“Prayer is the Key” – The Alabama Boys

“Prayer is the Key”
The Alabama Boys
Malaco/4 Winds Records (2010)
http://www.thealabamaboys.org/

I’m going against the grain here, because “Never Alone” is the single that the Montgomery-based Alabama Boys are promoting. It is a well-rendered, soulful, muscular contemporary quartet piece about believing in God’s unchanging hand. It will make a fine single.

But as for me, I really love a good old hip-slapping, quartet drive song like their “Prayer is the Key.” The quartet moves this selection forward like their B-selection at a quartet program. It is sure to get the audience on its feet, clapping to the strong beat, and singing along with the antiphonal vamp.

RIYL: Lee Williams & Spiritual QCs, George Dean & the Gospel Four