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On TV: New Season Of Bobby Jones Gospel Premieres

Folks, set your DVRs and VCRs now… the new season of BET’s hit program, Bobby Jones Gospel, premieres THIS SUNDAY, October 4th at 9am ET.

I hear that the first guests will be BeBe & CeCe Winans, Clarence Fountain, Sam Butler & The Boys (you HAVE TO click here to be reminded who they are… and make sure you read the comments, too… heehehehe) and new artist Ministree.

I’m tunin’ in, for sure… who’s with me?

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?!