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Blind Boys of Alabama “Go Tell it on the Mountain” at San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival at Herbst Theatre
Courtesy of Marshall Lamm | Posted on October 18, 2012
Where
Herbst Theatre
San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival
401 Van Ness Ave,
San Francisco, CA
Map
(415) 392-4400
When
Sun, December 2, 2012
7:00pm
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About
More than a gospel institution, the Blind Boys of Alabama are a cultural force that has swept up musicians from every stylistic precinct, including Prince, Willie Nelson, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan and Ben Harper. With five Grammy Awards (including one for lifetime achievement) and a sumptuous repertoire of soaring anthems, the group is a gospel standard bearer that has crossed over without adopting secular songs. Formed by a group of elementary students at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in the late 1930s, the quintet made a series of fine recordings in the post-war years that assured their place in the gospel pantheon...