Being Serenaded By The Blind Boys
Featuring the Blind Boys of Alabama
Grammy Award-Winning Musicians
June 10, 2012
The Winspear Centre
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
The Blind Boys of Alabama are a gospel group from Alabama that first formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind at Talladega, Alabama in 1939. The three main vocalists of the group and their drummer/percussionist are all blind.
Releases by the group in recent years have been favorites at the Grammy Awards — they won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album four straight years between 2002 and 2005. The Blind Boys of Alabama were inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2009, they were awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
In February 2010, The Blind Boys performed at the White House for President Obama and the First Lady along with Bob Dylan, Natalie Cole, John Mellencamp, and Smokey Robinson.
For more about the Blind Boys of Alabama see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blind_Boys_of_Alabama and http://www.blindboys.com/.
[info]The Blind Boys really are serenading Miguelito’s Little Green Car. When I asked them to, they replied with, “no we can’t do that.” A moment later they burst into laughter and started singing.[/info]