The Five Blind Boys of Alabama
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Report by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 2 January 1965
MAX JONES PREVIEWS THE SPIRITUAL AND GOSPEL PACKAGE ...
Obituary: Don D. Robey, R&B Pioneer, Dead at 71
Obituary by Joe Nick Patoski, Rolling Stone, 31 July 1975
HOUSTON — DON D. Robey, a leading figure in rhythm & blues and gospel recordings in the Fifties and Sixties, died early Monday, June 16th, ...
Various Artists: The Gospel at Colonus (Warner Brothers)
Review by Richard Grabel, New Musical Express, 5 January 1985
OEDIPUS — SING TO YOUR MUM ...
Fountain, Five Blind Boys Spout The Gospel
Interview by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 14 December 1985
"ACTING? IT'S nothing complicated. All you have to do is remember your lines," Clarence Fountain was saying. "I can talk — that's my job, talkin', ...
The Gospel at Colonus Soundtrack (Elektra/Nonesuch)
Review by Michael Azerrad, Rolling Stone, 16 June 1988
THIS YEAR'S award for Best Gospel Adaptation of a Greek Tragedy will surely go to The Gospel at Colonus, the Broadway musical that presents Sophocles' ...
Critic's Choice: The Five Blind Boys of Alabama
Report by Kirk Silsbee, Los Angeles Reader, 13 January 1989
THREE YEARS AGO, the extraordinary musical The Gospel at Colonus stormed Broadway. It brilliantly reimagined the Sophocles tragedy Oedipus at Colonus by telling the story through ...
Review by James Hunter, Rolling Stone, 4 February 1993
RATHER THAN preaching or hectoring, the Five Blind Boys of Alabama featuring the great Clarence Fountain just demonstrate their beliefs through the medium of music. ...
The Backpages Interview: Clarence Fountain of the Blind Boys of Alabama
Interview by Jason Gross, Rock's Backpages, 23 June 2001
A sixty-plus-year-old gospel group that covers Tom Waits and the Rolling Stones songs for Peter Gabriel’s label? Is it possible? When most groups struggle to ...
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