Lonnie Holley

Lonnie Holley
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About the artist

Lonnie Holley (born Lonnie Bradley Holley in Birmingham, Alabama, on 10 February 1950) (sometimes known as the Sand Man) is an American artist, art educator, and musician. He is best known for his assemblages and immersive environments made of found materials.In 2012, he released his debut album "Just Before Music". Holley was born the seventh of 27 children. From the age of five, Holley worked various jobs: picking up trash at a drive-in movie theatre, washing dishes, and cooking.

Top songs

  1. Testing
  2. I Am A Part Of The Wonder
  3. Oh Me, Oh My
  4. Kindness Will Follow Your Tears
  5. Like Hell Broke Away
  6. Mount Meigs
  7. None Of Us Have But A Little While
  8. Earth Will Be There
  9. Better Get That Crop In Soon
  10. Future Children
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  1. I Woke Up in a Fucked-Up America
  2. If We Get Lost They Will Find Us
  3. Looking for All (All Rendered Truth)
  4. I Can’t Hush
  5. Protest With Love
  6. Here I Stand Knocking at Your Door
  7. Soon-To-Be Innocent Fun (interlude)
  8. In The Light Of The Miracle (interlude)
  9. Seeds
  10. I’m a Suspect
  11. Life
  12. The End of the Film Era
  13. Sometimes I Wanna Dance
  14. That’s Not Art, That’s Not Music
  15. Mama's Little Baby
  16. Back for Me
  17. How Far is Spaced-Out?
  18. Strength of a Song
  19. Fifth Child Burning
  20. I Looked Over My Shoulder
  21. Hop On Down (interlude)
  22. Earthly Things
  23. Kings In The Jungle, Slaves In The Field
  24. I Snuck Off the Slave Ship
  25. The Same Stars
  26. The Burden (I Turned Nothing Into Something)
  27. A Change Is Gonna Come
  28. There Was Always Water
  29. Did I Do Enough?
  30. Fear
  31. Planet Earth and Otherwheres
  32. The Deer In The Forest (Interlude)
  33. Six Space Shuttles and 144,000 Elephants
  34. Copying the Rock
  35. What’s Going On?
  36. Those Stars Are Still Shining
  37. Crystal Doorknob
  38. Coming Back (From the Distance Between the Spaces of Time)
  39. Down in the Ghostness of Darkness
  40. In It Too Deep
  41. Do T Rocker
  42. Mind On
  43. Making a Joyful Noise
  44. So Many Rivers (The First Time)
  45. Mama’s Little Baby
  46. A Border is Just a Space Between Two Lines
  47. Sun & Water (feat. Lillian Blades)
  48. The Start of a River’s Run (One Drop)
  49. The Start of a River's Run (One Drop)
  50. Keeping a Record of It (feat. Bradford Cox & Cole Alexander)
  51. From the Other Side of the Pulpit (feat. Bradford Cox & Cole Alexander)
  52. I'm a Suspect
  53. Life (feat. Mary Lattimore)
  54. Keeping a Record of It (feat. Bradford Cox and Cole Alexander)
  55. Sun & Water
  56. From the Other Side of the Pulpit
  57. From the Other Side of the Pulpit (feat. Bradford Cox and Cole Alexander)
  58. I Looked Over My Shoulder (feat. billy woods)
  59. The Same Stars (feat. Joe Minter & Open Mike Eagle)
  60. Strength of A Song (feat. Alabaster DePlume)
  61. Did I Do Enough? (feat. Jesca Hoop)
  62. Those Stars Are Still Shining (feat. Saul Williams)
  63. I Am A Part Of The Wonder (feat. Moor Mother)
  64. What’s Going On? (feat. Isaac Brock)
  65. I Can't Hush
  66. The Burden (I Turned Nothing Into Something) [feat. Angel Bat Dawid]
  67. Keeping a Record of It
  68. I Woke Up in a F****d-Up America
  69. I Am A Part Of The Wonder feat. Moor Mother
  70. I Woke Up In A F*Cked-Up America
  71. Oh Me Oh My
  72. all rendered truth
  73. I'm A Suspect (Galcher Lustwerk Remix)
  74. Kindness Will Follow Your Tears (feat. Bon Iver)
  75. Oh Me, Oh My (feat. Michael Stipe)
  76. Soon-To-Be Innocent Fun (Inter
  77. In The Light Of The Miracle (I
  78. The Burden (I Turned Nothing Into Something) (feat. Angel Bat Dawid)
  79. Better Get The Crop In Soon
  80. Earth Will Be There (feat. Moor Mother)
  81. None Of Us Have But A Little While (feat. Sharon Van Etten)
  82. That's Not Art, That's Not Music
  83. Kindness Will Follow Your Tears feat. Bon Iver
  84. Fear The Machine
  85. The Deer In The Forest (Interl
  86. If We Get Lost They Will Find Us (feat. Rokia Koné)
  87. I Woke Up In A Fucked Up America
  88. I Woke Up...
  89. Oh Me, Oh My feat. Michael Stipe
  90. None of Us Have but a Little While feat. Sharon Van Etten

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