when was this band formed?
1936
Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
The group originated in 1936 as a quartet of students from the Piney Woods School near Jackson, Mississippi.
who survived the day the music died 1959 There were no survivors. what happened in this incident? American rock and roll musicians died in a place crash. what were the names of the musicians who died? Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens. was the former a member of a band? Yes. "Buddy and Bob". was his music influenced by anyone? He was influenced by gospel music, country music, and rhythm and blues acts. what is the origin of the first type of music mentioned here? According to Yale University music professor Willie Ruff, the singing of psalms in Gaelic by Presbyterians of the Scottish Hebrides evolved from "lining out"—where one person sang a solo and others followed. has the african-american community contributed to this music? Yes, there were many Black gospel musicians performing in the 1920s and 30s. any band or musicians name in particular? "The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi" and "The Five Blind Boys of Alabama"
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Five Blind Boys of Mississippi [SEP] History
The group originated in 1936 as a quartet of students from the Piney Woods School near Jackson, Mississippi. The students — Brownlee, Joseph Ford, Lawrence Abrams, and Lloyd Woodard — originally sang under the name "the Cotton Blossom Singers", performing jubilee quartet and secular material, to raise money for the school. Their teacher, Martha Louise Morrow Foxx, helped organize the blind singers at the behest of the school founder Laurence C. Jones. On March 9, 1937, Brownlee and the others recorded sacred tunes (as the Blind Boys) and three secular numbers (as Abraham, Woodard, and Patterson) for Library of Congress researcher Alan Lomax.