Blind Boys Of Alabama:down In New Orl CD

MUSIC

CHRISTIAN & GOSPEL

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Free At Last ~ The Blind Boys of Alabama

2. Make a Better World ~ The Blind Boys of Alabama

3. How I Got Over ~ The Blind Boys of Alabama

4. You Got to Move ~ The Blind Boys of Alabama

5. Across the Bridge ~ The Blind Boys of Alabama

6. You Better Mind ~ The Blind Boys of Alabama

7. Down by the Riverside ~ The Blind Boys of Alabama

8. If I Could Help Somebody ~ The Blind Boys of Alabama

9. Uncloudy Day ~ The Blind Boys of Alabama

10. Prayer, A ~ The Blind Boys of Alabama

11. I've Got A Home ~ The Blind Boys of Alabama

12. I'll Fly Away ~ The Blind Boys of Alabama

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	The Blind Boys of Alabama: Caleb Butler, Eric "Ricky" McKinnie, Jimmy Carter , Ben Moore, Billy Bowers, Tracy Pierce, Joey Williams (vocals).
	Personnel: Carl LeBlanc (banjo); Ralph Boyd Johnson (clarinet); Darryl Adams (alto saxophone); John Gilbert (tenor saxophone); Alvarez "Big Al" Huntley, Raymond "Taff" Williams, John Brunious (trumpet); Keith Anderson , Jerome Jones, Tyrus Chapman (trombone); Bennie Pete, Benjamin Jaffe (tuba); David Torkanowsky (piano, keyboards); Allen Toussaint (piano); Ronald Guerin (upright bass, electric bass); Shannon Powell (drums); Harry Cook (bass drum); Sammy Cyrus (snare drum).
	Additional personnel: The Hot 8 Brass Band, Allen Toussaint, Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
	Audio Mixer: Jimmy Hoyson.
	Liner Note Author: Ben Sandmel.
	Recording information: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA; Piety Street Studios, New Orleans, LA.
	Photographers: Shannon Brinkman; Mark Gooch.
	Arranger: Chris Goldsmith.
	While they may not hail from the Crescent City, the Blind Boys of Alabama obviously have a strong connection to its musical traditions, a fact made unmistakably clear on DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS. With the able assistance of such estimable local heroes as Allen Toussaint and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, the long-lived (they've been recording since the 1940s!) gospel icons deliver a straight-from-the-heart tribute to the spirit of New Orleans, giving their arrangements of traditional spiritual tunes a Big Easy tweak. The country blues song "You Got to Move," for instance, is transformed into a banjo-and-tuba Dixieland offering, and the gospel classic "Uncloudy Day" becomes a brass-band rave-up. Even the less overt stylistic adaptations bear the distinctive bump of New Orleans grooves, settling in seamlessly under the Blind Boys' rich, soulful voices.
Producer: Chris Goldsmith; Chris Goldsmith
Engineer: Jimmy Hoyson; Wesley Fontenot; Paul "Scooby" Smith; Jimmy Hoyson
Musical Guests
	Allen Toussaint
	Preservation Hall Jazz Band
	Hot 8 Brass Band

Compilation Appearances

	Gospel Live From Mountain Stag (Live)
	Wow Gospel 2004
	Song Of America
	Wire:and All The Pieces Matter (ost)(Explicit Version)
	Shoutin Down The Aisles
	An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program (Deluxe Edition)
	St Peter 57Th St
	Peace
	Three Wooden Crosses:inspirational Hi
	Jesus Is The Answer
	Let It Burn
	Soundtrack For A Revolution

Associated Artists and Works

	Alabama, Blind Boys of (The)
	Faith Moves Mountains ~ Butler, Sam Jr.
	There Will Be a Light [Slimline] ~ Harper, Ben
	The Five Blind Boys of Alabama

Technical Info

	Release Date : 01/29/2008
	Original Release Date : 2008
	Catalog ID : 19548
	Label : Time/Life Music
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00610583224726

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.82)
- 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] superweapon of roots-music uplift: Full-throated versions of standards such as 'I'll Fly Away' and 'Down by the Riverside' will raise goose bumps..."

Uncut (p.83)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Unmistakably spirited renditions of standards 'How I Got Over' and 'Down By The Riverside' provide timely comments on post Iraq/Hurricane Katrina America."

JazzTimes (p.76)
- "[T]he Blind Boys' personal connection to an older strain of gospel singing gives their performances an imposing weight..."

Dirty Linen (p.51)
- "[T]he lead singers are consistently spirited..."

Dirty Linen (p.49)
- "The group eschews the obvious...instead presenting the classic 'Down By The Riverside' with energy and style, fueled by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band..."

No Depression (p.69)
- "[O]ne of the more soul-lifting efforts to be recorded in the Crescent City in the post-Katrina era."

Q (Magazine)
(p.104)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his meld of styles makes for an album of heavy-duty testifyin' to chase demons from your soul."

Mojo (Publisher)
(p.105)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[Made] with typical gusto, throwing themselves into impassioned performances of 'You Got To Move', 'Uncloudy Day' and more....Honest, soulful music."

Harp (magazine)
(p.97)
- "[T]hey're a determinedly adaptable bunch....[They] never lose track of the Boy's gospel roots, even as they cover new ground."

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