Joan Osborne, The Holmes Brothers, & Paul Thorn
November 5, 2009 / 8:00 PM
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Joan Osborne
Joan Osborne is an American Singer-Songwriter. She is best known for her song "One of Us" (What if God Was One of Us), and for her work with members of The Grateful Dead. Genre(s) = Rock, Folk, Country Rock, Blues
The Holmes Brothers
The Holmes Brothers' unique synthesis of gospel-inflected R&B harmonies, accompanied by good drumming and rhythm-based guitar playing, gives them a down-home rural feeling that no other touring roots music group can duplicate. Brothers Sherman and Wendell Holmes, along with drummer Popsy Dixon (the falsetto voice), are the group's core members, although they occasionally tour with extra musicians. All three harmonize well together. The Holmes Brothers are so versatile, they're booked solid every summer at folk, blues, gospel, and jazz festivals, as they play a style of music that is a gumbo of church tunes, blues, country, funk, reggae, roots rock, and soul. Although people like Bo Diddley and especially Jimmy Reed were early influences on Wendell and Sherman, gospel music also played an important role in their respective upbringings.
Paul Thorn
Thorn is a genuine Southern paradox, a bona fide tough guy with a feeling for the social fugitive. Behind his songs simmer an old fashioned religious sensibility: that we really are accountable for how we treat people - the old and the odd, the on-track and offbeat, the strangers and the strange. His songs are filled with a demented optimism that says each life still counts; this is the all-important message that Paul wants to impart to his listeners.
| Ticket Prices |
| Platinum |
$39.50 |
| Orchestra |
$34.50 |
| Parterre |
$29.50 |
| Balcony |
$24.50 |
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