Believe it or not, I still hear the sound of that sound, if you will, through the guitar that I play today. Man, how much more heaven can you have (laughter)? That's the way it seemed to me at the time. KING: No, I thought this was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. GROSS: Did you think that was cool or silly (laughter)? KING: It had a hole in center, and it was made by a company called Stella. King in 1996, his autobiography, "Blues All Around Me," had just been published. Although I'll still live on, but so lonely I'll be. You know you done me wrong, baby, and you'll be sorry someday. Here's his 1969 recording of one of the songs he was most associated with, "The Thrill Is Gone."ī B KING: (Singing) The thrill is gone. He recorded and performed well into his 80s and died in 2015 at the age of 89. He remained true to his blues style throughout countless shifts in the pop music world. He was a sharecropper's son who worked on a plantation until, as a young man, he relocated to Memphis in 1947 and began busking on streets with his guitar. King was born in 1925 in Indianola, Miss. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE THRILL IS GONE") Today, we have my 1988 interview with South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela and my 1996 interview with one of the best-known blues singers and guitarists of all time, B.B.
#Don lemon gladys knoght interview archive#
The interviews from our archive that we'll hear with performers featured in the film include Mavis Staples, Gladys Knight, Max Roach, and one of my favorite jazz singers, Abbey Lincoln. The documentary includes interviews describing the ways in which the festival reflected changes in Black culture and politics. The film features never-before-shown footage of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, which showcased performances by soul, R&B, jazz and gospel performers, including Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, The Staple Singers and The 5th Dimension.
#Don lemon gladys knoght interview series#
We're ending the summer with our series Summer of Soul, a collection of interviews with musicians featured in Questlove's concert documentary, "Summer Of Soul." It was released over the summer and is streaming on Hulu. "I feel like I'm biased, but I do truly believe my father was the best of all time.This is FRESH AIR. his character and his way with people - and of course the delivery of his vocal - that was very universal. "I never listened to my father with color," Dion Pride told the USA TODAY Network, adding: "It never dawned on me or occurred to me that he had the pigmentation that he had. Charley Pride died in December of COVID-19 complications. Artists from groundbreaking "Black Like Me" singer Mickey Guyton to country legend Garth Brooks - and an endless list in between - share boundless respect for what Pride accomplished.įor his son Dion Pride, the late singer represented a "universal" sound heard in country music. He trailblazed a format, becoming the first Black superstar to top country charts. The legacy of Charley Pride burns brightly.įrom "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'" to "Mountain of Love," the Country Music Hall of Fame artist entertained generations with a rich-voiced storytelling that Pride humbly delivered unlike any before him. In this second installment of Hallowed Sound, journalists from the USA TODAY Network examine the state of race in country music, scour the South in search of untold stories and shine a light on a new, eclectic generation of Black artists. Illustration: Andrea Brunty, USA TODAY Network, Photo: Andrew Nelles/ Illustration: Andrea Brunty, USA TODAY Network, Photo: Andrew Nelles/ Dion Pride performs during the taping of “CMT Giants: Charley Pride” in April at Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville. Dion Pride performs during the taping of “CMT Giants: Charley Pride” in April at Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville.
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