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The Blind Boys of Alabama

The Blind Boys of Alabama, òg kalla The Five Blind Boys of Alabama og Clarence Fountain and the Blind Boys of Alabama,[1] er ei USA-amerikansk gospelgruppe. Gruppa vart skipa i 1939 i Talladega i Alabama og har hatt bestått av ulike musikarar gjennom historia si. Dei fleste av dei er eller var synshemma.[1][2][3][4]

The Blind Boys of Alabama

The Blind Boys of Alabama på Cosmopolite Scene Oslo i 2018.
OpphavTalladega i Alabama i USA
AktivSidan 1939
SjangerGospel, tradisjonell svart gospel, blues, soul
Tilknytte artistar
Tidlegare medlemmer
  • Clarence Fountain
  • Johnny Fields
  • George Scott
  • Olice Thomas
  • Vel Bozman Traylor
  • J.T. Hutton
  • Bishop Billy Bowers
  • Caleb Butler
  • Samuel Butler Jr
  • Roscoe Robinson
  • Charles Porter
  • Dwight Fields
  • Paul Beasley
PrisarGrammy Lifetime Achievement Award

The Blind Boys slo gjennom då dei i 1983 spelte i musikalen The Gospel at Colonus.[1][5][6] Sidan den gongen har gruppa turnert internasjonalt og spelt med ei rekkje artistar, som Prince, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Bonnie Raitt, Ben Harper, Bon Iver og Amadou & Mariam.[1][2][5][7][8] Gruppa si utgåve av Tom Waits-songen «Way Down in the Hole» vart nytta som kjenningsmelodi for den første sesongen av HBO-serien The Wire.[2][7]

The Blind Boys har vunne fem Grammyprisar i tillegg til at dei har fått ein Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award i 2009.[9] Dei fekk ein National Heritage Fellowship frå National Endowment for the Arts i 1994,[10] vart innlemma i Gospel Music Hall of Fame i 2003[11] og dei vart innlemma i Alabama Music Hall of Fame i 2010.[12] Gruppa vart òg invitert til Det kvite huset under administrasjonane til Bill Clinton, George W. Bush og Barack Obama.[5][13]

Gruppemedlemmet Ricky McKinnie sa i eit intervju i 2011 med magasinet Mother Jones: «Vår funksjonshemming treng ikkje å vere eit handikap. Det handlar ikkje om kva du ikkje kan gjere. Det handlar om kva du gjer. Og det me gjer er å synge god gospelmusikk..»[5]

Noverande medlemmar endre

Namn Aktive år Instrument
Jimmy Carter (ca. 1932)[14] Sidan 1982[15][16] Vokal
Ricky McKinnie (ca. 1952)[4] Sidan 1990[17][16] Vokal, perkusjon
Ben Moore (c. 1942).[18] Sidan 2006[18][16] Vokal
Joey Williams Vokal, sologitar
Paul Beasley Vokal
Peter Levin Organ
Stephen Raynard Ladson Bass

Opphavlege medlemmar endre

Namn Aktive år Instrument Merknader
Clarence Fountain (28. november 1929–3. juni 2018)[19] 1939–2007, 2017–2018 Vokal
George Scott (1929–2005)[20] 1939–2005 Vokal
Vel Bozman Traylor (1923–1947)[20] 1939–1947 Vokal
Johnny Fields (1927–2009)[20][21] 1939–? Vokal
Olice Thomas (f. 1926, avdød)[20] 1939–? Vokal Dødsdato ukjend
J. T. Hutton (ca. 1924–27. juli 2012)[22] 1939–? Vokal Den einaste medlemmen som kunne sjå

Tidlegare medlemmar endre

Namn Aktive år Instrument Merknader
Bishop Billy Bowers (ca. 1942, d. 2. juli 2013)[23] 1968–2011[23] Vokal
Caleb «Bobby» Butler 1979–2008[15] Vokal, bass[15][24] Butler er ikkje synshemma.[24] Ikkje i slekt med Samuel Butler jr.[15]
Samuel Butler jr. 1972–1994[15] Vokal, rytmegitar, låtskrivar, arranger, manager[treng kjelde] Ikkje i slekt med Caleb «Bobby» Butler.[15]
Roscoe Robinson Vokal
Charles Porter Vokal
Dwight Fields (avdød) Vokal

Diskografi endre

Som hovudartistar endre

  • 1949 – 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
  • 1982 – I'm a Soldier in the Army of the Lord
  • 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 Moments 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 (nyutgjeving)
  • 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 (med Ben Harper) – Virgin Records
  • 2005 – Live at the Apollo (with Ben Harper)
  • 2005 – Atom Bomb – Real World Records
  • 2006 – Just a Closer Walk with Thee, eit samlealbum frå åra 1963–1965
  • 2008 – Down in New Orleans – Time Life – Grammy winner
  • 2009 – Enlightenment – The Great American Music Co. (2 CDs)
  • 2009 – Duets (samling med samarbeid med andre artistar) – Saguaro Road Records
  • 2010 – Faith Moves Mountains (nyutgjeving)
  • 2011 – Take the High Road – Saguaro Road Records
  • 2013 – I'll Find a Way – Sony Masterworks
  • 2014 – Talkin' Christmas! (med Taj Mahal) – Sony Masterworks
  • 2017 – Almost Home – BBOA Records/Single Lock Records
  • 2019 – Work To Do (med Marc Cohn) – BMG Records
  • 2021 - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (med Bela Fleck) - Single Lock Records


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Kjelder endre

  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 Kenneth Roberts, Charles (5. juni 2018). «Blind Boys of Alabama». Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Foundation. Henta 9. april 2022. 
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Catlin, Roger (17. mars 2017). «After 75 years of touring, the Blind Boys of Alabama are still reaping blessings». The Washington Post (Washington, D.C.). Henta 9. april 2022. 
  3. ↑ Aiges, Scott (7. april 2001). «Blind Boys and Real World Give Contemporary Voice to Old-time Gospel». Billboard (New York City). Henta 9. april 2022. 
  4. ↑ 4,0 4,1 Ruggieri, Melissa (9. juli 2012). «Ricky McKinnie is keeping the faith with the Blind Boys of Alabama». The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia). Arkivert frå originalen 4. mars 2016. Henta 9. april 2022. 
  5. ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 Levintova, Hannah (21. november 2011). «2-Stepping With the Blind Boys of Alabama». Mother Jones (San Francisco, California). Henta 9. april 2022. 
  6. ↑ «Picks and Pans Review: I Brought Him with Me». People (United States). 25. september 1995. Henta 9. april 2022. 
  7. ↑ 7,0 7,1 «Clarence Fountain, Founding Member of Blind Boys of Alabama, Dies at 88». Billboard (New York City). Associated Press. 4. juni 2018. Henta 9. april 2022. 
  8. ↑ Denselow, Robin (14. juli 2019). «Amadou and Mariam; the Blind Boys of Alabama review – soulful energy». The Guardian (London, Storbritannia). Henta 9. april 2022. 
  9. ↑ Kreps, Daniel (5. juni 2018). «Clarence Fountain, Blind Boys of Alabama Leader, Dead at 88». Rolling Stone (New York City). Henta 9. april 2022. 
  10. ↑ «Clarence Fountain & the Blind Boys: African-American Gospel Singers». National Endowment for the Arts. n.d. Henta 9. april 2022. 
  11. ↑ «2003 Inductees Blind Boys of Alabama». Gospel Music Hall of Fame. January 2018. Henta 9. april 2022. 
  12. ↑ «Inductees». Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Henta 9. april 2022. 
  13. ↑ «The Blind Boys of Alabama perform in the East Room». The White House. 14. februar 2002. Henta 9. april 2022. 
  14. ↑ Dauphin, Chuck (11. august 2017). «The Blind Boys of Alabama Reflect on Their 7-Decade History & What's Left for Them to Achieve». Billboard (New York City). Henta 9. april 2022. ««It’s something that we’ve never done before,» stresses the group’s Jimmy Carter, 85, to Billboard.» 
  15. ↑ 15,0 15,1 15,2 15,3 15,4 15,5 Hildebrand, Lee (June 29, 2008). «Blind Boys of Alabama battling». SF Gate (San Francisco, California). Henta December 1, 2019. 
  16. ↑ 16,0 16,1 16,2 Faith, Blind (12. desember 2019). «Blind Faith». Tucson Weekly (Tucson, Arizona). Henta 14. desember 2019. «Carter, and fellow Blind Boys Eric «Ricky» McKinnie, Ben Moore and Paul Beasley (who are also blind), and Joey Williams, Stephen Raynard Ladson and Peter Levin will be hitting Tucson to spread some holiday cheer next week.» [daud lenkje]
  17. ↑ Kocher, Chris (February 21, 2017). «Blind Boys of Alabama bring 8 decades of gospel to Corning». Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York). Henta December 1, 2019. 
  18. ↑ 18,0 18,1 Capouya, John (April 14, 2014). «How one of the Blind Boys of Alabama regained his soul (w/video)». Tampa Bay Times (Tampa Bay, Florida). Henta December 1, 2019. 
  19. ↑ «Obituaries». The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana). June 9, 2018. Henta December 1, 2019. 
  20. ↑ 20,0 20,1 20,2 20,3 Boyer, Horace C. (1995). How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel. Montgomery, Alabama: Elliott & Clark. s. 201. ISBN 9781880216194. «In 1937 Clarence Fountain (b. 1929) was an elementary school student singing in the Talladega Institute for the Deaf and Blind Glee Club. Fountain and a friend, Johnny Fields (b. 1927), selected George Scott (b. 1929), Olice Thomas (b. 1926), and Velma Bozman Traylor (1923–47) from the Glee Club and formed the Happy Land Jubilee Singers.» 
  21. ↑ Irvine, David (19. november 2009). «Fields' funeral today». The Daily Dispatch XCV (271) (Henderson, North Carolina). s. 1A. Henta 9. april 2022. «Henderson lost one of its shining stars when Johnny Fields died on Nov 12.» 
  22. ↑ «Obituaries». AL.com. Alabama Media Group. 2012. Henta 9. april 2022. «J. T. Hutton, age 88, a native of Birmingham, passed away 27. juli 2012.» 
  23. ↑ 23,0 23,1 Harmon, Rick (July 16, 2013). «Vocalist Billy Bowers of Blind Boys of Alabama dead at 71». USA Today (McLean, Virginia). Henta December 1, 2019. 
  24. ↑ 24,0 24,1 Gilbert, Marsha (June 2003). «The Blind Boys of Alabama: Still Thrilling Audiences and Winning Awards after 66 Years». Ebony (Los Angeles, California: Johnson Publishing Company). Arkivert frå originalen 5. desember 2019. 

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