Blind Boys of Alabama - Friday September 27, 2024

Blind Boys of Alabama Part 123 of the No Stinkin’ Service Charge Blues Series! Friday September 27, 2024 Tickets On Sale Now! - Buy your tickets at World Records: Wednesday – Friday 11 AM to 5 PM Saturday 10 AM to 2 PM • In Person - 2815 ‘F’ Street Bakersfield, CA • By Phone - 661-325-1982 - GOSPEL – BLUES TITANS! The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and The Recording Academy/GRAMMYs with Lifetime Achievement Awards, inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and winners of six GRAMMY® Awards, they have attained the highest levels of achievement in a career that spans over 80 years. The Blind Boys are known for crossing multiple musical boundaries with their remarkable interpretations of everything from traditional gospel favorites to contemporary spiritual material by songwriters such as Eric Clapton, Prince, and Tom Waits. They have appeared on recordings with many artists, including Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Aaron Neville, Susan Tedeschi, Ben Harper, Patty Griffin, and Taj Mahal.” On June 10, 1944, six teenagers from the Alabama Institute for the Negro Deaf and Blind arrived at the headquarters of Birmingham radio station WSGN. Broadcast from a studio at the Dixie Carlton Hotel, the station was a fixture for news and music in the area, but for the students of the Institute, it was far more than that: it was a beacon of hope, a refuge from the harsh realities of the Jim Crow South, a portal to another world they could only dream of. With no radios available at school, the boys had to get creative in order to listen, often slipping away to the homes of nearby friends and family members in the afternoons to catch vocal groups like the Golden Gate Quartet on their favorite program, “Echoes Of The South.” “From the very first show, the Blind Boys of Alabama have always tried to lift people up and make them feel good,” says 91-year-old Jimmy Carter. “We don’t want people to come to our concerts and leave the same way they came. We want to give them a better outlook on life. With their righteous new album, Echoes Of The South, the Blind Boys do precisely that, pairing some of the traditional spirituals and long-lost gospel classics that first inspired them to sing together with timeless soul and R&B tunes made famous by the likes of Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, and Pops Staples. Recorded and mixed by Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Old Crow Medicine Show) and Ben Tanner (Alabama Shakes, John Paul White), the collection is as moving as it is enduring, transcending genre and era to touch something deep and fundamental about the human condition. These are songs of love and friendship, joy and gratitude, faith and perseverance. And in the end, that spirit of resilience is what Echoes Of The South is all about. The album isn’t just a reminder of how far the group has come, but rather a declaration of how far they still have to go. “I’ve got to keep on pushing / Can’t stop now / Move up a little higher / Someway, somehow,” they sing on the spare “Keep On Pushing.” The work those six young men started back in Birmingham still isn’t finished, so the Blind Boys of Alabama keep on singing, spreading light and love everywhere they go. - Blind Boys of Alabama “Echoes Of The South” Get Blind Boys of Alabama albums at World Records! - Blind Boys of Alabama – Live and Onstage @ World Records Friday September 27, 2024!

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