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Since their first performance in 1939, The Blind Boys of Alabama have made history as indisputable legends of gospel music. In addition to the group's incredible longevity, it is their modern day achievements that also continue to amaze. The Blind Boys are winners of 5 Grammy Awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductees, and invited performing guests of three Presidential administrations, including their most recent visit to the White House with President and First Lady Obama in 2010. "A stunning and powerful statement..." is how Amazon.com described their latest CD released May 2011, Take The High Road, a country gospel gem produced by Jamey Johnson and featuring Vince Gill, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Jr, Lee Ann Womack and The Oak Ridge Boys. The Blind Boys have shared stage and studio with such artists as Ben Harper, Lou Reed, Tom Petty, Peter Gabriel, Bonnie Raitt and many more, and their own roof raising concert performances take them from continent to continent, inspiring and uplifting audiences wherever they visit.

Based on the acclaimed 2003 Grammy winning CD of the same name, Go Tell It On The Mountain features The Blind Boys of Alabama in a joyful holiday concert performing holiday hymns, carols and seasonal pop standards, blending material from the CD with other traditional favorites. The CD has sold over 200,000 copies worldwide and the annual tour has become a popular holiday event since The Blind Boys first debuted the show in 2003. The 2012 tour marks the group's 10th consecutive holiday celebration and promises to inspire and uplift audiences of all ages, as they have done before in such prestigious venues as Washington DC's Lisner Auditorium, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Atlanta's Symphony Hall and Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. The Blind Boys are working on a new Christmas CD for 2012 as well!