THE Blind Boys of Alabama are living legends. Formed in 1944, the gospel group has performed for presidents and royalty, won five Grammys, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and collaborated with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits, Lou Reed, Willie Nelson, and Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, who produced their 2013 album I'll Find A Way.
The group has performed through the years of Jim Crow, the Civil Rights Movement (they performed at several benefits for Martin Luther King, Jr.), and onward all the way into the Obama administration.
With a career spanning 71 years, founding member Jimmy Carter remains true to the Blind Boys mission: to plant the seed of God’s love around the world. They headline the A-Town Get Down at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
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