In Search of a Song: Tim O'Brien

TIM O'BRIEN: BROADCAST  6 / 30 / 2012
IN SEARCH OF A SONG originates in BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA and is sponsored by: THE BLUEBIRD NIGHTCLUB ,  AIRTIME RECORDING STUDIO ,  and VISIT BLOOMINGTON.COM
Host  Jason Wilber interviews singer/songwriter and multiinstrumentalist Tim O'Brien . Tim is a key figure in the acoustic American music scene. Tim O'Brien is well known in many different circles of the music world, including Irish and Scottish folk music. In addition to singing, he plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, bouzouki and mandocello. To date, he has released more than ten studio albums, in addition to charting a duet with Kathy Mattea entitled "The Battle Hymn of Love", a #9 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1990.

Topics discussed:    Tim's early memories of music, what inspired him to take up music himself, learning mandolin, violin, and getting in to Bluegrass, starting to write his own songs, the process of writing a song and the personal satisfaction that only the artist experiences, the power of writing songs as a spiritual event, being inspired by other artists, how people identify with a similar experience of hearing music.

Musical selections include: Shady Grove, Hey Joe, Gonna Try To Make Her Stay, In The Summertime, Cornbread Nation, First Snow, You Are My Flower, Brother Wind, Look Down That Lonesome Road
This program is "Evergreen" and not date specific.

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