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Christian Music Only

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When The Hallelujah Blues Band performs at churches and Christian ministry events, we do it with the belief that we were created by God to amplify God’s Word and build the body of Christ. We do  this through praise and worship to our Heavenly Father and our Lord Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. We invite all  people to join us in the  joy of praising Jesus, through the gift of music regardless of age, race, gender or denomination. We pray that those who hear our music will be blessed and that those who do not know Jesus, will come to know Him as their Lord and Savior through our ministry.

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Starting in 1997 as the gospel rock band of WILBY DUNN, the band changed their name to The Hallelujah Blues Band  in 2007 to perform for other than just Christian venues & audiences but that doesn't mean we've stopped playing Christian music.  What it means is that this band, under its former and present name, has been

performing at Christian outreaches and leading worship in

churches since 1997.

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Blues  as Christian music?   Yes it's true.

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Spiritual Origins Of The Blues

Before the blues were songs known as

“spirituals.”   Spiritual music is the roots of the

blues.  The Hallelujah  Blues Band is not starting

something new or even reviving something old,

we are continuing a legacy of the origins of a

very important part of the origins of blues music. 

That is why the blues is perfect for leading people

into the presence of God and the singing of the

good news of HIS salvation, in other words

"HALLELUJAH"!

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The most important American antecedent of the

blues was the spiritual, a form of religious song

with its roots in the camp meetings of the Great

Awakening of the early 19th century.  — many

spirituals would probably have been called blues

had that word been in wide use at the time.

[10] ("Taken from "Origins Of The Blues)".

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Gospel Blues or Holy Blues is a form of

Blues-based Gospel music that has been around

since the inception of Blues music, a combination

of Blues guitar and Evangelistic lyrics. Notable

Gospel Blues performers include Blind Willie

Johnson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Reverend Gary

Davis and Washington Phillips. Blues musicians

such as Boyd Rivers, Blind Lemon Jefferson,

Charley Patton, Sam Collins, Josh White, Blind

Boy Fuller, Blind Willie Mctell, Bukka White,

Sleepy John Estes and Skip James have

recorded a fair number of Gospel and religious

songs, these were often commercially released

under a pseudonym.