Tim O'Brien

O'Brien does it on his own (Sep 1997)

For a man coming back from a Northeastern road trip to the release of his newest album, Tim O'Brien sounded surprisingly relaxed on the phone from Nashville in late August. On the other hand, it might be more surprising if he sounded anything other than quietly confident, with a decade and a half of being in the forefront of progressive bluegrass, country and now "Americana" under his belt and a long-awaited album of his own songs hitting the streets.   ...