wife Shirley and Specsavers worker Alanna Carson A KIDNAPPED Brit was killed after trying to cheer his fellow hostages by playing Amazing Grace on his guitar. Missionary Ian Squire, 57 ...

Recounting how Squire was killed in an interview with The Telegraph, David said the late missionary had lifted the group’s spirit while playing Amazing Grace, a Christian hymn, with a guitar.

2. Blind Boys of Alabama The Blind Boys of Alabama's 2003 version, from a disc called Amazing Grace, updates the tune with a bluesy lead guitar that never overpowers, in an interesting take that ...

It's heard around the world and still has the power to move. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AMAZING GRACE") PAUL ROBESON: (Singing) Amazing grace. SIMON: "Amazing Grace." The song was first performed on New ...

The resulting live album, Amazing Grace, recorded at Los Angeles’ New ... Chuck Rainey on bass and Cornell Dupree on guitar. The crew added a perfectly subtle funk to the gospel music, as ...

Amazing Grace. By James Walvin. University of California Press; 216 pages; $19.95 and £16.99 A short but fascinating book by James Walvin, a professor at the University of York and an expert on ...