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The Blind Boys of Alabama is an American gospel group founded in 1939 in Talladega, Alabama. The group has won five Grammy Awards and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. Their albums, such as "Spirit of the Century" and "Higher Ground," have garnered widespread acclaim. The group has collaborated with artists like Prince, Lou Reed, and Ben Harper. Their rendition of "Way Down in the Hole" was used as the theme song for the first season of the series "The Wire." In 1994, they received the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 2003, they were inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
