Roger Hawkins and Mavis Staples

Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (MSRS) drummer Roger Hawkins poses with Mavis Staples of The Staple Singers during a break in recording in August 1971. The group would record its first chart-topping hit, a cover of Al Bell's "I'll Take You There," in Muscle Shoals, with Hawkins and other MSRS members providing backing.

Roger Hawkins, Alabama session drummer, with Mavis Staples
Courtesy of Jimmy Johnson

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Roger Hawkins, Alabama session drummer, with Mavis Staples