Lonnie Holley – Oh Me Oh My (Clear Blue Vinyl)
'Oh Me Oh My' is both elegant and ferocious. It is stirring in one moment and a balm the next. It details histories both global and personal.
Lonnie Holley's harrowing youth and young manhood in the Jim Crow South are well-told at this point - his sale into a different home as a child for just a bottle of whiskey; his abuse at the infamous Mount Meigs correctional facility for boys; the destruction of his art environment by the Birmingham airport expansion. But Holley's music is less a performance of pain endured and more a display of perseverance, of relentless hope.
Tracklist
1. Testing
2.Lonnie Holley & Moor Mother – I Am A Part Of The Wonder
3.Lonnie Holley & Michael Stipe – Oh Me, Oh My
4.Lonnie Holley & Moor Mother – Earth Will Be There
5. Mount Meigs
6. Better Get That Crop In Soon
7.Lonnie Holley & Bon Iver – Kindness Will Follow Your Tears
8.Lonnie Holley & Sharon Van Etten – None Of Us Have But A Little While
9.Lonnie Holley & Rokia Kon̩ РIf We Get Lost They Will Find Us
10.Lonnie Holley & Jeff Parker – I Can't Hush
11. Future Children
Cat no: JAG437LP-C1
'Oh Me Oh My' is both elegant and ferocious. It is stirring in one moment and a balm the next. It details histories both global and personal.
Lonnie Holley's harrowing youth and young manhood in the Jim Crow South are well-told at this point - his sale into a different home as a child for just a bottle of whiskey; his abuse at the infamous Mount Meigs correctional facility for boys; the destruction of his art environment by the Birmingham airport expansion. But Holley's music is less a performance of pain endured and more a display of perseverance, of relentless hope.
Tracklist
1. Testing
2.Lonnie Holley & Moor Mother – I Am A Part Of The Wonder
3.Lonnie Holley & Michael Stipe – Oh Me, Oh My
4.Lonnie Holley & Moor Mother – Earth Will Be There
5. Mount Meigs
6. Better Get That Crop In Soon
7.Lonnie Holley & Bon Iver – Kindness Will Follow Your Tears
8.Lonnie Holley & Sharon Van Etten – None Of Us Have But A Little While
9.Lonnie Holley & Rokia Kon̩ РIf We Get Lost They Will Find Us
10.Lonnie Holley & Jeff Parker – I Can't Hush
11. Future Children
Cat no: JAG437LP-C1
'Oh Me Oh My' is both elegant and ferocious. It is stirring in one moment and a balm the next. It details histories both global and personal.
Lonnie Holley's harrowing youth and young manhood in the Jim Crow South are well-told at this point - his sale into a different home as a child for just a bottle of whiskey; his abuse at the infamous Mount Meigs correctional facility for boys; the destruction of his art environment by the Birmingham airport expansion. But Holley's music is less a performance of pain endured and more a display of perseverance, of relentless hope.
Tracklist
1. Testing
2.Lonnie Holley & Moor Mother – I Am A Part Of The Wonder
3.Lonnie Holley & Michael Stipe – Oh Me, Oh My
4.Lonnie Holley & Moor Mother – Earth Will Be There
5. Mount Meigs
6. Better Get That Crop In Soon
7.Lonnie Holley & Bon Iver – Kindness Will Follow Your Tears
8.Lonnie Holley & Sharon Van Etten – None Of Us Have But A Little While
9.Lonnie Holley & Rokia Kon̩ РIf We Get Lost They Will Find Us
10.Lonnie Holley & Jeff Parker – I Can't Hush
11. Future Children
Cat no: JAG437LP-C1
