Tim O’Brien with Jan Fabricius at Reedwood Friends Church
Tim O’Brien has been an essential part of the fabric of the folk, bluegrass and Americana scenes for the past fifty years. Having performed with his wife Jan Fabricius nationally and internationally since 2015, their deep collaboration has served as a narrative of the couple’s life together. In concert with a guitar, a mandolin and their two voices an intimate acoustic roots collection of both traditional and original music is presented.
Multi-Grammy award winner Tim O’Brien and his wife Jan Fabricius have performed together nationally and internationally either as a duo or as part of the Tim O’Brien Band since 2015. In a duet setting with a guitar, a mandolin, and their two voices, they bring an intimate and warm acoustic music roots repertoire that’s at once both original and traditional.
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist O’Brien, born in Wheeling WVin 1954, grew up singing and playing guitar in church and in school. After seeing Doc Watson on TV, he became a lifelong devotee of old time and bluegrass music. Co-founder of Colorado’s Hot Rize, he toured the world with that band from 1978 until he started his solo career in 1990. His songs have been covered by Kathy Mattea, Garth Brooks, and the Dixie Chicks,and his collaborators on stage and in the recording studio include Darrell Scott, Dirk Powell, Mark Knopfler, and Sturgill Simpson. AwardedGrammy’s in both the Folk and Bluegrass categories, he is a member of both the West Virginia and the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. He lives withJan Fabricius in Nashville TN.
Jan Fabricius grew up in WaKeeney, Ks. and sang from an early age in church and school, taking up clarinet and then mandolin. A registered nurse and mother of two, she kept her hand in music through local jams and regional bluegrass festivals while raising her family. Jan’s music with O’Brien started informally around their home as he wrote or learned new songs, and she soon found herself singing and playing mandolin in the studio and on stage. O’Brien’s 2021 release “He WalkedOn”, and his upcoming release “Cup of Sugar” feature original songs cowritten by Tim and Jan.
All concerts start at 7:30 PM. Doors to seating open at 7:00 PM
