Clarence Fountain, Sam Butler and The Boys


Clarence Fountain, Sam Butler

and The Boys

 

Clarence Fountain, Sam Butler and The Boys - Stepping Up & Stepping Out

 

Stepping Up & Stepping Out

 

 

We begin the year with a look at the most recent release by the Legendary Clarence Fountain. For this project Fountain teamed up with fellow Blind Boys’ member Sam Butler. The project is aptly titled Stepping Up and Stepping Out.


No doubt it,
The Blind Boys of Alabama are the standard by which good gospel quartet music is often measured. It does not matter whether they are referred to as The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, The Blind Boys of Alabama, or The Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama, one thing is certain, each of their projects will showcase the best of gospel music.


Thus it should be no surprise that when two (2) members of the legendary group decide to venture out and deliver a new project, they would not stray from the style of the Blind Boys.  The project could have easily been released by
The Blind Boys of Alabama.


There are eleven (11) songs on the project. It beings with "Down To The River." The ‘Delta Blues’ is incorporated into this track.  And, yet, you are left with a desire to go down to the river.  The song also set the stage for the remainder of the project.

Fountain and Butler have blended that ‘down home Delta style’ with Louisiana blues and Afro-Caribbean rhythms to deliver a great mix of songs that minister to the listeners. Just listen to "I Shall Not Be Moved" and "Don't Let The Devil Ride."

The song "It’s A Different World Now" is quite interesting. The song rightfully reflects the impact of social media and computers on our daily interaction with each others. We don’t converse with each other like we use to. We don’t talk ‘to’ each other like we use to. What a powerful song that reminds us of the impersonal way in which technology has changed our lives.

The other songs on the project are "I Know Where I'm Going," "Between Darkness And The Light Of Day," "Me And Jesus," "Stand By Me," "The Birth Of Jesus," "Do What The Lord Say Do" and "I Commit."  All the songs are worthy of your attention. The ones that may receive the most airplay are "Me And Jesus" and "Do What the Lord Say Do."  Both are upbeat and ready made for radio.  However, once you put the CD into the player you will find that all of the songs should be in heavy rotation.

Clarence Fountain, Sam Butler along with producer Jim Tullio fused masterfully the rich gospel sound of the singers with the talents of extraordinary musicians to give us a great project rooted solidly in traditional gospel music. It has been said that Fountain embodies the chrematistics of an anointed preacher that is able to deliver the message of the Good News in song.  With that we agree.

We also agree that “Stepping Up & Stepping Out is a testament to the goodness of God as well as Fountain's remarkable musical legacy that began in 1939. This truly momentous experience that fans worldwide of Clarence Fountain and the Blind Boys Of Alabama do not want to miss.”
 

On the whole Stepping Up & Stepping Out is certainly worthy of your attention.  The project should be available everywhere.  The project can be purchase by clicking Stepping Up & Stepping Out.  We give Clarence Fountain, Sam Butler and The Boys' Stepping Up & Stepping Out a 9 out of 10.  Click on the title to hear a clip from “Me And Jesus.”

 

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