Spirit of the Century (CD - 2001)

Additional Personnel includes: David Lindley (electric & slide guitars, oud); John Hammond (electric guitar, dobro); Charlie Musselwhite (harmonica); Danny Thompson (double bass); Michael Jerome (drums).

Recorded at Capitol Studio B, Los Angeles, California between March 21 & 24.

SPIRIT OF THE CENTURY won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album.

The appropriately titled SPIRIT OF THE CENTURY finds the legendary Blind Boys of Alabama drawing on their decades-long gospel legacy while keeping one eye firmly on the present. "Amazing Grace," "Nobody's Fault But Mine," and "Motherless Child" are here, among other entries from the Blind Boys' classic repertoire, but the group also tackles tunes by Tom Waits, Ben Harper, and the Rolling Stones. Tying it all together, of course, is the Boys' incomparable harmonies and down-home gospel fervor. minimize