The Blind Boys of Alabama - Gruppo

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I The Blind Boys of Alabama sono un gruppo musicale statunitense di musica gospel originario dell'Alabama[1].

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Blind Boys of Alabama


Paese d'origine	Stati Uniti
Genere	Gospel Blues
Periodo di attività musicale	1939 – in attività
Sito ufficiale
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La storia del gruppo è iniziata negli anni quaranta.

Formazione

Attuale

Jimmy Carter – voce
Ben Moore – voce
Eric "Ricky" McKinnie – batteria, percussioni, voce
Joey Williams – chitarra, voce
Tracy Pierce – basso
Peter Levin – organo
Clarence Fountain

Membri fondatori

Jimmy Carter
Clarence Fountain (deceduto)
Johnny Fields (deceduto)
George Scott (deceduto)
Olice Thomas (deceduto)
Vel Bozman Traylor (deceduto)

Ex membri

Clarence Fountain - voce (deceduto nel 2018)
Bishop Billy Bowers – voce (deceduto nel 2013)
Caleb Butler – chitarra
Samuel Butler Jr – chitarra, manager, autore
Roscoe Robinson - voce
Lamont Blount – manager (deceduto)

Discografia

1948 I Can See Everybody's Mother But Mine – Coleman Records
1950 Sweet Honey in the Rocks – Palda Records
1950 Livin' On Mother's Prayers – Palda Records
1950 Come Over Here The Table Spread – Palda Records
1953 The Sermon
1953 When I Lost My Mother – Specialty Records
1954 Marching Up To Zion – Specialty Records
1954 Oh Lord, Stand By Me – Specialty Records
1958 My Mother's Train – Vee Jay Records
1959 God is On the Throne – Savoy Records
1959 The Original Blind Boys – Savoy Records
1963 (1957) You'll Never Walk Alone – HOB Records
1963 Old Time Religion – HOB Records
1963 True Convictions – HOB Records
1965 Can I Get a Witness? – HOB Records
1967 Church Concert in New Orleans (Live) – HOB Records
1969 Fix it Jesus Like You Said You Would – Keen Records
1969 Jesus Will Be Waiting
1970 In the Gospel Light
1970 The Five Blind Boys From Alabama
1970 The Soul of Clarence Fountain
1973 Best of Five Blind Boys of Alabama
1974 Precious Memories
1978 The Soldier Album – PIR Records
1981 Faith Moves Mountains – Messiah Records
1987 In the Hands of the Lord
1989 I'm a Changed Man – Wajji Records
1989 The Five Blind Boys of Alabama
1990 Brand New – Wajji Records
1990 I'm Not That Way Anymore – Atlanta International Records
1991 I am a Soldier
1991 Oh Lord, Stand By Me / Marching Up to Zion
1991 The Best of the Five Blind Boys
1992 Deep River – Elektra/Nonesuch Records
1993 Bridge Over Troubled Waters
1994 Alive in Person
1994 Blessed Assurance
1994 Don't Forget To Pray
1994 In the Gospel Light
1994 Soul Gospel
1994 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
1995 1948-51
1995 I Brought Him With Me – House of Blues Music Company
1996 All Things Are Possible
1996 Golden Mements in Gospel
1997 Holdin' On – House of Blues Music Company
1998 Have Faith: The Very Best of the Five Blind Boys of Alabama
1999 Best of Clarence Fountain and the Five Blind Boys of Alabama
1999 Hallelujah: A Collection of Their Finest
2000 My Lord What a Morning
2001 Spirit of the Century – Real World Records
2001 You'll Never Walk Alone / True Convictions (reissue)
2002 Higher Ground - Real World Records
2003 Amazing Grace
2003 Go Tell It on the Mountain – Real World Records
2004 There Will Be a Light (con Ben Harper) – Virgin Records
2005 Live at the Apollo (con Ben Harper)
2005 Atom Bomb – Real World Records
2006 Just a Closer Walk with Thee, raccolta
2008 Down in New Orleans – TimeLife – Grammy winner
2009 Enlightnement – The Great American Music Co. (2 CDs)
2009 Duets (raccolta di collaborazioni) Saguaro Road Records
2010 Faith Moves Mountains (reissue)
2011 Take the High Road – Saguaro Road Records
2013 I'll Find a Way – Sony Masterworks
2017 " Almost Home"

Partecipazioni

2002 – Lifted: Songs of the Spirit – "Freedom Road"
2002 – WYEP Live and Direct: Volume 4 - On Air Performances – "Amazing Grace"
2002 – Solomon Burke : Don't Give Up On Me – "None of Us Are Free"
2003 – Brother Bear: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack – "Welcome" with Phil Collins and Oren Waters
2007 – Song of America – "Let Us Break Bread Together"

Collaborazioni

Il gruppo ha collaborato con numerosi ed importanti artisti tra cui Solomon Burke, Tom Waits, Michael Franti, Chrissie Hynde, Richard Thompson, Aaron Neville, Mavis Staples, Shelby Lynne, Meshell Ndegeocello, Danny Thompson, Duke Robillard, Michael Jerome, George Clinton, Robert Randolph, Les McCann, David Hidalgo, Charlie Musselwhite, Gift of Gab dei Blackalicious, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Jr., Vince Gill, Leann Womack, Oak Ridge Boys, Jamey Johnson, Ben Harper, Susan Tedeschi, Toots Hibbert, Randy Travis, Timothy B. Schmit, Bonnie Raitt, Jars of Clay, Dan Zanes, Lou Reed, Marva Wright, Asleep At The Wheel, John Hammond, Allen Toussaint, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Hot 8 Brass Band, Bennie Pete della Hot 8 Brass Band, Carl LeBlanc della Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Billy Preston, Tom Petty, Peter Gabriel, Prince, The Time Jumpers, K.D. Lang, Dr. John, Henry Butler, Joan Osborne, Third Day, Yo La Tengo, Yim Yames dei My Morning Jacket, Yonder Mountain String Band, Ray Benson.

Grammy Awards

2002 per Spirit of the Century
2003 per Higher Ground
2004 per Go Tell it On the Mountain
2005 per There Will Be a Light
2009 per Down in New Orleans
2009 Grammy Award alla carriera

Note

Eddy Cilìa, Make Me Wanna Holger. Un viaggio nell'anima (afro)americana: 100 album fondamentali, in Mucchio Extra, Stemax Coop, #18 Estate 2005.

Altri progetti

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Collegamenti esterni

Sito ufficiale, su blindboys.com.

Blind Boys of Alabama (canale), su YouTube.

The Blind Boys of Alabama, su Last.fm, CBS Interactive.

(EN) The Blind Boys of Alabama, su AllMusic, All Media Network.

(EN) The Blind Boys of Alabama / The Blind Boys of Alabama (altra versione), su Discogs, Zink Media.

(EN) The Blind Boys of Alabama, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.

(EN) The Blind Boys of Alabama, su Billboard.

(EN) The Blind Boys of Alabama, su Internet Movie Database, IMDb.com.

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[en] The Blind Boys of Alabama

The Blind Boys of Alabama, also billed as The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, and Clarence Fountain and the Blind Boys of Alabama,[2] 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.[2][3][4][5]

[es] The Blind Boys of Alabama

The Blind Boys of Alabama es un grupo de gospel del estado de Alabama de los Estados Unidos. La primera formación del grupo se dio en 1939 en el Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind (Instituto de Alabama por el Negro Ciego). Hasta el 2006 el grupo tuvo varios cambios en el número de integrantes y comenzó a incursionar en mezclas de gospel con otros géneros como el blues, pero siempre con temáticas religiosas típicas del gospel. Desde el 2002 hasta el 2005 ganaron el Grammy por el mejor álbum de soul gospel tradicional. En el 2002 The Blind Boys of Alabama fue incluido en la sala de la fama del gospel.

- [it] The Blind Boys of Alabama

[ru] Blind Boys of Alabama

Blind Boys of Alabama (Блайнд Бойз оф Алабама) — американская музыкальная группа из штата Алабама, исполняющая музыку в жанре госпел. Является пятикратным лауреатом премии «Грэмми». Выступает с 1939 года. В 2003 году группа была принята в Зал славы госпела, в 2010 — в Музыкальный зал славы штата Алабама (англ.) (рус..

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