Tim O’Brien
Transforms With Pompadour
Channels His Inner
James Brown
Short Order
Sessions Serves Up Monthly Specials
Fans Order Decadent
Arrangements
New CD Out October 30th
On Howdy Skies Records
"…classic-sounding material stamped with his own
perceptive personality" - The Wall Street Journal
Multi-award
winning bluegrass-folk-singer-songwriter Tim O’Brien greases the musical wheel
with Pompadour set to release on October 30th on his label Howdy
Skies Records. Produced and recorded by O’Brien, he continues to meld his love
for the traditional sounds of bluegrass and country with his dash of modern
that finds him in a new place in life.
“…there’s a breakup, an assessment and
ultimately delight at the end,” Tim O’Brien states,
but then concludes that, “It’s just me
now.”
It’s
been four years since the last Tim O’Brien solo record, and he has not sat
idle. He’s been fronting, piloting and performing with folks like Steve Martin
and Mark Knopfler to Hot Rize and Earls of Leicester, a group that includes
dobro-master, Jerry Douglas. He’s achieved award-winning success, played with a
vast grouping of musicians and yet the solo work keeps tugging at his feet.
The seeds of Pompadour took
root about three years ago when O'Brien welcomed his New Zealand traveling
colleagues to Nashville. "Gerry Paul is a guitarist from Wellington, New
Zealand, and Trevor Hutchinson is a bassist from Dublin, Ireland," O'Brien
says. "We grabbed a couple of days and recorded. This album was meant for
the three of us to tour behind, but a lot of other things got in the way. And
Gerry and Trevor both play with various bands, so I decided to finish it up on
my own."
Pompadour swirls together bits of bluegrass,
deep-roots Appalachian music, field hollers, old-school rock 'n' roll to
traditional jazz and even James Brownian funk. The same applies to the
perspectives from which O'Brien addresses the central theme. The spare lyrics
of "I Gotta Move" and use of everyday images on "I'm A Mess For
You" imply rather than spell out a story of loss and redemption. A steady-rockin'
groove drives the classic trope of asking a doctor for a cure to heartache on
"Give Me A Little Somethin' Take Her Off My Mind."
O’Brien hopes this release will touch his listeners more
personally than much of today's new music. "This album feels really good
to me," he sums up. "I love collaborating with other people, but I
also like to stretch out and achieve things I might be best able to do on my
own. It hangs together and tells a story. It's honest. It shows who I am as a
person as well as a musician. That's something I can be proud of."
Short Order Sessions is an online shop that releases two
download tracks each month on Amazon, iTunes, and other digital outlets. “I was
inspired by Mo Ash and his Folkways vision. He recorded tons of stuff, down and
dirty, and kept it all in print. He dodged commercial pressure somehow and was
still able to do his own thing. I was thinking; Friends come to town, and we
might jam at my house, and I’ve often thought it would be great to catch some
of those moments. And I had these tracks in the can and ideas for others. The
digital delivery system has changed everything, and I figured - why not carve
my own model? In a way, the Pompadour CD is really just a way to
advertise SOS.” For more info: www.shortordersessions.com
Tim started this lifelong career when he told his mother
that he knew 200 songs, and that was enough to get him through. He has done
pretty well, don’t you think?
There will be a support tour starting in October and Tim is
booked by Mongrel Music. Brad Hunt will handle radio.
You can view all things O’Brien at his website: www.timobrien.net
For publicity needs or inquiries, please contact: Jill Kettles
at Miss Jill PR – Tel – 404-213-8542 and Email – Jill@missjillpr.com
Download a photo by clicking the link and photo credit goes
to Scott Simontacci - http://missjillpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Tim-OBrien-PR-Photo.jpg
FALL
2015 DATES
HOT RIZE SHOWCASE
- Americana Music Assoc. Festival/Conference
9/17 Station Inn -
12 Midnight - Nashville, TN
With HOT RIZE
9/3 Brunswick,
ME
Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Special
9/4 Woodstown,
NJ
Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival Salem County
Fairgrounds
9/6 Pagosa Springs,
CO Four Corners Folk Festival
9/18 Louisville,
KY
The Clifton
Center
9/19 Bristol,
TN
Bristol Rhythm, and Roots Reunion Downtown
9/25 Berryville,
VA
Watermelon Park Festival
9/26 Winona, MN
Boats and Bluegrass Prairie Island
10/2 Chattanooga,
TN 3
Sisters Music Festival Ross' Landing
10/9 Silk Hope,
NC
Shakori Hills Grassroots
Festival
10/16 Farmers Branch,
TX Bloomin' Bluegrass Festival
Farmers Branch Historical Park
TIM O'BRIEN – SOLO DATES
10/9 Silk Hope,
NC
Shakori Hills Grassroots
Festival
10/29 Charlottesville,
VA The Southern
Café and Music Hall
10/30 Washington,
DC
The Hamilton
10/31 Annapolis,
MD
Ram’s Head
11/1 Sellersville,
PA
Sellersville Theater
11/4 Cambridge,
MA
Club Passim
11/5 Fall River, MA
Narrows Center for the Arts
11/6 Hamden, CT
Spaceland Ballroom
11/7 Brownfield,
ME
Stone Mountain Arts Center
11/8 Nashville,
TN
Station Inn w/ Old Man Luedecke
11/11 Hesston,
KS
Prairie Windows Concert Series
11/12 Tulsa,
OK
Tulsa Little Theatre
11/13 Ft. Worth,
TX
The Live Oak
11/14 Fischer,
TX
Fischer Festival
