How Tennessee State University’s Aristocrat of Bands beat out heavyweights like Willie Nelson to become the first marching band to ever win a Grammy
“We were able to somehow dig ourselves into the roots of gospel and find Negro spirituals that survived from generation to generation,” Sir says. “It no longer became a religion thing, it became a historic thing.”
Larry Jenkins Jr., Sir the Baptist and Aaron Dubba-AA Lockhart of The Tennessee State University Marching Band, award winner for Best Roots Gospel Album for “The Urban Hymnal” pose in the press room during the 65th“We’re talking about cultural things important to the fiber of who you are,” Jenkins adds. “In order to make them, ‘relevant’ is a funny word…” “To restore,” Sir suggests. “To ‘restore,’ I like that word. In order to do that, we really bridged the gap between there and the present day.
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