A family of gospel singers is releasing their first new music in nearly 50 years. Annie, R.C. and Edward Brown of Aberdeen, Mississippi were barely teenagers when they were inspired by The Staple Singers to form their own band. The Staples Jr. Singers even put out a record in 1975.
Siblings R.C. Brown, left, Annie Brown Caldwell, center, and Edward Brown, original members of the Staple Jr. Singers, gather for a group photograph in their home church of Johnson Chapel Holiness Church in Aberdeen, Miss., May 20, 2024. R.C. Brown, one of the original members of the Staple Jr. Singers, speaks about recent group performances while waiting for his siblings at his home church of Johnson Chapel Holiness Church in Aberdeen, Miss., May 20, 2024.
“It’s been a dream come true,” said Brown Caldwell, who was 11 when she and R.C. and Edward, who were 12 and 13, co-founded The Staples Jr. Singers in 1967. They started playing in the church where their mother was a preacher and father a deacon, and toured by van around the South. Greg Belson, whose gospel collection fills three rooms in Los Angeles, was intrigued that the band’s name was so similar to The Staple Singers. He put “We Got a Race to Run” on a portable turntable he often brings with him, and was struck by their sound: “It sat completely in the wheelhouse of what I look for, which is specifically gospel with a soulful tinge, rather than what I would say more classical church-based gospel,” Belson said.
“There was a lot of family drama that was happening that had existed for a long time,” Evelev said. “We kind of ended up in the middle of it, and it was a lot of back and forth and a lot of yelling at each other.”
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