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A LIFE IN THE CHURCH
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
"ECHOES OF THE SOUTH"
Their first album in six years
MORE THAN EIGHTY YEARS SINGING GOSPEL TO THE WORLD
They are:
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
JIMMY CARTER RICKY McKINNIE BEN MOORE
PAUL BEASLEY REV. JULIUS LOVE JOEY WILLIAMS
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
"ECHOES OF THE SOUTH"
SINGLE LOCK RECORDS - 2023
RELEASE DATE : SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
(USA)
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Vocals:
Blind Boys of Alabama:
Jimmy Carter, Ricky McKinnie, Ben Moore, Paul Beasley
Rev. Julius Love, Joey Williams
Backing band:
Joey Williams - electric guitar
Phil Cook - keyboards, acoustic guitar
Chad Gamble - drums, percussion
Dennis Crouch - bass
Kerry Gilbert - additional vocals
Ben Tanner - organ (Track 3), vibraphone, baritone guitar (Track 5), piano (Track 7)
Matt Ross-Spang - electric guitar (Tracks 6,8)
Tracklist:
01 Send It On Down 03:37
02 Work Until My Days Are Done 03:31
03 Friendship 04:10
04 You Can't Hurry God 03:06
05 Jesus You've Been Good To Me 06:12
06 The Last Time 03:57
07 Keep On Pushin' 03:27
08 Paul's Prayer 03:23
09 Wide River to Cross 04:08
10 Nothing But Love 03:25
11 Heaven Help Us All 03:33
CLARENCE FOUNTAIN
(1929-2018)
Mr. FOUNTAIN FOUNDED THE GROUP IN 1939 AND WAS AT THE HEAD UNTIL HIS DEATH.
1939 - FOUNDATION OF THE QUINTET IN TALLADEGA, ALABAMA
1939 - THEY PERFORMED FOR THE FIRST TIME TOGETHER, STILL UNNAMED, AT A BENEFIT CONCERT IN TALLADEGA.
THE FIRST NAME OF THE GROUP WAS THE HAPPY AND JUBILEE SINGERS
1944 - THE HAPPY AND JUBILEE SINGERS FIRST PERFORMANCE
1947 - FIRST LOSS OF THE GROUP. FORMER MEMBER VEL BOZMAN TAYLOR DIED FROM A SHOT.
1948 - THEY ARE RENAMED FIVE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
1949 - THE FIRST ALBUM "I CAN SEE EVERYBODY'S MOTHER BUT MINE" IS RELEASED BY COLEMAN RECORDS
1980 - FIRST INCURSION OF THEIR MUSIC INTO THE MAINSTREAM AUDIENCES AS CLARENCE FOUNTAIN & THE FIVE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
1983 - GOSPEL AT COLONUS AND WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION
2018 - ON MAY 16 CLARENCE FOUNTAIN GAVE HIS LAST CONCERT WITH BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
Early Boys
Since 1949 Blind Boys Of Alabama have released more than seventy albums and have participated both as a collective and as soloists of some of their members in dozens of recordings for other artists. Despite their unequivocal vocation as Gospel singers, throughout their career they have not hesitated to collaborate starting in 1960 with artists from other genres such as blues, soul, pop music and rock, even including in some of their albums references funk and reggae.
A SINUOUS SELECTION OF SOME ALBUMS
1949
1963
2001
1953
1966
2005
1958
1979
2005
1959
1992
2014
1963
1995
2017
THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
1988
Recorded in performance September 19, 1985, at the Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, USA
FOREVER GOSPEL LEGACY
THIS MAY BE THE LAST TIME
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