The disco diva and singer-songwriter, 82, tells Rich Pelley about forming her first gospel trio, her five husbands and correspondence with Elvis
‘The Chitlin’ Circuit is where I learned to get tough’: Candi Staton.The disco diva and singer-songwriter, 82, on forming her first gospel trio, her five husbands and correspondence with ElvisMy mother was displeased with my father’s behaviour. We called him “the weekend alcoholic”. He’d work all week, but on the weekend he’d take all his money, get drunk and gamble it away.
[Singers] Johnnie Taylor and Tyrone Davis sat me down and said, “Girl, you need a gun.” When promoters tried to get smart with me, I’d take out my little 32, lay it on the desk, and say: “Don’t mess with me or I’ll shoot you.” They’d pay me, I’d go home and put my little gun back in my purse sleeve. I was a pistol-packing mama.My third husband I was never married to. He was a gangster and a conman. He hired somebody to pretend to be a judge and falsified the paperwork.
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