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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social

Sunday Sounds continued. The Original Five Blind Boys “Jesus is a Rock in a Weary Land” (1953). Singer Percell Perkins (Rev. Perkins) was a minister in Helena when I was there, heard him preach & sing a few times. Interviewed him at home once. He comes in at about :23. youtu.be/NYdtWznKtKU?...

aug 31, 2025, 2:12 pm • 13 1

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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social

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Sam Cooke and James Brown. Best known for his association with the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, Perkins also passed through the ranks of several other key vocal groups in the field, including the Swan Silvertones, the Fairfield Four and the Five Blind Boys of Alabama. Born in Mississippi's blues-infused north-west, Perkins learned music as a child and was drawn to the work of a local gospel act, the Delta Big Four. By 1941 he was performing as the lead vocalist with the Glorybound Singers and followed that with stints in both the Fairfield Four and the Soprocco Singers. It was whilst working with the latter (also known as the Chosen Five) in Chicago that Perkins met the members of the Blind Boys of Mississippi.
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