Knight Time

She’s a pip! On Feb. 22, the iconic songstress sang such hits as “Midnight Train to Georgia” and “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” at Austin’s Paramount Theatre...and it’s something she doesn’t take for granted. “The

fact that I’ve been able to perform for [over 60] years and be on stage is amazing to me. It’s mind-boggling. If someone asked me, ‘How did

you do it?’ I couldn’t tell them.”

“They were ferocious,” said Gladys about her former partners the Pips, who had her back both on stage and off.