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The Blind Boys of Alabama, who originally met and formed back in 1939 at the Alabama School for the Negro Deaf and Blind in Talladega, AL, have had an amazing seven-decade career, one that has seen them release their own brand of gospel on every possible medium the history of recording has to offer, from 78s and LPs to eight-track tapes, cassettes, and CDs, and the consistency of their sound and approach through all of this makes them a venerable national treasure. Always, in all of their configurations, a gospel group, the Blind Boys have still done a fair amount of secular material, often as vocal guests on other artists' projects, and this delightful 14-track compilation assembles some of those. It's a surprisingly varied set, ranging from rock and light reggae to country, Western swing, and blues, and finds the Blind Boys backing up Ben Harper (the wonderful "Take My Hand"), Solomon Burke (the striking "None of Us Are Free"), Timothy B. Schmit (the beautiful ballad "Secular Praise"), and on previously unreleased tracks with Toots Hibbert ("Perfect Peace"), John Hammond ("One Kind Favor"), and Lou Reed (the chilling, anguished "Jesus," one of the best recordings Reed has done in years). This isn't a duets album in the normal sense, since the Blind Boys are present on these sides mostly as background vocal support, but once they enter the song's arrangement, everything invariably gets lifted to a new plane, and while the results may not technically be gospel, one would be hard put to call it anything else.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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Ben Harper, Composer, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Jimmy Hoyson, Mixer, Engineer - The Blind Boys Of Alabama, MainArtist, Second Vocals - Chris Goldsmith, Producer - Ben Harper And The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Vocals
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The Blind Boys Of Alabama With Susan Tedeschi, MainArtist
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The Blind Boys Of Alabama, MainArtist
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Larry Franklin, Mandolin, Fiddle - Dennis Crouch, Bass Guitar - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Brent Mason, Acoustic Guitar - Randy Travis, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Bryan Sutton, Mandolin - Eric Darken, Snare Drums - KYLE LEHNING, Producer, MixingEngineer - Casey Wood, Assistant Mixing Engineer, Audio Recording Engineer - Blind Boys Of Alabama, Guest Vocals - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Writer - Randy Kohrs, Dobro - Robert Hadley, MasteringEngineer - Larry Beaird, Acoustic Guitar
© 2009 Saguaro Road Records, Inc. ℗ 2005 Word Entertainment LLC, A Warner/Curb Company.
The Blind Boys Of Alabama With Timothy B. Schmit, MainArtist
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Charlie Sexton, Guitar, Vocals - Charlie Musselwhite, MainArtist - Jimmy Hoyson, Mixer, RecordingEngineer - The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Vocals - Mike Glines, SecondEngineer - Chris Goldsmith, ExecutiveProducer - John Chelew, Producer - Michael Jerome, Drums - Jared Michael Nickerson, Bass - Charles Musselwhite, Vocals, Harmonica
© 2009 Saguaro Road Records, Inc. ℗ 2004 Charlie Musselwhite and Solid Productions
BONNIE RAITT, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Rik Pekkonen, Mixer, Recorder, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Richard Thompson, Composer - John Chelew, Producer - Joe Schiff, Producer - Tim Devine, Producer - David Hirshland, Producer
© 2009 Saguaro Road Records, Inc. ℗ 1994 Capitol Records, LLC. All rights reserved.
The Blind Boys Of Alabama With Jars Of Clay, MainArtist
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The Blind Boys Of Alabama With Dan Zanes, MainArtist
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Barry Mann, Composer - Solomon Burke, MainArtist - Cynthia Weil, Composer - BRENDA RUSSELL, Composer
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The Blind Boys Of Alabama With Lou Reed, MainArtist
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The Blind Boys Of Alabama, MainArtist - Marva Wright, FeaturedArtist
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The Blind Boys Of Alabama With Asleep At The Wheel, MainArtist
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The Blind Boys Of Alabama With John Hammond, MainArtist
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Album review
The Blind Boys of Alabama, who originally met and formed back in 1939 at the Alabama School for the Negro Deaf and Blind in Talladega, AL, have had an amazing seven-decade career, one that has seen them release their own brand of gospel on every possible medium the history of recording has to offer, from 78s and LPs to eight-track tapes, cassettes, and CDs, and the consistency of their sound and approach through all of this makes them a venerable national treasure. Always, in all of their configurations, a gospel group, the Blind Boys have still done a fair amount of secular material, often as vocal guests on other artists' projects, and this delightful 14-track compilation assembles some of those. It's a surprisingly varied set, ranging from rock and light reggae to country, Western swing, and blues, and finds the Blind Boys backing up Ben Harper (the wonderful "Take My Hand"), Solomon Burke (the striking "None of Us Are Free"), Timothy B. Schmit (the beautiful ballad "Secular Praise"), and on previously unreleased tracks with Toots Hibbert ("Perfect Peace"), John Hammond ("One Kind Favor"), and Lou Reed (the chilling, anguished "Jesus," one of the best recordings Reed has done in years). This isn't a duets album in the normal sense, since the Blind Boys are present on these sides mostly as background vocal support, but once they enter the song's arrangement, everything invariably gets lifted to a new plane, and while the results may not technically be gospel, one would be hard put to call it anything else.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:28
- Main artists: The Blind Boys Of Alabama
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: StarVista Music
- Genre: Jazz Gospel
© 2009 Saguaro Road Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Saguaro Road Records, Inc.
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