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Revisited

The Blind Boys of Alabama are a gospel institution that has performed in various incarnations for over six decades. Originally called the Happy Land Jubilee Singers, they formed in 1937 at the Talladega Institute for the Deaf and Blind in Alabama. After the untimely death of original lead vocalist Velma Bozman in 1947, they changed their name to the Happy Land Gospel Singers and in the following year recorded their debut (and first hit), "I Can See Everybody's Mother but Mine." By the '50s they were known as The Blind Boys of Alabama and recorded for Specialty, Vee Jay, Savoy, Elektra, and other labels. The band had sporadic success over the course of its career but it wasn’t until Peter Gabriel signed the group to his Real World label that The Blind Boys achieved true global success. Revisited is a ten-track collection that puts a contemporary spin on some of the Blind Boys’ most beloved recordings. Smooth jazz saxophonist Walter Chancellor, Fabulous Thunderbirds’ axeman Jimmie Vaughan and the one-and-only Bootsy Collins are among the guest artists adding flavor to new versions of Blind Boys' classics like "Serving God" and "Another Day's Journey."

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