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| Simple Truths | 
 enlarge | Artist: Holmes Brothers
Label: Alligator Records
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 138522
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 514893
UPC: 014551489320
EAN: 0014551489320
ASIN: B0000YTOV2
Release Date: January 13, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | Run Myself Out of Town | | • | Shine | | • | We Meet, We Part, We Remember | | • | If I Needed You | | • | Hey Baby | | • | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry | | • | Everything Is Free | | • | Big Boss Man | | • | Opportunity to Cry | | • | Concrete Jungle | | • | You Won't Be Livin' Here | | • | Hell Have to Go | | • | I'm So Lonely |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
What's still surprising about this trio is their unquenchable thirst for fresh inspiration, which they find here in songs by Bob Marley, Hank Williams, and Townes Van Zandt among others. And, after 25 years together, guitarist Wendell Holmes, his bassist brother Sherman, and drummer Popsy Dixon still have the unique ability to transform their sources, which explains why Williams's "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" crunches with garage-band raunchiness and Marley's "Concrete Jungle" unfolds as a folk-blues spiritual. But original tunes like the Chuck Berry-style stomper "Run Myself Out of Town" and the gentle ballad "We Meet, We Part, We Remember" prove they needn't look further than their own songwriting for great numbers that play to their long-developed strengths: gentle and soaring three-part harmonies, respect for economical grooves, and virtuosic guitar melodies. It all serves to further their distinctive blend of the roadhouse and God's house. --Ted Drozdowski
Album Description
The Holmes Brothers return with SIMPLE TRUTHS, helmed by the same Grammy-winning pair—producer Craig Street (Cassandra Wilson, Chris Whitley) and engineer S. Husky Hoeskulds (Tom Waits, Joe Henry, Wallflowers)—who were part of the creative team for the 2003 Norah Jones smash Come Away With Me. SIMPLE TRUTHS features 13 striking songs reflecting The Holmes Brothers' wide-ranging musical palette. The CD brings the group back into the secular world while still holding tight to their rich gospel harmonies and rough-edged vocals. The album features an amazing collection of songs written by some of the greatest songwriters of the last 60 years, including Townes Van Zandt (If I Needed You), Bob Marley (Concrete Jungle), Gillian Welch (Everything Is Free), Willie Nelson (Opportunity To Cry) and Hank Williams (I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry) as well as choice covers of Collective Soul's Shine and Bruce Channel's Hey Baby. The Holmes Brothers' spirited original material (Run ! Myself Out Of Town; We Meet, We Part, We Remember; You Won't Be Livin' Here Anymore; and I'm So Lonely) fits perfectly alongside the rest of the songs on this transcendent, boundary-defying release.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 This is the real deal February 26, 2004
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
If you want something that's straight from the heart and pure to the artform then you'll love this latest work from the Holmes Bros.
It's somewhat eclectic, giving you blues, old school R&B and a bit of gospel,they even cover two Hank Williams tunes doing a great job on " So lonesome I could cry "
The music is uncluttered and straight foward supporting the soulful vocals perfectly.
 Worth getting March 15, 2004
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
I had one other Holmes Bros album which was slick & produced to death & had given up on them in spite of hearing that they are amazing live... I picked this one up & it's different! Raw, engaging & full of inspired covers. Some nice guitar, unique singing & harmonizing... highly recommended. Pick it up.
Next best thing to live... April 8, 2004
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
You can get this cd if the HBs aren't coming to your town, or to remember how great there were when they DID come, but don't miss them live if you can make it: More great sound comes out of this trio than you could ever believe,(if your eyes were closed).
Heavenly Singin September 16, 2004
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Simple Truths is a stripped down record rooted in Harlem blues with touches of gospel, country and folk music scattered throughout. Great harmonies punctuate these songs especially on the touching We Meet, We Part, We Remember. They turn If i Needed You into a spiritual experience, the kind where you kick back, close your eyes, and drink a budweiser to. Bob Marley's surely nodding his head in approval in heaven when he listens to their soulful version of Concrete Jungle. Popsy Dixon's singin on Gillian Welch's Everything is Free is sublime. Good stuff.
 Simply boring! July 14, 2004
4 out of 23 found this review helpful
I read the reviews on this CD and based on them, purchased it. It's one of, if not the most, diappointing purchases I've made on Amazon. The production and performance quality are both marginal. I've tried to listen to the CD multiple times and can't get through it. I enjoy all types of music, but primarily listen to Blues, this CD made me blue.
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