On August 20, 1972, Stax Records brought its biggest stars to Los Angeles for a marathon concert. "Wattstax" is now being commemorated with a new box set and the theatrical re-release of a 1973 ...
The summer of 1972 was a decisive time for Raymond Shields. He’d just graduated from high school and was about to leave Los Angeles behind to study at Northwestern University. It was a summer of house ...
In a summer full of anniversaries, the 1972 Wattstax concert in Los Angeles probably doesn't stick out. But Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia, of NPR's What's Good With Stretch and Bobbito podcast, ...
Stax Records’ historic 1972 soul festival finally gets its due with a new 12-disc box set, presenting a pop label at its imperial peak and an unmediated vision of Blackness for a rapt audience. Save ...
The producers of Wattstax had a problem when it came to the industry's rating system. Intended for family audiences, their movie followed along as multiple Stax Records-affiliated R&B and soul legends ...
When "Wattstax" makes its national television debut on the PBS series "P.O.V." Wednesday, it will have come full circle after a journey to obscurity and back. When the film, a documentary about a 1972 ...
On Aug. 20, 1972, the Wattstax Benefit Concert was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Organized by Stax Records and held in honor of the seventh anniversary of the 1965 Watts riots in Los ...
And now the original two-LP soundtrack has been expanded to three CDs, including material from the original Wattstax album (which sold seven million copies in the SoundScan era alone) as well as from ...
Looking for something to do today? Agenda‘s got you covered: Sound Opinions at the Movies, hosted by Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis, takes on Wattstax, Mel Stuart’s documentary about the 1972 Watts Summer ...
It was spoken of as sort of a black Woodstock. It featured artists like Isaac Hayes and the Staple Singers. And it was right here in L.A. But judging by its absence in conversations about the ‘60s and ...
Although the fight for racial equality is ongoing, Stax co-owner Al Bell says so is the hope for a better future envisioned by Wattstax a... Wattstax drew 100,000 people — this 1972 concert was about ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results