The Blind Boys of Alabama are a gospel music group from Alabama that first formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in 1939. As of 2005, they are still performing, including a number of the original members. Releases by the group in recent years have been favorites at the Grammy Awards—they have won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album every year since 2002. Gospel music may refer either to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the 1930s or, more loosely, to both black gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by white southern Christian artists. ... Alabama is a state located in the southern United States. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album has been awarded since 1991. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• The Blind Boys of Alabama (http://www.blindboys.com/)