The Holmes Brothers - Lotto Land: Original Soundtrack Recording (1995)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 306 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 116 MB | Covers - 4 MB
Genre: Blues, Soul Blues, Soundtrack | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Trip Records (TRIP 7714), 1996
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 306 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 116 MB | Covers - 4 MB
Genre: Blues, Soul Blues, Soundtrack | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Trip Records (TRIP 7714), 1996
The Holmes Brothers are certainly one of the best blues discoveries of the 90s. Rough, gutsy, and almost unbelievably funky, they make music that seems steeped in the energy, dust, litter, smells and fumes of Brooklyn's neighbourhoods.
The brothers are Wendell and Sherman Holmes and Popsy Dixon (the latter the owner of the best falsetto voice since Al Green and the Reverend Claude Jeter), and this powerful, emotional, joyful and rocking album is their fifth. The songs, originally written and recorded for the film Lotto Land, stand proudly on their own - although if you do see the film you’ll understand how well they fit the bitter sweet story of the development of the two different relationships and a missing multi-million dollar lottery ticket…