Les Blind Boys of Alabama au Cosmopolite Oslo en 2018.

The Blind Boys of Alabama est un groupe de musique gospel de l'Alabama formé à l'origine dans l'Institut pour les aveugles noirs d'Alabama (Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind) en 1939 ; il comprend Clarence Fountain, Jimmy Carter, George Scott et Joey Williams.

Discographie[modifier | modifier le code]

1948 I Can See Everybody's Mother But Mine
1950 Livin' On Mother's Prayers
1950 Sweet Honey In The Rocks
1953 Sermon
1953 When I Lost My Mother
1954 Marching To Zion
1954 Oh Lord Stand By Me
1958 My Mother's Train
1959 God Is On The Throne
1959 The Original Blind Boys
1963 (1957) You'll Never Walk Alone
1963 Old Time Religion
1963 True Convictions
1965 Can I Get A Witness?
1967 Church Concert in New Orleans (Live)
1969 Fix It Jesus Like You Said You Would
1969 Jesus Will Be Waiting
1970 In The Gospel Light
1970 The Five Blind Boys From Alabama
1970 The Soul Of Clarence Fountain
1973 Best Of Five Blind Boys Of Alabama
1974 Precious Memories
1978 The Soldier Album
1984 Faith Moves Mountains
1987 In The Hands Of The Lord
1989 I'm A Changed Man
1989 The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama
1990 Brand New
1990 I'm Not That Way Anymore
1991 I Am A Soldier
1991 Oh Lord, Stand By Me / Marching Up To Zion
1991 The Best Of The Five Blind Boys
1992 Deep River
1993 Bridge Over Troubled Waters
1994 Alive In Person
1994 Blessed Assurance
1994 Don't Forget To Pray
1994 In The Gospel Light
1994 Soul Gospel
1994 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
1995 1948-51
1995 I Brought Him With Me
1996 All Things Are Possible
1996 Golden Mements In Gospel
1997 Holdin' On
1998 Have Faith: The Very Best of the Five Blind Boys of Alabama
1999 Best of Clarence Fountain and the Five Blind Boys of Alabama
1999 Hallelujah: A Collection of Their Finest
2000 My Lord What A Morning
2001 Gospel For The Lord
2001 Original Blind Boys
2001 Spirit Of The Century
2001 You'll Never Walk Alone / True Convictions
2002 Collectors Edition
2002 Higher Ground
2002 I Saw The Light
2003 Go Tell It on the Mountain
2004 There Will Be a Light (with Ben Harper)
2005 Atom Bomb
2006 Just a Closer Walk with Thee, a compilation of work ranging from the years 1963–1965
2008 Down in New Orleans
2011 Take the High Road
2013 I'll Find a Way

Disques solos[modifier | modifier le code]

2001 : The Blind Boys of Alabama (Real World) avec David Lindley et John Hammond
2002 : Higher Ground (Real World Records) avec Ben Harper
2003 : Go tell it on the mountain (Real World Records) avec Solomon Burke, Tom Waits, Aaron Neville, Mavis Staples, Chrissie Hynde..
2004 : There will be a light (Virgin Records) avec Ben Harper
2005 : Live at the Apollo (Virgin Records) avec Ben Harper
2005 : Atom Bomb (Real World Records) avec Charlie Musselwhite...

Participations[modifier | modifier le code]

1993 : In my time de Charlie Musselwhite (Alligator)
2003 : Growing Up Live de Peter Gabriel
2003 : The Fighting Temptations film de Jonathan Lynn

Liens externes[modifier | modifier le code]

The Blind Boys of Alabama