Live Music | Small Batch Sessions; Tim O'Brien at the John Hartford Memorial Festival

Live Music | Small Batch Sessions; Tim O'Brien at the John Hartford Memorial Festival.
Born in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1954, Grammy winning singer songwriter and multi- instrumentalist Tim O’Brien grew up singing in church and in school. After seeing Doc Watson on TV, he became a lifelong devotee of old time and bluegrass music. Tim started touring nationally in 1978 with Colorado bluegrass band Hot Rize. His songs “Walk the Way the Wind Blows” and “Untold Stories” were bluegrass hits for Hot Rize, and country hits for Kathy Mattea. Soon more artists like Nickel Creek, Garth Brooks, and The Dixie Chicks covered his songs. Over the years, Tim has collaborated with his sister Mollie O’Brien, songwriter Darrell Scott, and noted old-time musician Dirk Powell, as well as with Steve Earle, Mark Knopfler, Dan Auerbach and Sturgill Simpson.
Living in Nashville since 1996, O’Brien’s skills on guitar, mandolin, fiddle, and banjo make him an in-demand session player. He tours throughout the US and abroad, most often with his wife Jan Fabricius on mandolin and vocals. A voracious reader who loves to cook, he has two sons, Jackson (born 1982) and Joel (born 1990). The International Bluegrass Music Association awarded him song of the year in 2006 and named him best male vocalist in 1993 and 2006. He was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2013 and into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2022.

[@banjopicker7724]

Love to see Michael Cleveland getting his groove on in the crowd.

[@smallbatchsessions6892]

I know that’s great ain’t it !

[@cousinadam5157]

Tim O ‘Brien band was the very first house concert I attended at my cousin Ruth’s. O’Brien, Danny Barnes (banjo), Mike Bub (bass), Casey Driessen (fiddle), and Tim switching between mandolin, guitar, violin and whatever. Casey on fiddle especially blew my mind- shades of Vassar! The whole evening was magical-genuinel friendships with the whole band- I’ve run into them individually at subsequent shows and Grey Fox festivals especially ❤
🥇 people all, and they’re happy to call me
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cousinAdam 🤠

[@troyphillips1077]

Seeing this set again is great . Forgot how good it was . Just remembered it was a memorial one .
Thanks Tim O’Brien

[@skinwalker9083]

dang good set

[@samridgebag]

Mighty fine there Patrick!

[@thomasjefferson6225]

This is dope