The Black Keys to Amazing Grace (Link to Song sung by Whitney Phipps). "We’re in Daytona Beach right now, preparing to celebrate with Simon and Elizabeth as they are wed today. Last night at the rehearsal dinner, we sang one of my favorite hymns, “Amazing Grace.” I love the hymn for all its passion and power, and for the back story that gives the song all its richness and glory. It’s not just a hymn written from abstract theological principles. It’s a song rising from the belly of a slave ship and from the heart of a slave trader sovereignly reborn from above. It’s a hymn that crosses the Atlantic and blends the hearts of black and white. It’s a hymn that joins heaven and earth and lifts the soul upward..."