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Tim O'Brien

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Also known as Timothy Page O'Brien, Red Knuckles

American musician

Person · Open Library

Born
1947
Works
27

Top works

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1954-03-16
folk

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
66,636
Total plays
587,075

Tags

bluegrassfolkcountrycelticamericana

Tim O'Brien (b. March 16, 1954 in Wheeling, West Virginia) is an American bluegrass, old time and celtic musician. O'Brien plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bouzouki and mandocello and is an accomplished vocalist. He moved to Boulder, Colorado in the 1970s and became part of the music scene there. In 1978 he founded the bluegrass group Hot Rize. Hot Rize had its own offshoot band called Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers. The band would walk off stage, change clothes, and reappear as a different ban

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Timothy
Family name
O'Brien
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Wheeling
Instrument
voice
Official website
www.timobrien.net
Image
Tim O Brien.jpg
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start of work period
1973-00-00
date of birth
1954-03-16
Commons category
Tim O'Brien (musician)
social media followers
10596
birth name
Timothy O'Brien
different from
Tim O'Brien
name in native language
Tim O'Brien
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