Tim O’Brien and Jan Fabricius

September 19th – Tim OBrien and his wife Jan Fabricius have performed together nationally and internationally since 2015. The original songs on their new release Paper Flowers offer tangible proof of a deep collaboration, and serve as a narrative of the couples life together.

Tim OBrien might operate a bit under music business radar, but he has been an essential part of the fabric of the folk, bluegrass, and Americana scenes for the past fifty years. Since his emergence as singer, instrumentalist, and songwriter with the iconic 1980s bluegrass group Hot Rize, the West Virginia native has continued down a diverse and constantly evolving musical pathway. In the process he has written songs for people like Garth Brooks and the Dixie Chicks, released rootsy classics like Red on Blonde and The Crossing, and earned a few Grammy awards.

A registered nurse from Kansas, Fabricius started dating OBrien in 2011. After moving to Nashville in 2013, she took a crash course in the music business as tour manager. OBrien describes their musical evolution, Jan started adding harmony vocals and mandolin to shows and recordings soon after we became a couple. We would play music around the house, and she would learn new songs as I wrote them. Then soon enough we started writing together. OBriens two most recent releases, He Walked On and Cup of Sugar include songs cowritten with Fabricius.

When Cathy Fink and Jon Weisberger approached OBrien in 2023 to contribute to what became 2024s Bluegrass Sings Paxton, Tim and Jan wrote the song You Took Me In, with the man himself. Encouraged by the results, the three scheduled weekly Zoom co writing sessions and the songs kept coming. Paper Flowers includes twelve of those songs as well as three more originals.

Tim and Jan perform as duo and in a band setting with bassist Mike Bub and fiddler Shad Cobb. Both live in the studio, they present an acoustic music roots repertoire that is at once both original and traditional.

General Admission: 40.00
Bar area opens at 7pm
Main Concert Hall at 7:30pm
Music at 8pm