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Career by singing as a child in her father s church and those gospel roots really never left her and she inspired and mentored so many other gospel musicians. and that includes the famous clark sisters, detroit born. they re joining me right now. they are friends of aretha franklin s. you talk about how much she inspired you, jackie, karen, dorr writt dorinda and twinkie. tell me what this feels like to be a part of eulogizing, celebrating aretha franklin on part of this day. it s a big honor for us because she was a big sister to us so we are so proud of being able to be a part. she sang at our mother s home going so to be able to do this today is just it surpasses ....
That way. vice president mike pence and other political leaders will deliver remarks. we ll bring you complete coverage of this emotional event so keep it right here. meanwhile a celebration of life getting underway in detroit. a final hometown send-off for aretha franklin, the queen of soul and icon of respect in terms of both race and gender, juan williams joining us now to remember her life and legacy. good morning, juan. good morning, sandra. sandra: how will you remember the queen of soul? well, i think one of my favorite songs of all time is a natural woman written by carole king. when you listen to aretha franklin her gospel roots are evident in the power of her voice. her father was a preacher. even before this service here they had a viewing of aretha s ....
Ultimate sunday morning church hat. yes. and i said to her, did you think about your father, who marched for this? she said, i thought about all of those generations, all the way to you, reverend al, that marched for this. and she would call me, toure, she would say, i m going to send you something to help y all out. she saw us fighting this case or that case. she says, i ll send it to the house. she would send a check to help. i d say, i framed that check. who gets a check from aretha franklin she said, boy, put that in the bank before i spend it on something else. frame a copy. much to my mother s chagrin, i m not a religious person, but when aretha talks about getting the spirit in the dark, i feel it. the gospel roots are so much a part of this. and she is the mother of all these women who are out here today, beyonce, alicia, mary j. ....
Never heard anyone like aretha franklin in my life. you can hear the redemption, pain, yearning and surrender all at the same time. that soulful voice and all that she conjured forth, that wasn t an act. that was her. absolutely. i think the authenticity and the raw passion of when you dig that deep whether in pain or yearning and love or in her case it was formed so much by her gospel roots. the fact that she was dipping into a well of spirit that was so holy and so powerful to bring the church into popular music like that as a young person in all my life every time she opens her mouth the realness and passion comes through. every emotion and unveiled. that has really informed so much of what i love about her and what i feel when i m singing. this is going to be a very tough question. is there one specific song or ....
Ultimate never left her gospel roots and she any concert, she would break out in gospel song and do a hole hi dance. she didn t care who was there. she was never ashamed of any of her roots and in fact made us all proud. that s part of her legacy. she made us embrace ourselves. i remember that moment so clearly when she came out and i thought exactly that, she has got her sunday church outfit on and she s going to sing praise to the lord and thank the lord for somebody maybe she thought they would never see, an african-american president. absolutely. i remember it was freezing that day i mean, it was one of the coldest days you can remember we all warmed up when she walked out with the hat on her head and sang and put the gospel into that anthem. it was something only aretha franklin could do. roland, i m looking at this video again that we re seeing and you can t help but dance along and move along with aretha. refer ends al there s a picture of you, you re in the ....