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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.
God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson (Alligator Records) earned Grammy Award nominations for Best Roots Gospel Album and Best American Roots Performance for Blind Boys of Alabama recording of Mother's Children Have a Hard Time. [1] The compilation was produced by Jeffrey Gaskill of Burning Rose Productions.
The Blind Boys of Alabama first sang together in 1939 as part of the school chorus at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Deaf and Blind in Talladega, Alabama. [4] The founding members were Clarence Fountain (1929–2018), George Scott (1929–2005), Velma Bozman Traylor (1923–1947), Johnny Fields (1927–2009), Olice Thomas (b. 1926, d. unknown), and the only sighted member, J. T. Hutton (c ...
34. The Shires, "Daddy's Little Girl" This song is incredibly personal to The Shires singer Crissie Rhodes, even though its themes are almost universal."This is a very personal song. My dad passed ...
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 ...
Even though Harris' influence was persuasive—the Blind Boys at first covered Soul Stirrers songs almost exclusively—Brownlee's high voice, which could move from a sweet croon to a devastating scream, was one of the most recognizable in gospel. Though blind from birth, he would also sometimes leap from a stage into the audience below . With ...
The Backstreet Boys also offer an impressively thoughtful version of the ballad on their new "A Very Backstreet Christmas" album. 15. 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,' The Jackson 5
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 ...