Welcome to the Vosika
Brother's site. All the songs that the Vosika Brothers do have some
kind of significant meaning to them. Tim has told crowds at various
gigs that the hardest audience Lee and him played for were relatives at
a family reunion (this was early in their singing--later, relatives
began to gather instead of scatter). This is where the song "Images"
came from.
The tunes they write and
sing, speak of their experiences at home and abroad. While Lee was in
the Army stationed in Germany, he and a fellow soldier went to see a
fortune teller just for fun. Lee noticed that the gypsy woman gave him
a mediocre fortune--he payed the bare-minimum fee. His buddy paid extra
money and got a much better future out of the deal. This is where the
song "Seekers of Faith" came from. It speaks of the gypsy as a liar and
how it is important to find something worthy to put you faith in.
The sweet ballad "Light
Falling Rain" is a love song that emerges from inner conflict. This
song has a nice surprise ending.
"Line Upon Line" was a
song written specifically for a home schooling conference. It was
written, along with the harmony arrangement, one week before the
conference as the theme song. Tim didn't think the song worked that the
organizers of the conference recommended, so he wrote one that he
thought would. They got a great response after they were done singing
it, and could have sold up to 100 CDs that day! Unfortunately, they did
not have a recording of it until now. It ends the album with the
phrase, "...growing tall and strong, that's the way it should be."
"Thief in Time" is about
turning around and going home; even though the past may be spent
poorly, the future may be salvaged and shaped. There is often deeper
meanings that surprises the brothers when others sometimes mention what
they got from the songs. It seems that listeners do not all agree which
is the best Vosika Brothers song; everyone has their own favorites.
When the brothers, Tim and
Lee (along with Tim's wife, Liesl), began recording in 1992, they
recorded seven songs on a small four-track cassette recorder. They
passed out copies of the tapes to family and friends, learning later
that bootleg copies had been made and passed around to more people.
Word came back that people were listening to these crude (rough)
recordings over and over--wearing out the tapes. This is one of the
reasons, besides the love of music, that pushed them onward. Their
music has been referred to as, "A breath of fresh air." The Vosika
Brothers are excited for you to hear their songs and harmonies. They
appreciate all the support!
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