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October 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Pops-Music

Pops Staples bought a music book for $5 – to teach himself to play. He earned the money to buy the book by picking cotton, making $3 a week. And you hear that in his guitar-sound, and you feel that in the incredible music he made. So you know that by the way he played […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Poem, Poem: Pops-Music, Pops, Pops Staples, Pops-Music, Staples, The Staple Singers, The Staples Singers ·

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