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Blind Boys of Alabama

Blackhorse Slim · 2008-09-19 22:01:26

I've been watching the first season of The Wire, a cop show set in Baltimore, and I absolutely love the theme music (first season only). It sounds like some gritty urban blues, great vocals, great guitar tone, cool harmonica etc. It's a version of Tom Wait's Down in the Hole, and I since found out that it's a version by…

19-09-2008 10:01pm

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Blackhorse Slim

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I've been watching the first season of The Wire, a cop show set in Baltimore, and I absolutely love the theme music (first season only). It sounds like some gritty urban blues, great vocals, great guitar tone, cool harmonica etc. It's a version of Tom Wait's Down in the Hole, and I since found out that it's a version by the Blind Boys of Alabama. I thought they pretty much only did gospel, and what I've found of them on You Tube backs this up. Is anyone here a fan? Do they do much blues, or is this a one-off? If they have an album of this kind of sound I'll buy it, but I'm not a gospel fan and I don't want to waste my money. Thanks.

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#2 24-09-2008 11:08pm

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I have an album with them and Ben Harper from, I think, 2004. It's heavily gosped-influenced though but still a fine album. The title was "There Will Be A Light".

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