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On April 26, 2008, the Blind Boys of Alabama played a sold-out show at Tipitina's, in New Orleans -- the city that was the focus of the band's "Down in New Orleans" CD (released the year before). On that very special night, the Blind Boys invited some of their favorite musicians to join them: Dr. John, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Henry Butler, Marva Wright... and Susan Tedeschi.

The set list contained new and old favs -- selections from their New Orleans CD, as well as songs from the Blind Boys' 4 Grammy-winning albums, including the great soul-stirring classic, "People Get Ready."

The packed crowd went wild, and the whole unforgettable, historic show was preserved forever on the DVD "The Blind Boys of Alabama - Live in New Orleans" -- from which this clip was taken.

I've always loved this song, and I'd never heard it done this way. Imo, it's Susan T. who makes this thing fly. That woman plays and sings like.... like the train really is a comin'! She's just a flat-out GREAT MUSICIAN, in the purest sense.

Note: I made sure that the audio here is as good as it can possibly be. Ok. Enjoy.

(I claim no copyright ownership whatsoever to any of this material.)

Btw... Can you guess when the Blind Boys first sang together as a band? Hmmm. 1939. (Less than 4 score years after the Civil War!) Wow.