Up Above My Head (I Hear Music In The Air) (With Randy Travis)
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Secular Praise (With Timothy B. Schmit)
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I Had Trouble (With Charlie Musselwhite)
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When The Spell Is Broken (With Bonnie Raitt )
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Nothing But The Blood (With Jars Of Clay)
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Welcome Table (With Dan Zanes)
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None Of Us Are Free (With Solomon Burke)
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Jesus (With Lou Reed)
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How I Got Over (Live) (With Marva Wright)
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The Devil Ain't Lazy (With Asleep At The Wheel)
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One Kind Favor (With John Hammond)
Item Description...
Product Description The Blind Boys have frequently been invited to appear on other great artists' albums, resulting in a number of performances that have been collected into Duets. Their first-ever duets collection includes songs with Ben Harper, Bonnie Raitt, Randy Travis, Lou Reed, Solomon Burke, Susan Tedeschi and Asleep at the Wheel. In addition, it features three new recordings with Lou Reed, blues legend John Hammond, and Jamaican legend Toots Hibbert of Toots & The Maytals. The diverse group of artists collaborating on Duets reflects the expansive appeal of the group as well as the sweeping reverence for their talent. This new album follows their Grammy and Dove Award-winning CD Down in New Orleans.
Item Specifications...
Record Label Saguaro Road Re
Dimensions: Length: 5.74" Width: 4.91" Height: 0.41" Weight: 0.05 lbs.
Binding CD
Publisher Time Life Entertainment
ISBN 001259590X EAN 0610583317725 UPC 610583317725
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All the duets - from various labels - all on one great CD! Nov 21, 2009
I love the BBs of Alabama and have for years. Time and age has changed the membership of the group since it was formed in 1939 but they always sing as a cohesive unit - and individual members names are rarely listed on their albums. I have many of their CDS (and DVDs) but most of the tracks - though all but four are previously issued - are new to me. Why? Because the Executive Producers Charles Driebe and Chris Goldsmith took these tracks from albums which featured the Boys as "guests". There's a diverse group from Country's Randy Travis to kids' music icon Dane Zanes. So you don't need to go buy whole albums just to hear the Boys do their thing.
Add to this the four "new to CD" tracks with Toots of the Maytals, blues master John Hammond and - least likely partner of all, Lou Reed! The Bonnie Raitt (issued) track comes from 1994 but the other are all post 2001.
The sound is "heavenly" (pun intended here) and the sequencing just perfect. If the "name acts" included here introduced new folks to the Blind Boys recordings, that'll just be the icing on the cake!
Steve Ramm "Anything Phonographic"
Gospel soul harmonies matched to pop, rock, blues and more Nov 11, 2009
The Blind Boys of Alabama formed as a quartet in 1939 at what was then called the Alabama School for the Negro Deaf & Blind. All four members - three primary vocalists and a drummer - were blind. Of the four founders, two have passed, one has retired, and Clarence Fountain continues to tour with the group as his health allows. Like the Staple Singers, the Blind Boys of Alabama sing traditional material and bring their gospel harmonies to pop music. This collection pulls together fourteen collaborations in which the group backs up or sings alongside folk, rock, pop, country, blues, soul and reggae artists.
All but four of these tracks were previously released, but anthologizing them in a single place provides an amplified view of how the group's gospel meshes into a variety of musical contexts, and how effortlessly the group pulls other artists into their embrace. Ben Harper's soulful singing is a natural fit, as are Toots Hibbert's and Solomon Burke's. Randy Travis' old-timey religion gives the group a jaunty rhythm, and the twangy guitar, solid backbeat and spoken blues of Charlie Musselwhite's "I Had Trouble" is backed with Jordanaires-styled harmonies.
The acoustic "Welcome Table" provides Dan Zanes and the group a terrific arena for vocal interplay, even dropping in an a cappella verse. The spare blues of John Hammond's "One Kind of Favor" finds the group harmonizing in a low hum, and the swing stylings of Asleep at the Wheel's "The Devil Ain't Lazy" offer a playful way to put across the song's message. Perhaps most surprising is the pairing with Lou Reed on the Velvet Underground's "Jesus." Here the group's harmonies shed the light of salvation upon Reed's spent and broken monotone.
This delightful assemblage of musicians completely surprised me. The powerfully evocative Duets CD is a rewarding mixture of superb contemporary musical artists. It is really hard to pick a favorite from the diverse sampling of songs on Duets: "Jesus" with Lou Reed and "Perfect Peace" with Toots Hibbert are truly exceptional pairings. The Blind Boys continue to amaze me with their talent and creativity on this new compilation.
Blind Boys return... with friends! Oct 28, 2009
I've often said that only two good things ever came out of religion: art and music. The Blind Boys of Alabama have proven the former to be true with their Grammy-winning gospel. Collected on this anthology are fourteen tracks of the group's collaborative work. Most of the tracks have already been released on the albums of other artists; however, there are three previously unreleased tracks, including a great song titled "Jesus" which finds the fellas teaming up with Lou Reed. Most of the tracks hit ("None Of Us Are Free" with Solomon Burke; "Take My Hand" with Ben Harper; etc.), but there is a miss or two ("Nothing But The Blood" with Jars of Clay). Still, those couple of misses are because of the collaborator the Blind Boys are working with, not because of the work the guys themselves are contributing to the track. The rest of the album is such a solid collection that it almost makes me want to believe.
Blind Boys + Friends = Great Album! Oct 28, 2009
The Blind Boys of Alabama are amazing. Ben Harper, Lou Reed, Toots, Randy Travis etc etc are also amazing. I am so glad they got together to create this album. really is powerful and a great listen. I am not super spiritual but listening to The Blind Boys makes me wonder if i should be!
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