Annie and the Caldwells
An all-female vocal trio, Annie and the Caldwells are an offshoot of Pops
Staples' Staple Singers. Annie Caldwell was eleven years old when she joined the
Chicago group through her husband, guitarist and co-founder Willie Joe Caldwell.
Managing a clothing store in West Point, she rubbed shoulders with the Church of
God in Christ community of artists and formed the group Annie and the Caldwells
with her daughters Deborah and Anjessica, her goddaughter Toni Rivers and her
two sons, the elder Willie Caldwell Jr. on bass and the younger Abel Aquirius on
drums. The band recorded the a...
