The Blind Boys of Alabama
Austin Blues Festival 2024
Moody Amphitheater
1401 Trinity St
Austin, TX 78701
Apr 27, 2024
12:00 PM CDT
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VIP Pods include free parking, rooftop terrace, and PNC Lounge access with a private bar. Small blankets allowed in GA Lawn areas. Blankets must be smaller than 30?x 60?. Reserved sections include access to Main Lawn GA area.
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Browny
January 14th 2024
The Blind Boys of Alabama are awesome If you have not had a chance to see them live, they must put it on your to do list.♥️♥️♥️
Fort Lauderdale, FL@Holland America
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The Blind Boys of Alabama Biography
Hailed as "gospel titans" by Rolling Stone, the Blind Boys first rose to fame in the segregated south with their thrilling vocal harmonies and roof-raising live show. They released their debut single, "I Can See Everybody’s Mother But Mine," on the iconic Veejay label in 1948, launching a 70-year recording career that would see them rack up five GRAMMY Awards (plus one for Lifetime Achievement), enter the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, collaborate with everyone from Mavis Staples and Stevie Wonder to Prince and Lou Reed, and perform on the world's most prestigious stages. It would be difficult to overstate the Blind Boys' influence on their contemporaries and the generations that came after. The New York Times said that they "came to epitomize what is known as jubilee singing, a livelier breed of gospel music," adding that "they made it zestier still by adding jazz and blues idioms and turning up the volume, creating a sound…like the rock 'n' roll that grew out of it." TIME Magazine raved that "they're always hunting for - and finding - the perfect note or harmony that lifts an old tune into the sublime," while The Washington Post praised their "soul-stirring harmonies" and "range of cross-genre collaborations," and The New Yorker simply called them "legendary."
"When the Blind Boys started out, we weren't even thinking about all these accolades and all that stuff," founding member Jimmy Carter told NPR. "We just wanted to get out and sing gospel and tell the world about gospel music." Mission accomplished!
Read More"When the Blind Boys started out, we weren't even thinking about all these accolades and all that stuff," founding member Jimmy Carter told NPR. "We just wanted to get out and sing gospel and tell the world about gospel music." Mission accomplished!
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