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“Colin is an important figure inthe American Primitive tradition”- Craig Havighurst WMOT

Thirteen

Colin O'Brien

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"Thirteen hit me with a wave of joyful surprise" -Craig Havighurst, The Old Fashioned WMOT Nashville.

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    Jimmy 3:51
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    Deadbolt 3:54
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    Billy 3:30
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    Steambrain Boogie 3:09
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    Earth and Ether 8:03
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    Midnight On The Water 4:11
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    Nectar 3:26
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    Road To Pilar 3:06
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    Little Oak 3:07
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    Crooked Creek 2:57
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Inside These Guitars

 100% instrumental. If you dont like my singing, maybe you'll love this record. No overdubs. One guitar at a time, one tune at a time. The guitar has always been my true home. This record comes from there, inside it.

The simple six string sounds the soul

as if a shining sun

had shone upon the dancing hands

a soul immersed in fun.

Dancing By The River

I recorded this record coming off the heels of fronting one hell of a band. A band that flew too close to the sun. Or closer than it could stand,  which I surmise is too close. There are some real good tunes on here.  I wont record myself playing fiddle now, but I did then (on a couple tunes). While my fiddling has gotten better, so have my smarts… No fiddle on my next record! Oh wait, I should be talking about THIS record. It's a time capsule, and as I said, the songs on it are good. I'm proud of them. That's my take on it. 

Avalanche

Let's see. I thought I had a friend once, but now he's gone. We made a good record though. We never released it, really. So here it is, a pretty much unheard body of music, from the traditional to the highly original. I think Travis (Burch) flipped out in the end, and I hope he's good. He played (Mandolin) and sang his ass off here, that much I know.  Buy it. If you dont like it I'll refund ya.   

Pressure In The West

This record is most dear to me. My first. Recorded up in Milwaukee, right around ‘95 or so. Willy Porter graciously provided a studio and engineering/producing acumen. The cover pic was taken of me running 18 miles an hour down a sand dune in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan.  There’s some great songs, and this record also documents so well my earliest fingerstyle guitar rants.