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Montreux Jazz Festival 1981 with Roebuck Staples on solo and
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This pancocojams post showcases two YouTube video of The Staple Singers performing their Rhythm and Blues Song "Why Am I Treated So Bad".
Information about The Staple Singers is included in this post along with information about their song "Why Am I Treated So Bad".
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Thanks to The Staple Singers for their musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
Hat tip to Gigi Erba for suggesting a pancocojams post on this song.
"The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (April 11, 1934 – February 21, 2013),[1] Pervis (November 18, 1935 – May 6, 2021),[2][3] and Mavis (b. 1939). Yvonne (October 23, 1937 – April 10, 2018)[4][5] replaced her brother when he was drafted into the U.S. Army, and again in 1970. They are best known for their 1970s hits "Respect Yourself", "I'll Take You There", "If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)", and "Let's Do It Again". While the family name is Staples, the group used "Staple" commercially.
The Staple Singers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame in 1999[24] and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2018.[25] They were
also honored with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail in Drew,
Mississippi.[26] In 2005, the group was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement
Award.[27]"...
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE STAPLE SINGERS' SONG "WHY AM I TREATED SO BAD"
From https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-staple-singers/why-am-i-treated-so-bad
"Why Am I Treated So Bad
Album : Why
Charted -95 USA
This song is about the Little Rock Nine, the first black
students to attend the segregated Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas.
In 1957, after in accordance with a Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation,
the nine students enrolled at the school. On the first day of school, they were
met with angry protests and blocked by the Arkansas National Guard, as ordered
by the governor. President Dwight D. Eisenhower responded by sending federal
troops to escort the students into the school three weeks later.
The vitriol the students faced for simply trying to attend an all-white school was shocking, and made national headlines. The incident galvanized the civil rights movement, which drew support from across the nation.
"Why? (Am I Treated So Bad)" was written by the Staple Singers patriarch Roebuck "Pops" Staples in reaction to the protests.
According to Mavis Staples, this song was a favorite of Dr.
Martin Luther King."
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LYRICS: WHY AM I TREATED SO BAD
(Roebuck Staples)
Why, am I treated so bad?
Why, am I treated so bad?
You know I'm all alone as I sing this song,
Hear my call, I've done nobody wrong
But I'm treated so bad
I'm gonna walk out in the master lane
Things I do, they seem to be in vain
You may be blind, you may be lame,
Walk on out in the master lane
Though you treat me so bad
Ooh ooh ooh ooooooh
Ooh ooh ooh oooooooh
Oooh ooh ooh oooooh ooh ooh oohhh
You made me blind, you may be lame
Walk on out in the master lane
Though you treat me so bad
Source: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/mavisstaples/whyamitreatedsobad.html
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