amazing performers who will take the stage at this incredible concert event taping. Keith Wortman is the creator and executive producer of the concert event. Was and Wortman’s recent work together includes extraordinary concert events honoring music icons such as Johnny Cash, Levon Helm and Gregg Allman, amongst others. I’LL TAKE YOU THERE – CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF MAVIS STAPLES will be filmed and recorded for multi-platform distribution.
“This extraordinary group of musicians coming together to perform on this show is a testament to how special Mavis Staples and her music is to everyone,” said show creator and executive producer Keith Wortman.
For more information:
www.mavis75.com
www.auditoriumtheatre.org
About Mavis Staples:
For six decades, Mavis Staples has been the solid rock of American music. Alongside the family group she is so identified with, the Staple Singers, she has managed to transform herself as she goes, yet never alter. From the Delta-inflected gospel sound she helped create in the 1950s, to the engaged protest of the civil rights era, and then, amazingly, on pop radio in the Stax era with a series of soul anthems, from “I’ll Take You There” to “Respect Yourself,” Staples carried on, her warm embrace of a voice the only constant. How many musicians can claim this: to exist outside a scene, outside genre, yet weaving themselves into the fabric of soul, R&B, jazz, gospel, rock and blues? Many of the maverick names that come to mind are composers as well; that Staples has created her legacy as an interpreter of others makes her achievement all the more impressive. She gives voice to others; more than that, she gives voice to entire movements and to eras.
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