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"Colin O’Brien has about the smoothest bottle-neck slide guitar technique you will ever find. He’s a real master of the craft." - Joel Mabus, 2024
“His compositional command with a new album, Thirteen, is a mesmerizing solo acoustic journey on 6 and 12-string guitars that evokes the virtuosity and fluid ambience of John Fahey and Leo Kottke. It hit me with a wave of joyful surprise. Colin is an important figure in the American Primitive tradition.” - Craig Havighurst WMOT Nashville
“Colin O’Brien is a masterful guitarist with a friendly and engaging onstage presence. “American Primitive”? Dunno, I’d say he sounds mighty refined.” - Jim Bizer, MAMA’s Coffeehouse, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Colin really got something special on “Thirteen”. The tunes are joyful, whimsical and just dance all around you in a way that’ll get even the stodgiest midwesterner wiggling. It’s even better live. I seen it. Makes me think of canoeing.” - Jordan Tice, solo artist and Hawktail
“I love this!” - Brtianny Haas, The Punch Brothers
"His 12-string guitar work recalling Leo Kottke and the spirit of John Hartford hovering over O’Brien’s foot percussion, he offered something for everyone." - The Shepherd Express
“And more comin'…” - Colin