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Sherman and Wendell Holmes were raised in Christchurch, Virginia. Their schoolteacher parents fostered the boys’ early interest in music as they listened to traditional Baptist hymns, anthems and spirituals as well as blues music by Jimmy Reed, Junior Parker and B.B. King. Sherman studied composition and music theory at Virginia State University, but in 1959, he dropped out and headed to New York for a promising job with a singer named Jimmy Jones (of Handy Man fame). His younger brother Wendell joined him in New York after completing high school. The two brothers played in a few bands before forming The Sevilles in 1963. The group lasted only three years, but they often backed up touring artists like The Impressions, John Lee Hooker and Jerry Butler, gaining a wealth of experience. Sherman and Wendell met drummer Popsy Dixon, a fellow Virginian, at a New York gig in 1967.” They continued to play in a variety of Top 40 bar bands
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The Holmes Brothers: State of Grace
by Chris M. Slawecki
Wendell Holmes plays guitar, piano and sings, and Sherman Holmes plays bass and sings. When Popsy Dixon joins on drums and vocals, this trio transforms into the Holmes Brothers, the Blues Foundation's 2005 Band of the Year. Their three-part harmonies are honeyed country gospel, but their front-stoop funk and dark, broken-hearted tales are pure country blues.
The Holmes Brothers make every song they sing sound gospel sacred and gutbucket funky. Look no further for an example than Wendell's ...
read moreThe Holmes Brothers: Simple Truths
by Chris M. Slawecki
The Holmes Brothers play rock 'n’ roll like a band that grew up playing the blues on Saturday night and then gospel in church on Sunday morning. Drummer Popsy Dixon, guitarist/keyboardist Wendell Holmes, and bassist Sherman Holmes play rough and tumble with the blues—but their vocal harmonies, most often casting Sherman’s baritone and Popsy’s falsetto in harmony with Wendell’s rough leads, ring like a churchbell with sweet, sweet gospel (their hometown: Christchurch, Virginia).
Simple Truths rings both simple ...
read moreThe Holmes Brothers With Sol Roots In Washington DC
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9th Floor Music
The Holmes Brothers with Sol Roots perform Friday April 11, 2014 at Gypsy Sally's in Washington DC.
“Great songs, whether we write them or not, bring great things,” says guitarist/pianist/vocalist/songwriter Wendell Holmes. “And we are all about striving to write, find and perform great songs.” The Holmes Brothers—Wendell, bassist/songwriter/vocalist Sherman Holmes and drummer/vocalist and brother-in-spirit Popsy Dixon—are true treasures of American roots music. For 35 years, The Holmes Brothers’ joyous and moving blend of blues, gospel, soul, R&B, rock ‘n’ ...
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The Holmes Brothers to Perform in Schwenksville at Philly Folk Fest
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Chris M. Slawecki
The Holmes Brothers - bassist/vocalist Sherman Holmes, his brother, guitarist/vocalist Wendell Holmes, and drummer/vocalist Popsy Dixon - will give a live performance at the Philadelphia Folk Festival in Schwenksville on Saturday, August 18 and Sunday, August 19, 2012. The trio will play songs from their latest CD, Feed My Soul. Feed My Soul features the band's exhilarating, spine-tingling harmonies, boundless energy and telepathic musicianship over the course of nine originals (the most they've ever penned for an album) and four ...
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The Holmes Brothers Celebrates New Release with Live Performance in Camden
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Michael Ricci
The Holmes Brothers -- bassist/vocalist Sherman Holmes, his brother, guitarist/vocalist Wendell Holmes, and drummer/vocalist Popsy Dixon -- will celebrate the release of their new CD, Feed My Soul, with a live performance in Camden on Sunday, July 18, 2010. Feed My Soul features the band's exhilarating, spine-tingling harmonies, boundless energy and telepathic musicianship over the course of nine originals (the most they've ever penned for an album). Concert information is as follows:
Sunday, July 18: 88.5 WXPN presents: Xponential Music ...
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Alligator Artists the Holmes Brothers to Perform in Philadelphia
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All About Jazz
"Brazenly borderless American music...timeless purity and rapturous harmonizing." -- Entertainment Weekly
The undisputed masters of blues-based American roots music." -- Chicago Tribune
The Holmes Brothers -- bassist / vocalist Sherman Holmes, his brother, guitarist / vocalist Wendell Homes, and drummer / vocalist Popsy Dixon -- will perform a series of dates live in Philadelphia. OffBeat declares the group possesses great spirit and outstanding vocal harmonies with a jam band aesthetic that anticipated the 'sacred ...
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Alligator Artists the Holmes Brothers, Koko Taylor and Shemekia Copeland to Perform in Philadelphia
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All About Jazz
Performance information is as follows:
The Holmes Brothers Saturday, May 14th: Annenberg Center, Zellerbach Theater 3680 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA www.annenbergcenter.org 8:00 p.m. Ticket Price: Please check website for details Shout Sister Shout: A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe" with Special guest Marie Knight!
Koko Taylor and Shemekia Copeland Saturday, May 21st: Keswick Theatre 291 Keswick Avenue Glenside, PA www.keswicktheatre.com/ ...
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Alligator Recording Artists the Holmes Brothers to Perform in Doylestown PA
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All About Jazz