Blind Boys of Alabama - Spirit of the Century
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Artist: Blind Boys of AlabamaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-04-24
Music Label: Real World
Soundtracks:
- Jesus Gonna Be Here
- No More
- Run On For A Long Time
- Good Religion
- Give A Man A Home
- Amazing Grace
- Soldier
- Nobody's Fault But Mine
- Way Down In The Hole
- Motherless Child
- Just Wanna See His Face
- The Last Time
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Free Music Review: Gospel music even a foxhole atheist can dig
Hit: 4 Stars
Yeah, that's right, I'm an atheist and a secular humanist. But I dig great music, period. And this is some rockin' sockin' gospel music, given a real nitty-gritty bluesy edge by the backup musicians. Their cover of Tom Waits' "Way Down in the Hole" is one of my all-time favorite tracks of all-time (if you watched season one of "The Wire" you'll recognize it as the theme song). No need to believe in supernatural deities, folks - just believe in the power of the music to move a funky carbon-based life form.
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Long known as the Five Blind Boys of Alabama, this venerable gospel institution has seen its ranks fluctuate in recent years. Rarely, however, have the soul-stirring harmonies of the group, recording here as a quartet, benefited from such stellar support. Producer John Chelew (best known for John Hiatt's breakthrough Bring the Family) has enlisted guitarists David Lindley and John Hammond, bassist Danny Thompson, drummer Michael Jerome, and harmonica ace Charlie Musselwhite for a set that celebrates the bluesy underpinnings of gospel.The selection of material mixes the traditional spirituals the group has been performing for more than a half century ("Nobody's Fault but Mine," "Motherless Child") with soulful readings from the more contemporary songbooks of Tom Waits, the Rolling Stones, and Ben Harper. Harper's "Give a Man a Home" receives a majestic vocal from Clarence Fountain, while the album's most audacious cut pairs the lyrics to "Amazing Grace" with the melody from "House of the Rising Sun." --Don McLeese
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