Watch Mavis Staples & Jeff Tweedy Perform The Classic “Freedom Highway” On Colbert

In 1965, the Staple Singers, already giants in the world of gospel, released Freedom Highway, an album explicitly inspired by the Civil Rights struggle. Pops Staples wrote the album’s title track, and his daughter and bandmate Mavis was in her mid-twenties when it came out. Mavis Staples is 85 years old now; she had an all-star birthday celebration in April. Last night, she got together with her frequent collaborator Jeff Tweedy to sing that song on Colbert.

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