Mavis Staples singing Soran Bushi!

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Check out what Bachido member and PhD-wielding professor of shamisen @Gerry_McGoldrick found on WT,F Mark Maron’s podcast! Mavis sings, and talks about the song from 42:05-43:20.

Thanks Gerry for letting us know! :smiley:

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She talks about visiting Japan in 1964 and she still remembers the words to the folk song. Impressive.

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I mentioned this to a friend in Japan who then sent me a link–apparently the Staple Singers recorded a version of it:

This got me thinking about Pete Seeger’s version of “Kuroda Bushi” from about the same time:

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