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For this week's #SaturdayOnStage I've chosen one of my favorite video clips, which is from the 1972 concert movie "Wattstax".
The Emotions: Peace Be Still (1972)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFWZcMxFmd0At the time, the Emotions were making excellent secular recordings for Stax's Volt subsidiary, but it's a revelation to see how incredibly good they were when they were singing gospel music at a small Los Angeles church.
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The Wattstax Concert was filmed by David L. Wolper and made into the 1973 film titled Wattstax, directed by Mel Stuart and nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Documentary
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The WattStax concert's performers included all of Stax's prominent artists at the time - soul, gospel, R&B, blues, funk, and jazz. Stax released an LP of the concert's highlights, Wattstax: The Living Word
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Wattstax was a benefit concert organized by Stax Records to commemorate the 7th anniversary of the 1965 riots in the African-American community of Watts, Los Angeles. The concert took place on August 20, 1972.
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