Boyd Rivers
Boyd Rivers was born on December 25, 1934, in Madison County, Mississippi. He was brought up in the church by his mother and was influenced by regional musicians such as Clyde Maxwell and others, as well as his uncle, the gospel legend, Cleophus Robinson.
Rivers started out on two nails and a wire on a wall, and played blues guitar as early as 13, but changed to spirituals around the age of 19. Rivers’ powerful vocal strength, spiritual conviction and guitar dexterity are what truly set him apart from many of his contemporaries. Although he is often compared to the late reverend Charlie Jackson from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the end, no one sounds like Boyd Rivers.
Boyd Rivers died in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 22, 1993. You Can’t Me Doubt is the first and only full-length recording of Boyd Rivers. Terminus Records licensed these recordings to Mississippi Records for a limited vinyl run in 2012 and we are proud to present a remastered limited run vinyl pressing of these legendary recordings by one of the greatest gospel blues musicians of all time.
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