Monday, November 4, 2024

If you're ready now

I know a place
Ah, ain't nobody cryin'
Ain't nobody worried
Ain't no smiling faces
Lying to the races
~Alvertis Isbell



For Music Monday, I'll Take You There by The Staple Singers, which was ranked #276 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.



The first version I heard, which does feature Mavis Staples, was by BeBe and CeCe Winans: