Watch Mavis Staples, Arcade Fire’s Win & Régine, Jeff Tweedy, More Perform “The Weight”

In 2014, the life and career of Mavis Staples was celebrated in a massive hometown tribute concert in Chicago called “I’ll Take You There: Celebrating 75 Years of Mavis Staples.” The lineup featured Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and his son Spencer, Gregg Allman, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Michael McDonald, and many more. Now, footage from that performance is being aired in a new TV special, which debuts April 16 at 10 p.m. ET on AXS TV. The performance will also be released as a CD/DVD set, titled Mavis Staples: I’ll Take You There – An All-Star Concert Celebration, due out June 2 (via Blackbird Presents Records). Below, watch Staples and the guest performers cover the Band’s “The Weight.” Scroll down for the album’s tracklist.

Mavis Staples recently featured on Arcade Fire’s new single “I Give You Power.” She is also set to appear on Gorillaz’s new record, Humanz.

Mavis Staples: I’ll Take You There – An All-Star Concert Celebration:

01 Joan Osborne: “You’re Driving Me (To the Arms of a Stranger)”
02 Keb’ Mo’: “Heavy Makes You Happy”
03 Otis Clay: “I Ain’t Raisin’ No Sand”
04 Buddy Miller: Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind on Jesus)”
05 Patty Griffin: “Waiting for My Child”
06 Emmylou Harris: “Far Celestial Shore”
07 Michael McDonald: “Freedom Highway”
08 Glen Hansard: “People Get Ready”
09 Mavis Staples & Aaron Neville: “Respect Yourself”
10 Ryan Bingham: “If You’re Ready (Come Go With Me)”
11 Widespread Panic: “Hope in a Hopeless World”
12 Grace Potter: “Grandma’s Hands”
13 Eric Church: “Eyes on the Prize”
14 Taj Mahal: “Wade in the Water”
15 Gregg Allman: “Have a Little Faith”
16 Mavis Staples & Bonnie Raitt: “Turn Me Around”
17 Mavis Staples, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Majal & Greg Allman: “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”
18 Mavis Staples, Win Butler & Régine Chassagne: “Slippery People”
19 Mavis Staples & Tweedy: “You Are Not Alone”
20 Mavis Staples: “I’ll Take You There”
21 Mavis Staples & Everybody: “The Weight”

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