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Blind Boys of Alabama’s Paul Beasley Dead at 78
Paul Beasley, a tenor who has sung with the Blind Boys of Alabama for the last decade, died Monday. A rep for the group confirmed the news to Rolling Stone, though the cause of death remains unknown.
Paul beasley gospel singer biography
He was 78.
Beasley, who’d had a long career in gospel music with stints in the Gospel Keynotes and the Mighty Clouds of Joy, joined the Blind Boys after losing his sight in 2013. His first recording with the vocal group was their album, I’ll Find a Way, produced by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon.
His signature song became “There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated at the Conference Table),” originally recorded by the Chi-Lites.
Where that version reflected the lush strings and soft horns of mid-Seventies soul hits, the Blind Boys’ interpretation focused on percussion and a slower tempo allowing Beasley and his fellow singers to wring new meaning from the chorus.
Singer Casey Daniel