The Blind Boys of Alabama
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The Blind Boys of Alabama are a gospel group from Alabama that first formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in 1939. As of 2006, they are still performing, including a number of the original members. Releases by the group in recent years have been favorites at the Grammy Awards—they have won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album every year since 2002. The Blind Boys of Alabama were inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2002.
Their rendition of Tom Waits' "Way Down in the Hole" was used as the theme song for the HBO series The Wire's first season.
They were featured on the Imus in the Morning radio and TV show on November 30, 2006, and in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on December 20, 2006.
[edit] Discography (incomplete)
- 2002 - Higher Ground
- 2003 – Go Tell It on the Mountain
- 2004 - There Will Be a Light, with Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
- 2005 – Atom Bomb
- 2006 – Just a Closer Walk With Thee, a compilation of work ranging from the years 1963-1965
[edit] Samples
- "Way Down in the Hole," by The Blind Boys of Alabama (originally composed by Tom Waits) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
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