{"id":2444584,"date":"2019-05-24T11:52:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T17:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=839617"},"modified":"2019-05-24T11:52:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T17:52:55","slug":"hear-sheryl-crow-recruit-bonnie-raitt-mavis-staples-for-live-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/hear-sheryl-crow-recruit-bonnie-raitt-mavis-staples-for-live-wire\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Sheryl Crow Recruit Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples for \u2018Live Wire\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sheryl-crow-mavis-bonnie.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/sheryl-crow\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sheryl-crow\" data-tag=\"sheryl-crow\">Sheryl Crow<\/a> enlists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bonnie-raitt\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bonnie-raitt\" data-tag=\"bonnie-raitt\">Bonnie Raitt<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/mavis-staples\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mavis-staples\" data-tag=\"mavis-staples\">Mavis Staples<\/a> for the singer\u2019s new song \u201cLive Wire,\u201d the latest single off her upcoming LP <em>Threads<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMavis Staples means so much more to me than any words I could write about her,\u201d Crow, who recently performed at the gospel legend\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/mavis-staples-birthday-show-ryman-auditorium-margo-price-jason-isbell-836227\/\">80th birthday celebration in Nashville<\/a>, said in a statement. \u201cI feel like, in many ways, she is the Godmother to Bonnie Raitt. To say that having both of these soulful women on \u2018Live Wire\u2019 is a treat would be a huge understatement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The three vocalists meld flawlessly on the bluesy rock cut, with Crow, Raitt and Staples trading off lines and verses before blending together on the potent choruses. Crow previously teased the all-star collaboration with rehearsal footage from the song\u2019s impending music video:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eeKwoflpi0Y?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Threads<\/em>, an LP of collaborations due out August 30th, also features the previously released Johnny Cash duet \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/sheryl-crow-johnny-cash-redemption-day-video-823955\/\">Redemption Day<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is where my story begins; in the imagination of a young girl from Missouri who began to feel a part of a beautiful and inspiring universe of art, created by musicians who made me want to leave my small town and embark on something bigger than anything I could possibly imagine,\u201d Crow said of her new album in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I became a mother, I\u2019ve explored life through my children and seen the greater impact of our actions and voices. This collection is the&nbsp;\u2018Threads\u2019 of both my inspirations and younger artists carrying the torch for humanity with their stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/sheryl-crow-bonnie-raitt-mavis-staples-live-wire-839617\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheryl Crow enlists Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples for the singer\u2019s new song \u201cLive Wire,\u201d the latest single off her upcoming LP Threads. \u201cMavis Staples means so much more to me than any words I could write about her,\u201d Crow, who recently performed at the gospel legend\u2019s 80th birthday celebration in Nashville, said in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2444584","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 17:41:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}