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3 samples from State of Grace |
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Smiling Face Hiding A Weeping Heart
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Standing In The Need Of Love
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Three Gray Walls
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The
Holmes Brothers—bass player Sherman Holmes,
guitarist/pianist Wendell Holmes and drummer Popsy Dixon—exploded
on the U.S. roots music scene in the late 1980s with a
unique and funky fusion of blues, R&B, country and
gospel music that has since made the eclectic band “a
musical force unto themselves” (Billboard).
With exceptionally soulful three-part vocal harmonies
soaring over a bluesy, hard-driving groove, the New York-based
trio combines roadhouse energy with church house fervor.
The band has recorded 10 acclaimed albums since 1989,
the latest of which is State of Grace on Alligator,
and won “Band of the Year” honors at the Blues
Music Awards in Memphis in 2005. The Holmes Brothers,
called “juke-joint vets with a brazenly borderless
view of American music” (Entertainment Weekly),
tour constantly and have appeared on such TV shows as
The Late Show with David Letterman, The CBS Saturday Early
Show and Austin City Limits.
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