Manchester International Festival 2011: Candi Staton interview

The evergreen soul and gospel singer reflects on her unique career, and how she became an accidental rave divaWhat are your memories of the disco era?The fondest memory I have is hanging out at Studio 54 with friends, coming home at 4am, sleeping all day and starting again. You had to look beautiful, 54 was for beautiful people, but it was ugly too. I wasn't accomplishing anything. By 1982, I was on such a bad trip with drugs and alcohol that I knew I wouldn't be around much longer if I kept it ...

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