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This is one amazing album. No need to read any more reviews, just buy it. Charlie Musselwhite on harmonica and John Hammond on guitar and Dobro add a lot of extra flavour to the blind boys' recipe.
This band's version of "Amazing Grace", sung to the music from "House of the Rising Sun" makes for a listening experience like no other. Phenomenal. I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys bluesy - gospel music at it's best.
Those gravelly harmonies, the amazing range, the entire CD is full of memorable unforgettable songs. This is AMERICAN MUSIC. The inclusion of the legendary back-up artists, musicians is a testament to the respect and admiration the Blind Boys of Alabama enjoys in the real world of music. I am shocked tht it is not available for purchase on Amazon right now. It is Gospel that that gets into your heart and mind and makes you glad you have ears to hear such joy, such rhythm, such music that makes you glad to be alive.It is an essential album. It digs into your soul, it makes your whole body move, it transforms you.
It transcends gospel. This is my prize CD. It is an essential in any music lover's collection. You do NOT have to be a bible thumping Christian to "get" the music.
No need to believe in supernatural deities, folks - just believe in the power of the music to move a funky carbon-based life form. And this is some rockin' sockin' gospel music, given a real nitty-gritty bluesy edge by the backup musicians. Yeah, that's right, I'm an atheist and a secular humanist. But I dig great music, period. Their cover of Tom Waits' "Way Down in the Hole" is one of my favorite tracks of all-time in any genre (if you watched season one of "The Wire" you'll recognize it as the theme song).
This was bought as a gift for a friend of mine who plays guitar and sings spirituals. He loves it and listens to it to lift his spirits.
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