Hard Times Come Again No More

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16 жыл бұрын

In March, 2004 Mavis Staples came to Nashville to record Hard Times Come Again No More for our first release, Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster. The day was magical. We spent the afternoon as guests of historic Sound Emporium studio who graciously donated one of their rooms for the recording session. Buddy Miller, Steve Fishell and Matt Rollings backed Mavis up while our favorite sound engineer Dave Sinko recorded the incredible performance. Mavis nailed the track on the first run-through, but we persuaded her to sing the song a few times for our own pleasure and to the delight of our special in-studio guests Emmylou Harris and Julie Miller.
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@timhoheisel8939 2 жыл бұрын

After the first couple of bars by the piano it was clear that this was going to be special. I had goose bumps the second the vocals came in. Her voice is, obviously, special. Her phrasing is beautiful and she doesn’t overdo altering the melody at all. Perfect. ☺️

@jguenther3049 8 ай бұрын

Right!

@user-oj4tj7ou9k 6 ай бұрын

This great lady gathered up all the hurt, sadness, disappointment, prejudice, bloodshed and lynching of her people's ancestors right down to the moment she stood in front of that microphone with her forgiving smile and she just let her God given talent cry out this heartfelt prayer to God ,asking for a lull in the suffering for her present day brothers and sisters into the future, black and white amen

@sophieha2573 4 жыл бұрын

My heart aches as I listen. The ultimate interpretation of this song. What a gift her voice is to the world.

@MsHappytoo 4 жыл бұрын

Listen to her sing...God Bless The Children...it gives me chills!

@MrIbgrant 4 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!

@ericschwartz9982 Жыл бұрын

Man, this song still resonates with me. 150+ years since it was written and it is so relevant. Thank you!

@wadjela 12 жыл бұрын

The BEST version of Syephen Foster's classic song. Thanks Mavis.

@allanhope6263 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful song beautifully sung

@Briansongman 13 жыл бұрын

I have nothing new to add to the comments. This is simply gorgeous playing on the part of every musician and Mavis is transcendent.

@65firecat 13 жыл бұрын

She is such a beautiful soul. Thank God for Mavis!

@tausa75 7 ай бұрын

What a delightful performance to stumble upon today.

@theresaf2983 9 жыл бұрын

This is, hands down, the most powerful version of this song I've ever heard.

@occupyyourmind2 5 жыл бұрын

Yes. Truly powerful. Although my grandmother who was born in 1884 sang this to me in 1950 when I was a young child. She'd lived through the post Civil War years and the Great Depression and for different reasons than Mavis Staples knew what the lyrics truly meant.

@icook1723 5 жыл бұрын

I love this one, and Johnny Cashs performance. I cant pick a best.

@sjparadiso 4 жыл бұрын

Theresa F Amen and Amen.

@ronbarth4879 4 жыл бұрын

I just wish she would have sung the third verse also which is seldom heard and lyricly the best.

@ericpaul2383 4 жыл бұрын

Theresa F Yup

@goddessofcha0s 4 жыл бұрын

This is the only version of this song that truly moves me. So powerful ❤️😭

@parispoet 7 ай бұрын

Wow...hearing this song for the first time in a movie called A Chance Encounter made me look up this amazing song. Mavis Maple sings with so much emotion! ❤❤❤❤

@jasongarrett9493 8 ай бұрын

This song, and its vocalist, is perfection.

@patriciaramsey6185 4 жыл бұрын

This is so moving and appropriate to the time we are going through as a nation!

@raskinblog 4 жыл бұрын

Appropriate = much needed. That's right.

@MrIbgrant 4 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@lorenzosgarza 4 жыл бұрын

Yee

@ciscomartinez6092 3 жыл бұрын

I’m from the future hard times came again

@timsmusic7349 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful song. Wish it was about the past!

@charleskesner1302 4 жыл бұрын

Mavis nails it. The emotion is so real.

@ToshdogII 4 жыл бұрын

I'm just floored. Bless Mavis Staples

@lavonette 13 жыл бұрын

Moves me to tears every time I watch it!

@barbwaldon4585 8 жыл бұрын

so beautiful. I would wish that the hard times will bring us all closer and make us kinder to each other.

@Chip1131973 6 жыл бұрын

There are doing it

@xorxzorz6995 6 жыл бұрын

What a national treasure and great gift to the world Mavis has been for so many years.

@vivianmadisonmahoney9457 5 жыл бұрын

Sharing a beautiful song. I dedicate it all who are going through hard times. Especially all the recent hurricane victims and those who have lost sweet loved ones

@johnholliday57 12 жыл бұрын

I find this cover just as moving today as I did when I first heard it a few years ago. Mavis is simply awesome, the pianist is spot on, and I think everyone in that studio knew they were capturing something special. How ironic, too, as James Taylor has pointed out, this was written by the great Stephen Foster who died penniless.

@MrIbgrant 4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you. Well put.

@timothygraff9464 2 жыл бұрын

Don't know that it could be given any greater honor!

@ErichOverhultz Жыл бұрын

38 cents in his pocket when he died.

@lovelylavenderr 10 ай бұрын

This song is the anthem of Americans. Not of the United States of America as a nation, but of its people. The people who have come from countless different backgrounds, are many different skin colors, practice many different religions, and believe many different things, but all share hardships as well as prosperity. Let us all work together to build the America of the future, one where hard times truly come again no more.

@louiselabarbera3004 6 ай бұрын

I agree.

@general_wcj9438 4 ай бұрын

There's a reason it's the music for America in Civ 6

@thesoupdragonat121 3 жыл бұрын

I'm moved to tears by her beautiful voice and sincere sentiment.

@rockandroll4evermore 11 жыл бұрын

Stephen Foster was really someone special. A great version here.

@MarthaReynolds 4 жыл бұрын

We are surely in hard times now. Thank you, Mavis Staples, for comforting and inspiring me.

@victorianghost16 2 жыл бұрын

Wow i'm in tears of joy

@tomdolan837 5 жыл бұрын

We used this for the cancer survivor's lap at our Relay For Life event- absolutely beautiful.

@Plowhandle 13 жыл бұрын

Amazing.

@ericw9372 9 жыл бұрын

To the people of Baltimore who are suffering and in struggle every day. May God comfort you and ease your hearts.

@wdvest8333 Жыл бұрын

This is my FAVORITE FOSTER SONG

@rockandroll4evermore 11 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. Mavis Staples. Thank you.

@ErichOverhultz Жыл бұрын

Doesn't get any better than that. Whew!

@petejefferson2 4 жыл бұрын

Love this song. What a voice filled with such soul!!!!!!

@princessfrogee72 15 жыл бұрын

BEAUTIFUL VERSION OF THIS SONG! You are blessed Ms. Staples!

@SEARAIN23 6 ай бұрын

Love this... thank you "momma"!

@smartalek180 8 жыл бұрын

Lord, that was stunning.Thank you for promoting it here.

@funkyswede62 14 жыл бұрын

Mavis is a legend. This woman just fills me up with emotion with eveything she does!

@arthurmarkos5522 3 жыл бұрын

This has to be our message as we turn to 2021. Thank you Mavis!

@kevinvaughan7582 Жыл бұрын

Just speechless…

@alanthedrum 12 жыл бұрын

I've researched many interpretations of this with a view to performing it. This is the best. Pianist ans singer feeding each other.

@arsenepinlu 8 жыл бұрын

The best version. Ever.

@RussellPotter 9 жыл бұрын

The finest version of this song that has ever been ...

@murph3001 4 жыл бұрын

Truly an experience

@hoss-lk4bg 3 жыл бұрын

tears in my eyes

@TexaScotsman 15 жыл бұрын

A wonderful version of this song my favorite, what a voice!

@taylorchandler7058 Жыл бұрын

Classic Stephen Foster.

@Currabell Жыл бұрын

Chills. SO beautiful.

@silverwindsmoon 13 жыл бұрын

I can't believe I just heard this song, for the 1st time ever, last night on the tv series "Parenthood"; incredibly beautiful.

@3maedchen 11 жыл бұрын

Beautiful song with a beautiful lady singing. Danke!

@elizabethlinsay9193 4 жыл бұрын

A beautiful gospel version by a beautiful gospel singer.

@MrIbgrant 4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!!!

@HeBeGeeBee24 14 жыл бұрын

What a great song for today!

@Popo2191 10 жыл бұрын

this is one of the best songs i've ever heard

@GinniStacey 14 жыл бұрын

Mavis. You are beautiful. I so sincerely love your rendition of this song. It is so soulful and different to what I have heard. Abosolutely lovely :)

@mircovannucchi6600 2 жыл бұрын

Timeless ! Great Mavis. MV

@berrybarfield6452 4 жыл бұрын

Just heard this 9/16/19,Mavis this is beautiful,your fan from Lumberton NC!!

@williamh725 4 жыл бұрын

👑September 16,2019! I,m listening to her now sing it on "PBS" on a special documentary about country and blue grass history! Love Mavis and her family! I lived 3 houses from the Staples in Dolton,Illinois the far Southside of Chicago. BEAUTIFUL and loving family! Macie as we called her is SOOOOO DOWN TO EARTH!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💥💣❤👑👌🏿100%👈🏿

@williamh725 4 жыл бұрын

I JUST MIS SPELLED MAVIS' NICKNAME BELOW.IT,S MAVIE,NOT MACIE,MY BAD!🤣👌🏿

@wdvest8333 Жыл бұрын

Mavis Staples. Wow

@torgo714 12 жыл бұрын

Mavis Staples moves me and my soul like no other

@jkoff76 14 жыл бұрын

Stephen Foster and Mavis Staples = perfection!!!

@Gobear1 5 жыл бұрын

I want this played at my funeral.

@williamh725 4 жыл бұрын

👑EVERYTHING MAVIS TOUCH BECOMES HERS,AND NO ONE CAN COME BEHIND HER AND DO IT BETTER! SHE OWNS THEM! EXCELLENT JOB MAVIS!!!👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👑👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿💥

@Onetime8224 12 жыл бұрын

.......ohhhhhhohoho so painful indeed! So heartfelt indeed........my tears and prayers are for those who are facing so hard a time in their lives now and those that have felt it no more! Thank you Mavis.....!

@cindyandrews9485 7 жыл бұрын

This is one of the most beautiful versions of this song (there are many). She has an amazingly soothing voice.

@MrsJanieG 14 жыл бұрын

Wow, that was a powerful song!

@mauiloves885 9 жыл бұрын

It's just more than Beautiful... it's to inspire your Soul..

@rosewelton7743 6 жыл бұрын

Sweet Sweet Sounds Amen 🙏

@cragsmonster 13 жыл бұрын

a beautiful song sung by a beautiful woman

@1terb Жыл бұрын

Powerful as this piece deserves and requires! Beautiful, earth moving!

@ZusuBee 4 жыл бұрын

this version was recommended in Chronicles Magazines 3/2018. Thanks.

@Tripleaught18 13 жыл бұрын

MERCY!! Sing it WOW!

@MrBaker614 14 жыл бұрын

Mavis Staples is beyond anything describable by me. All I can say is I,d give a lot to meet this Powerful, most Soulful,never to be matched again, type of singer.She,s surely blessed and I love her..

@lillianaward905 10 жыл бұрын

I adore Mavis Staples voice...her songs and voice left my soul! God bless you, Mavis! :)

@oneandy2 4 жыл бұрын

The young don't appreciate this song. The older I get, the more this song means to me.

@tobiasoellers146 3 жыл бұрын

This Lady can sing. Tears in my eyes. I love Music and singing.

@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr 13 жыл бұрын

Wow... Talk about being in the right place... at the right time... and doing the right thing. This is IT - I'm completely amazed... A feast for the spirit, and a smle for my soul! I needed this today.

@johnhelgeson4033 3 жыл бұрын

Mavis is Spectacular and she has elite musicians playing with her. Thank You Mavis and team

@robertfranze4030 3 жыл бұрын

I have heard this song sung by so many great singers, but this is by far the best. Stephen Foster would have a huge smile on his face

@hebik3239 4 жыл бұрын

Mavis gives every song she does soul, absolutely beautiful.

@tunett123 14 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thanks Mavis

@AcceleraTube 11 жыл бұрын

Beautiful soulful voice.

@holakath 14 жыл бұрын

BEAUTIFUL!!! Her voice reminds me of my school teacher, piano teacher and my guardian angel Muriel Wilkins!! Muriel was not famous except in the song walking in Memphis and in the hearts of those who loved her.

@howlinhobbit 15 жыл бұрын

My god, that was beyond fabulous. Thank you Ms Staples and Ellis Creative.

@MavritteSings 12 жыл бұрын

The first time I heard this song was sung by Stefan Scaggiari and it was so beautiful. I am so pleased to hear this version by Mavis Staples. Well done, my sister in Christ!

@JayBartelsTV 13 жыл бұрын

Amazing..I'm at a loss for words..Simply amazing

@TheOBOM 13 жыл бұрын

I love Mavis, she's a guiding light foir me. We played her music at my mom's funeral, it was the best way to goodbye....thank you Mavis. Respect: OBOM

@nim791 3 жыл бұрын

Matt Rollings, Man that I could play like that. Well 2020, "Hard Times has Come Again", where the only 'No More' is when there is no more to take. My tears are for the growing poor. I cry for you children. It's not going to get better this time. Ever.

@lethiapage4767 Жыл бұрын

oh my that look on Mavis' face. I feel she knows the magnitude of the blessing she is giving us. 02:34

@TheGrasspond 11 жыл бұрын

I think this is the best version I have every heard

@murph3001 4 жыл бұрын

Takes your heart. Takes your soul.___ this is forever

@ellenanniestevenson6881 7 жыл бұрын

Wonderful rendition - a beautiful song as timeless as poverty and pain.

@MrIbgrant 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely words! I agree.

@west4coast77 11 жыл бұрын

Simply stunning! Fabulous singing, performance and accompaniment. So refreshing. Thanks for posting.

@brucelevine6517 6 жыл бұрын

It just doesn't get any truer than that ♥️♥️♥️♥️🇺🇸♥️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@yourbestmusicman 4 жыл бұрын

Masterful, powerful - thank you Mavis!

@t3rat0s19 10 жыл бұрын

This is such a beautiful arrangement of a wonderful song, and Mavis' soulful voice has given it new life. It never fails to bring me peace, and is a fixture on my playlist. Many thanks to Mavis Staples and Ellis Creative. What a blessing!

@WeltschmerzvonGavagai 4 жыл бұрын

i'll be the 1st listening this in 2020!

@garyrector7394 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks be to Mavis Staples; Mssrs. Miller, Fishell, and Rollings (the amazingly talented musicians who accompanied her), and Mr. Sinko, the sound engineer for bringing us this best-of-all renditions of an old-time favorite! I must be getting old, because it touches my heart and brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it.

@kathleenhannan 3 жыл бұрын

I keep listening over and over and crying. Mavis brings the suffering so clear and true that it transmutes into joy. Thank you so much to Mavis and all who played and worked on this miracle of a session. In November of 2020 I am wishing that everyone in the world could hear this.

@inguzjc 4 жыл бұрын

Heard this at the beginning of episode 2 of Ken Burns County Music documentary. There's no mistaking that velvet voice but I had to make sure so I found this. At end of singing "The Weight" on The Last Waltz Mavis says "Beautiful" - still is.