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The Blind Boys of Alabama, also billed as The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, and Clarence Fountain and the Blind Boys of Alabama, [4] is an American gospel group. The group was founded in 1939 in Talladega, Alabama, and has featured a changing roster of musicians over its history, the majority of whom are or were vision impaired.
With the addition of hard gospel shouter Rev. Percell Perkins (1917-2003) (who replaced Henderson), the Blind Boys moved into their period of greatest fame. Perkins, who was not blind, became the group's manager, and they began to record, first for Excelsior in 1946, then for Coleman in 1948. Ford was replaced by another blind bass singer who ...
Emma Daniels (vocals and guitar) and Mother Sally Jones (vocals and tambourine) comprised the gospel music duo. [2] Similar renditions followed by Elder Charles D. Beck (1949), [ 3 ] Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1950), [ 4 ] the Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama (1953), [ 5 ] and the Hightower Brothers (1956).
The Gospel at Colonus premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival in November to December 1983. [1] The following year it received a production at the Arena Stage in Washington D.C. running from Nov 23, 1984 – Dec 30, 1984 [2] The musical ran at the American Music Theater Festival, Philadelphia, in September 1985. [3] [4]
Eric "Ricky" McKinnie performing at Cosmopolite Scene in Oslo (2018) Eric "Ricky" McKinnie (born July 12, 1952) is a blind American gospel singer, [1] drummer, [2] radio show host, recording studio owner, stage actor, and songwriter, best known for performing with the Blind Boys of Alabama, a gospel group that has won six Grammy Awards and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the ...
Robinson began recording again as a gospel artist in the 1980s, releasing solo albums as well as performing with The Blind Boys of Mississippi, though he is not himself blind. [3] He recorded into the 2000s, releasing the albums So Called Friends in 2003, [ 4 ] and Gospel Stroll in 2005.
Gospel music: Length: 35: 20: Label: Real World Records: Producer: ... Atom Bomb is an album by The Blind Boys of Alabama, released in 2005. Track listing "(Jesus ...
A DVD, Blind Boys of Alabama - Go Tell it on the Mountain : Live in New York, was recorded live in concert, in December 2003, at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. The special holiday concert aired on PBS in December 2004.