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 The Blind Boys of Alabama with John Hammond
  
 Date Feb 20, 2010
    
 Time 8:00 pm  
    
 Location Sangamon Auditorium
    
 Cost $40, $35
    
 Sponsor Sangamon Auditorium, UIS
    
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 Phone 217.206.6160, 800.207.6960
    
 Event type Music
    
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Formed some six and a half decades ago, The Blind Boys of Alabama are the Iron Men of the music industry. They predate Elvis, Little Richard and Al Green yet even in their 70s they are still at the top of the gospel charts and have earned impressive three-peat honors by winning consecutive Grammy Awards for the past three years. In recent years, The Blind Boys have proven themselves masters of bringing out the most spiritual aspects of mainstream music, while at the same time bringing the music of the church straight to the roadhouse. In the past five years, they've recorded moving renditions of songs by everyone from Tom Waits to Prince side by side with their traditional material, and appeared as guests on record and on stage with an equally diverse array of artists, from Peter Gabriel to Ben Harper.
 
 
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