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Piece Description
The Blind Boys of Alabama have been making music together since the 1930s, when several of the members met at the Talladega Institute for the Deaf and Blind. They gave a live performance on Jan. 28, 2008, at the Cutting Room club in Manhattan for an audience of WFUV members. (The show was also webcast live on npr.org.) The show focused primarily on material from their new album, "Down in New Orleans," a tribute to the Crescent City, but included songs from other albums as well. Hosted by WFUV's Claudia Marshall. A good pick for Black History Month or Mardi Gras.
Broadcast History
Aired live on WFUV and npr.org on Jan. 28, 2008.
Timing and Cues
Set list:
Down By the Riverside
People Get Ready
Spirit in the Sky
Way Down in the Hole
Free At Last
Uncloudy Day
There Will Be A Light
Amazing Grace/House of the Rising Sun
Look Where He Brought Me From
Higher Ground
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Lee Kingcombe
Posted on February 19, 2009 at 05:01 AM | Permalink
Amazing
I first heard of the Blind Boy through reading Dream Boogie a bio of Sam Cooke. Great voices.