John Prine Thought Bill Monroe Was In The Mafia -Tim O'Brien

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  • Опубліковано 25 чер 2023
  • Tim O'Brien shares personal stories about his friendship with John Prine.
    Check out Tim's new record and tell him Otis sent ya!
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  • @otisgibbs
    @otisgibbs  11 місяців тому +24

    Check out Tim's new record and tell him Otis sent ya!
    timobrien.net/

  • @dbob3405
    @dbob3405 11 місяців тому +30

    Great stories-Tim is one of best musicians alive today as well as a first class writer and performer

  • @stevevice9863
    @stevevice9863 11 місяців тому +13

    I've never heard anyone say anything bad about John Prine...only high praise. I'm glad I was fortunate enough to have seen him perform a few times while he was here. I'd like to see Tim O'Brien perform too...he is a mighty talented guy.

  • @HughRailey
    @HughRailey 11 місяців тому +5

    We need an Otis Gibbs Historical Conservation of Oral Insights of Americana, Country & Bluegrass Musicians through personal stories.

  • @MarcoS-yp9qf
    @MarcoS-yp9qf 11 місяців тому +3

    I'm a warrior of the Hot Rize trails, never missed a show at the old Niwot Grange. Brownies and lemonade, takin' breaks out back.

  • @victorsmith311
    @victorsmith311 11 місяців тому +6

    Thanks for this, I could listen to Tim all day, singing, picking or talking, he´ s one of the best.

  • @raleighwelborn1136
    @raleighwelborn1136 11 місяців тому +6

    John Prine made me proud to be from Muhlenberg County. Glad I got to see John play in Muhlenberg County! During the Everly Brothers Homecoming concert years and a couple other times he came back here to play. Always was pure magic on stage!

  • @t9cstudio
    @t9cstudio 11 місяців тому +14

    Speaking of duet albums, one of my desert island discs is Tim and Darrell Scott. What talent! Also, an old picking buddy's cousin, Joe Diffy died of the covid about the same time Prine did. It was a tough year for the heart.

    • @ledaswan5990
      @ledaswan5990 8 місяців тому

      I remember when Diffy died too

  • @MC-mi4ck
    @MC-mi4ck 11 місяців тому +6

    Grateful for this interview. Any information on Arnold Schultz is greatly appreciated.

  • @brianmobley1720
    @brianmobley1720 11 місяців тому +8

    What can I say Otis, your interviews just keep getting better and better !!!🐿️😎🐿️

  • @jordanb2939
    @jordanb2939 11 місяців тому +4

    Greetings from Owensboro KY. Romp was this past weekend. It’s always a great time. Otis, your channel is a diamond in the rough

  • @davidcurtin3838
    @davidcurtin3838 11 місяців тому +3

    Saw John prine here in cork ireland about a year before he passed saw him back the years when he came here

  • @mountaintyme2000
    @mountaintyme2000 11 місяців тому +10

    Thanks for doing a sit-down with Tim. After recording "Let Me Love You One More Time" for Ralph Stanley's "Clinch Mt. Country" album, Ralph stated after Tim left that O'Brien was the easiest person he'd ever sung with." Ralph definitely knew a talented singer when he heard one.

  • @chancejames7397
    @chancejames7397 10 місяців тому +1

    I learned of Tim through listening to Darrell Scott (one of my songwriting heroes) This guy is one of the best pickers and can harmonize so well! Thanks for the stories!

  • @jimmycollette9209
    @jimmycollette9209 4 місяці тому

    Covid took so many from us. My son was one of them. I'm crying as i write this. Seems like the pain never will go away.. Special people weren't exempt. Thank Otis for your interviews. Don't stop. Looking forward to the next.

  • @doughill8475
    @doughill8475 11 місяців тому +6

    Please tell Tim I absolutely love "Red on Blonde." He happened to be on the bill the one time I went to the Grand Old Opry and he was great.

    • @Chrisdougable
      @Chrisdougable 11 місяців тому

      I love the album before that one too. With High on the Hillside and I need a Good Woman bad. Tim O'Brien is great.

  • @luthiermatt
    @luthiermatt 11 місяців тому +5

    I love singing John Prine songs and folks never complain. One of the best song writers ever. But Tim, listen to me, you are catching up with John. You are an amazing writer in your own right.

  • @tomabbot7324
    @tomabbot7324 11 місяців тому +5

    Ahhhh! This is great, Otis! Big fan of Tim O'Brien. Thanks for posting!

  • @TheOldYellers
    @TheOldYellers 11 місяців тому +5

    Great interview Otis. Always appreciate Tim O’Brien. Love it. 😊

  • @mrchildgrownold3852
    @mrchildgrownold3852 11 місяців тому +7

    Some days the tears remind me that I still mourn the loss of John

  • @donmcallister3745
    @donmcallister3745 11 місяців тому +2

    Great interview… “ meatloaf Wednesdays”… !!!

  • @nomad634
    @nomad634 11 місяців тому +1

    Mac Weisman duet: Average Songs For Ordinary People. Soooo goood.

  • @bluegrassboy
    @bluegrassboy 11 місяців тому +2

    Thanks! I first got to see Tim and Hot Rize in 1988!

  • @robinengland5799
    @robinengland5799 11 місяців тому +5

    Great interview!! Tim is one of the best musicians I have ever heard! What a talent!!!

  • @wittry2
    @wittry2 11 місяців тому +3

    Love John Prine stories! Thanks!

  • @tbonky
    @tbonky 11 місяців тому +2

    Tim, thanks for talking with Otis and us! Nellie Kane forever!

  • @pksrevenge
    @pksrevenge 11 місяців тому +4

    I know this is a Prine discussion, but Hot Rize is an amazing group. If you’re into vinyl, the Hot Rize self titled album absolutely smokes, it’s mixed/mastered really well.

  • @MrFrogman54
    @MrFrogman54 11 місяців тому +2

    Another great one for the internet !

  • @julesotis13
    @julesotis13 11 місяців тому +3

    well knwoing stevie goodman being with prine THE band etc.......nice

  • @3340steve
    @3340steve 10 місяців тому +1

    Tim Obrien is a great player and composer but here he shines as a raconteur.

  • @WildwoodSon
    @WildwoodSon 11 місяців тому +4

    Great stories, all. Thanks, Otis.

  • @leftwrite
    @leftwrite 11 місяців тому +4

    Thank you Otis. Really great interview. What a way to start the week!

  • @paulmcdonald1258
    @paulmcdonald1258 11 місяців тому +3

    My mom died from covid on Mother's Day.
    My mother-in-law died from covid a few months later.
    It was a horrible time for my family.

  • @tonyindiana
    @tonyindiana 11 місяців тому +2

    I truly appreciate you keeping John’s legacy in the stream. That man did so much for so many people you could take all the people those people inspired and it wouldn’t be half the sum of Johns contributions. I wasn’t never good at math but I know something about music. Wish you all the love

  • @jamesm5547
    @jamesm5547 11 місяців тому +3

    So Otis, who the heck don't you know? 😊 Thanks for this and so many other great interviews.
    I don't know if it's just me, but many of my new music discoveries over the past 8 years have come from listening to your podcasts & UA-cam posts. Sincere thank you for adding new (new to me) artists to my listening world. Cheers to ya sir and Nancy (my gal) sends a hug

  • @scottworsham
    @scottworsham 11 місяців тому +9

    I'm not going to pretend I know who this dude is, but I aim to find out. Thanks for another great set of storytelling. Love your channel.

    • @bvrstx9503
      @bvrstx9503 11 місяців тому

      You're in for a real treat once you start with Hot Rize!

    • @nealhitchcock3519
      @nealhitchcock3519 8 місяців тому

      Yes and don't miss Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers. TIm can do it all and has a wide catalog of music to hear.

  • @mobinsone
    @mobinsone 11 місяців тому +2

    Maybe the best yet, thanks O.

  • @julesotis13
    @julesotis13 11 місяців тому +3

    hey cool i just met Tim OBrien when I cuaght the tour with he and Jan and Mary Gauthier and Jaimee Harris (who kindly had done a zoom chat for my lil community raido show)....had a ncie chat with Tim after the show and they were great.....thanks brother Otis - SJOCR

  • @RBZ3
    @RBZ3 11 місяців тому +2

    Love Tim... thanks!!

  • @kurtdavidson9808
    @kurtdavidson9808 11 місяців тому +2

    Thank you Otis.

  • @ifolkinrock
    @ifolkinrock 10 місяців тому

    I didn’t expect to learn more about Arnold Shultz than Prine. Thank you for this.

  • @ledaswan5990
    @ledaswan5990 8 місяців тому

    My band opened for Bill Monroe one time and when he got offstage he immediately walked over to us and said “which one of ya’ll is the mandolin player?” We were scared to tell him we didn’t have one. We had two tenor saxes ,guitar,accordion,bass and drums. Turns out he was selling some mandolin strings. I regret not buying them now,even though I still don’t play mandolin

  • @rustybeltway2373
    @rustybeltway2373 11 місяців тому +2

    It's amazing to think Prine wrote some of those early tunes when he was like 19 or 20 years old. Sam Stone etc. Just like Hank, he was wise beyond his years, or what some like to call an old soul. I gotta star eating more meatloaf and hot dogs or something.

  • @davidbolin8195
    @davidbolin8195 11 місяців тому +24

    I want to sit down and talk with John Prine when I get to Heaven ❤

    • @hog7203
      @hog7203 11 місяців тому +2

      Your comment made me think of a time I went to a guy's house to practice some songs he had written. On the wall in his studio was a picture of him and John Prine sitting at John's kitchen table eating breakfast. Turned out that John was married to or dating my buddy's ex.
      I told him I bet it was an interesting conversation going on at that table.

    • @an-open-mind
      @an-open-mind 11 місяців тому +7

      . . . and share a cigarette that's seven miles long.

    • @commontater8630
      @commontater8630 11 місяців тому +3

      @@an-open-mind nine miles!

    • @TheOldYellers
      @TheOldYellers 11 місяців тому +2

      Me too. I wrote a song right after Prine passed that basically says this exact thing. Great thinking!!

    • @johnfern
      @johnfern 11 місяців тому +5

      I can see John Prine and Steve Goodman singing Souvenirs in heaven, and Jesus walking up and saying, "You guys are pretty fucking good!"

  • @jimmyjambon9206
    @jimmyjambon9206 11 місяців тому +2

    Great. thank you.

  • @perronu
    @perronu 11 місяців тому

    What a great way to start my day, stumbling onto this interview. I've been a Prine fan forever and an O'Brien fan nearly as long (Ophelia Swing Band days). I miss John big time, and Tim gets all my attention when he's around, which unfortunately isn't often enough (N. Cal). Thanks!

  • @ulrichfriehe3459
    @ulrichfriehe3459 7 місяців тому

    Great and interesting monologue by Tim O'Brien.

  • @JeffLemmon-kh4nm
    @JeffLemmon-kh4nm 11 місяців тому

    Great interview!

  • @richardmontgomery2567
    @richardmontgomery2567 11 місяців тому

    Thanks for these stories you two.

  • @ignatzmuskrat3000
    @ignatzmuskrat3000 11 місяців тому +3

    There was a Dixie mafia back then.

  • @alro11
    @alro11 11 місяців тому +3

    Arnold Schwartz may he get the recognition he deserves

  • @randallmason3108
    @randallmason3108 11 місяців тому +2

    Morgantown, not Morganton… I know it’s a miniscule mistake but it’s my hometown

  • @galenbrewer4229
    @galenbrewer4229 11 місяців тому

    Very interesting! Thanks!

  • @sevenmileridgeband
    @sevenmileridgeband 11 місяців тому

    Great great interview. I've been a fan of Tim O'Brian. So it's cool hear him tell stories.
    Incredible story about Arnold Schultz. Good for all of us to know about this history. A bit like another unsung, mostly unknown guitar player named Leslie Riddle who traveled and collected songs with AP Carter, and influenced May-belle Carter's guitar playing style. No Arnold Schultz? ... maybe no Bill Monroe? No Leslie Riddle, .. Maybe No Carter Family? No Carter Family or no Bill Monroe? Whoa.....unimaginable

  • @simonnelerette1971
    @simonnelerette1971 11 місяців тому

    You Tim I don't know but you are so fortunate to be around and know all these folks that you have spoken about . I envy you . w TIhat do you play or sing Tim

  • @a.m.phaneuf6164
    @a.m.phaneuf6164 11 місяців тому +3

    That friend has to be the devil. How can he look so young, w/ one of his sons in high school in the 90's. ??!! Even the late 90's...i mean thats nuts

    • @PaulReed-lj2ym
      @PaulReed-lj2ym 11 місяців тому +1

      We all age differently.

    • @barbaramonaco105
      @barbaramonaco105 Місяць тому

      It's 2024. Tim O'Brien is 70 years old. He looks great.

  • @jonham8469
    @jonham8469 11 місяців тому +8

    Otis, love your channel. I learn so much good stuff. But something is bothering me. Every time I hear guys from Nashville talk about the incredible expertise in that town, not only the musicians but the song writers, I wonder how in the hell there is so much crap on country radio right now. This past weekend I drove from NC to south Georgia to visit some cousins and the country songs were simple dreadful. Someone like John Prine is probably rolling over in his grave listening to all those lyrics about tight jeans, pickup trucks, front porches, and watermelons. What, pray, can be done about this?

    • @ledaswan5990
      @ledaswan5990 8 місяців тому

      Those guys he’s talking about are mostly session players. That’s why they have to be do good. They’ll play anything they’re paid to play,crap or not. There are also players who aren’t part of that scene though.

    • @jonham8469
      @jonham8469 8 місяців тому

      @@ledaswan5990 I specifically mentioned the song writers. The songs and the lyrics are almost universally dreadfull crap these days. I always assume the session players are technically great and will back what they're told to back, just like the Wrecking Crew, who were mostly jazz players who did not much like rock 'n roll, but they liked the money.,

  • @robertculver6845
    @robertculver6845 11 місяців тому

    The Rosine Project - Monroe Foundation - Jerusalem Ridge - The Birthplace of American Blue Grass Music - High Above Rosine Kentucky in Ohio County,. I seen John Prine in concert at Louisville gardens in Kentucky back in 2010.. it was a great show, he's the best comedian I've ever seen, also a pretty good guitar picker, God bless John rip

  • @jakeella
    @jakeella 11 місяців тому +2

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @Russel-lp1js
    @Russel-lp1js 11 місяців тому +1

    Tim &Otis write a song about Arnold Swartz Y'all...
    Take a listen to the John Prine tribute song by songwriter Dennis Callahan. It's quiet good.

  • @davidwood351
    @davidwood351 11 місяців тому +2

    Covid took Charlie Pride too.

  • @otisgibbs
    @otisgibbs  11 місяців тому +4

    Tim mentioned Jim Rooney. Here's Jim talking about his friendship with John Prine.
    ua-cam.com/video/YhCqcThzWhQ/v-deo.html
    Tim also mentioned Dave Ferguson. Here's Dave sharing Prine stories.
    ua-cam.com/video/-5fYM6S_P4A/v-deo.html

  • @archolino
    @archolino 11 місяців тому +1

    💕💕💕

  • @catheryndenton1766
    @catheryndenton1766 11 місяців тому +1

    This is sooo rich !!!!!

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    @otisgibbs  11 місяців тому +3

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  • @WahhabiSound
    @WahhabiSound 10 місяців тому

    Bluegrass Mafia all day 🎩

  • @artemisXsidecross
    @artemisXsidecross 11 місяців тому +1

    👍

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    @petersheely7246 11 місяців тому +1

    👌👌🥲😎