Word Has It: Blind Boys Frontman Exits

As funny as some of this may sound, I promise I’m not joking.

Word has it that Clarence Fountain, frontman of the Blind Boys of Alabama, is leaving the group that he co-founded 60 years ago, citing “creative differences.”

According to GospelFlava.com, Fountain (age 79) is taking the band’s guitarist, Sam Butler, with him to form a NEW group– Clarence Fountain, Sam Butler & The Boys!

And what’s more– the new group’s debut album is APTLY titled Stepping Up & Stepping Out, and will be released on August 25th.

What the world?!


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June 9, 2009 in
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  • A. Will wrote on June 9, 2009

    WHO HAS CREATIVE DIFFERENCES IN THEIR LATE 70s?!!! AND after 60 years!! LOL He must've wanted to use auto-tune on the new album and they said nah bruh!


  • Tyrone wrote on June 9, 2009

    I am not a huge fan of this group and I never knew that one of them stood out to go solo. He must have a great production in mind.


  • luda wrote on June 9, 2009

    @ A.Will Autotunes, lol!


  • luvgoodsangin wrote on June 9, 2009

    @A.Will KLUNK==the sound of my head hitting the desk in laughter!!!!!!! Autotunes at 79 LOL


  • gospelfan wrote on June 9, 2009

    They too old for this tom-foolery. Sit down somewhere! lol


  • Chad wrote on June 9, 2009

    LOL That idea he pitched about that gospel collabo with Weezy didn't fly with the rest of em...LOL


  • Mylum wrote on June 9, 2009

    Is anybody else wondering if he ran into a door when he left?!


  • Denise wrote on June 9, 2009

    @ Mylum: IG'NANT! LOL This is some craziness though--I wonder if "execs" were trying to get them to modernize a little bit. Maybe he didn't wanna do a duet with Tonex or Michelle Williams or Bobby Valentino like some other people do! *runs out*


  • A. Will wrote on June 9, 2009

    @Mylum... i just spit my water out!!! LOL


  • Tyrone wrote on June 9, 2009

    @Mylum......just bad, just wrong...lol


  • Michael Dixon wrote on June 9, 2009

    lol yall is dumb


  • A. Will wrote on June 9, 2009

    oh... Mylum i meant to say, shame on you!!!! (still chuckling)


  • A. Will wrote on June 9, 2009

    u guys are taking me outta here!! LOL


  • Byron wrote on June 9, 2009

    Grant!!!! PLEASE!!!!


  • Mylum wrote on June 9, 2009

    @Grant HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! NOW THAT WAS A GOOD ONE!


  • Luv2lissen wrote on June 9, 2009

    GRANT!! LOL Crazy! They are too old for this. I mean its not like they are just the best in the industry. He better wake up open his eyes and see the bigger picture. What really trips me out is he took somebody with him. LOL


  • Grant wrote on June 9, 2009

    How unfortunate. I guess they just weren’t seeing eye to eye any more.


  • Odi wrote on June 9, 2009

    WOW!!! I am gone... lol. Yall are hilarious. I can't believe this...


  • James wrote on June 9, 2009

    So, I hate to be the one, but it seems a little wrong for people to make fun of dude for his infirmity. Now, the fact that he's 79 years old and having petty disagreements after 60 years seems absurd to me.


  • Michael Dixon wrote on June 10, 2009

    grant yu a fool for that one....



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