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The founding members were Clarence Fountain (1929–2018), George Scott (1929–2005), Velma Bozman Traylor (1923–1947), Johnny Fields (1927–2009), Olice Thomas (b. 1926, d. unknown), and the only sighted member, J. T. Hutton (c. 1924 –2012.)
The Original Members include: Clarence Fountain,George Scott, Vel Bozman Traylor, Johnny Fields, Olice Tomas, and J.T Hutton. When these men were kids, they sang at the Institution. The group has developed immensely over the years and has tweaked their style in order to match the era’s vibe.
Tragedy followed in 1947 when lead singer Velma Bozman Traylor died as the result of an accidental gunshot ("he always liked to play with guns," Fountain recalls). The loss of Traylor was deep -- "He really was the one who got the thing together," says Fountain -- but they continued with Rev. Paul Exkano sharing lead vocals with Fountain for a ...
In 1937 Clarence Fountain and Johnny Fields were elementary school students singing in the Talladega Institute for the Deaf and Blind Glee Club when they took four fellow members - J T Hutton, Ollice Thomas, George Scott and Vel Boxman Traylor - and started their own group, the Happy Land Jubilee Singers. Except for Hutton, all of the young men ...
8. Aug. 2023 · The lineage from the original members — Clarence Fountain, George Scott, Vel Bozman Traylor, Johnny Fields, Olice Thomas and J. T. Hutton — to this latest incarnation, completed by Ricky McKinnie, Joey Williams and the Rev. Julius Love, is unbroken.
Down in New Orleans is a gospel album by The Blind Boys of Alabama, released in 2008. It won the award for Best Traditional Gospel Album at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. At the 40th GMA Dove Awards, the album was named the Traditional Gospel Album of the Year, and the track "Free at Last" was the Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year.
Fountain, not yet in his teens, was singing in the Glee Club when he enlisted his friends Johnny Fields, J.T. Hutton, Ollice Thomas, George Scott and Vel Bozman Traylor into a group called the "Happy Land Jubilee Singers." Except for Hutton, all of them were blind.
