"These are people who deserve to live regardless of whether you agree with their choices or not."

To me, the word that best describes Baker’s music, whether live or on a recording, is “presence.”

For every veteran musician left wondering what was next after Stax’s collapse, countless other hopefuls were searching for where to begin.

“Once you reach that road—you’ll feel it.”

We are alive: deliriously, irritably alive.

“Get to Kingston,” Henry added. “They’ve had a blowout down here.”