Go Tell It on the Mountain (album)

Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Studio album by The Blind Boys of Alabama
Released	September 16, 2003
Recorded	2003
Studio	Capitol Studio B (Hollywood)
Genre	Gospel music
Length	45:18
Label	Real World, Narada
Producer	John Chelew
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Go Tell It on the Mountain is a Grammy Award winning Christmas album by The Blind Boys of Alabama, released in 2003.

Track listing

"Last Month of the Year" – 3:03
"I Pray on Christmas" (featuring Solomon Burke) – 3:41
"Go Tell It on the Mountain" (featuring Tom Waits) – 3:57
"Little Drummer Boy" (featuring Michael Franti) – 3:19
"In the Bleak Midwinter" (featuring Chrissie Hynde & Richard Thompson) – 4:49
"Joy to the World" (featuring Aaron Neville) – 2:25
"Born in Bethlehem" (featuring Mavis Staples) – 6:36
"The Christmas Song" (featuring Shelby Lynne) – 2:34
"Away in a Manger" (featuring George Clinton & Robert Randolph) – 5:22
"Oh Come All Ye Faithful" (featuring Me'Shell Ndegeocello) – 2:10
"White Christmas" (featuring Les McCann) – 4:03
"Silent Night" – 3:19
"My Lord, What a Morning" – bonus track

Personnel

The Blind Boys of Alabama

Bobby Butler
Clarence Fountain
George Scott
Jimmy Carter
Joey Williams
Ricky McKinnie
Tracy Pierce

with:

Duke Robillard – guitar
Danny Thompson – double bass
John Medeski – Hammond B-3 organ
Michael Jerome – drums

Charts

2003 Top Gospel Albums No. 1^[1]
2004 Top Internet Albums No. 247

Awards

2004 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album^[2]

DVD

A DVD, Blind Boys of Alabama - Go Tell it on the Mountain : Live in New York, was recorded live in concert, in December 2003, at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. The special holiday concert aired on PBS in December 2004. The band performs with Aaron Neville, John Medeski, Duke Robillard, Chrissie Hynde, Mavis Staples, Michael Franti, Robert Randolph, and Charlie Musselwhite.

References

^ Billboard staff (2003-12-26). "CHART BEAT BONUS". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
^ "46th Annual GRAMMY Awards". The Recording Academy. Retrieved 2024-02-07.

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[1] Billboard staff (2003-12-26). "CHART BEAT BONUS". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2024-02-07.

[2] "46th Annual GRAMMY Awards". The Recording Academy. Retrieved 2024-02-07.

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v t e The Blind Boys of Alabama
Eric "Ricky" McKinnie Joey Williams Julius Love Peter Levin Stephen Raynard Ladson Clarence Fountain George Scott Vel Bozman Traylor Johnny Fields Olice Thomas J. T. Hutton Jimmy Carter Bishop Billy Bowers Caleb "Bobby" Butler Samuel Butler Jr. Ben Moore Paul Beasley
Albums	I Thank God (with Sam Cooke, 1960) Go Tell It on the Mountain (2003) There Will Be a Light (with Ben Harper, 2004) Live at the Apollo (with Ben Harper, 2005) Atom Bomb (2005) Down in New Orleans (2008)
Songs	"Way Down in the Hole"
Related articles	The Gospel at Colonus

v t e Les McCann
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted. As Les McCann Ltd is often used in the titles for the albums up to 1964, this has been omitted.
Albums as leader or co-leader	It's About Time (with Teddy Edwards, 1959) The Truth (1960) The Shout (1960) In San Francisco (1960) From the Top of the Barrel (1960) Groove (with Richard "Groove" Holmes and Ben Webster, 1961) In New York (1961) Plays the Shampoo (1961) New from the Big City (1961) Pretty Lady (1961) Les McCann Sings (1961) Somethin' Special (with Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1962) On Time (1962) The Gospel Truth (1963) Soul Hits (1963) Jazz Waltz (with The Jazz Crusaders, 1963) A Bag of Gold (1963–64) McCanna (1964) Spanish Onions (1964) McCann/Wilson (with Nancy Wilson (1964) But Not Really (1964) Beaux J. Pooboo (1965) Live at Shelly's Manne-Hole (1965) Les McCann Plays the Hits (1966) Bucket o' Grease (1966) Live at Bohemian Caverns - Washington, DC (1967) Much Les (1968) Swiss Movement (and Eddie Harris, 1969) Comment (1969) Invitation to Openness (1971) Second Movement (with Eddie Harris, 1971) Layers (1972) Live at Montreux (1972) Talk to the People (1972) Another Beginning (1974)
With others	Tell It Like It Tis (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1962) Stormy Monday (with Lou Rawls, 1962) That's Where It's At (Stanley Turrentine, 1962) Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine, 1984) Go Tell It on the Mountain (The Blind Boys of Alabama, 2003)
Soundtracks	Soul To Soul (1971)