Soul, gospel and blues legend Mavis Staples, performs on the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday night, July 20, 2006 as part of the summer-long Twilight Dance Series. Mavis Staples is a 40-year-plus veteran of the music scene - a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and one of VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll. She has appeared with everyone from the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Bill Cosby, Presidents Kennedy, Carter, and Clinton, to Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd, Santana, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and many others.