The Blackwood Brothers is an American southern gospel quartet. Pioneers of the Christian music industry, they are 8-time GRAMMY award winners in addition to winning 27 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, and 5 All-American Music Awards. They are also members of the Gospel, Southern Gospel, and Rockabilly Hall of Fame. The Blackwood Brothers Quartet was formed in 1934 in the midst of the Great Depression when preacher Roy Blackwood (1900–71) moved his family back home to Choctaw County, Mississippi.