Bob Dylan and Mavis Staples
Bob Dylan and Mavis Staples: They’ve toured together, cut studio tracks together, and have almost been married twice. It turns out that Bob asked Mavis to marry him in the early 1960's. . . and she said no. Years later, Mavis asked Bob, but this time he was already married. As Bob once wrote, “I don’t want to marry nobody/ if they already married”. Mavis has illuminated these proposals in a few interviews. They are lighthearted, funny, and touching at the same time: Interview 1- Boston Globe Q. How did this tour with Dylan come together? A. My manager called me one day and said, “Mavis, we got a call — Bob Dylan wants you to open.” And I said, You’ve gotta be kidding! I would love to do that! This is a month-and-a-half-long tour — that’s long for me. The other day Bobby said, [uses gravelly voice] “You gonna be all right? Not too much for you, is it, Mavis?” I said, “If it’s not too much for you, it’s not too much for me!” Because Bobby’s a little younger; he’s 75...