Music Review

I Brought Him With Me (1995)

EW's GRADE
C+

Details Lead Performance: The Blind Boys of Alabama

Gospel's legendary Blind Boys haven't been tempted by pop's pot of gold in their five decades. But on their first live album, I Brought Him With Me, they go into the lion's den — a secular club — and get pretty clawed up. Except for sweaty shout-out versions of ''If I Had a Hammer'' and ''Walking Jerusalem,'' their delivery is too laid-back to get the message across to the heathens. C+

Originally posted Sep 29, 1995 Published in issue #294 Sep 29, 1995 Order article reprints

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