Tim O'Brien
Sunday, July 6, 2008

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Hey all you guitar players! Martin Guitar is introducing the Tim O'Brien model Martin at the summer NAMM show. Visit http://www.martinguitar.com/ for more info.

JUNE 18 and 24: New Road Journals from Tim, including Telluride 08.

GET YOUR COPY OF TIM'S NEW RELEASE "CHAMELEON," (Proper American Records) NOW AVAILABLE IN THE STORE.

Welcome! This is the place to find out...well, not everything about me, but all you probably need to know. This site will keep you up to date on what's happening with recordings, gigs, and the latest news. I encourage you to visit the store, participate in the forum, explore the links - be a part of the story! When I'm on tour, I'll be staying in touch with a new road journal and I'll check in regularly at the bulletin board to discuss music, gear, festivals, and everything else you want to talk about. If you'd like to become an official member of the family, sign up to receive the newsletter, emailed to an in-box near you.

So come all ye fans of the roots and the branches, the new and the old, the singer and the songwriter. I like to view the big mountain of music from every angle, and I hope you'll check back often. As my buddy Charles used to say, "Now that you know where I live, don't be a stranger!"




Stephen Owsley Smith Cittern

A cittern is like a bouzouki or octave mandolin, except that it has five pairs of strings to the bouzouki's four. These five pairs are tuned in a variety of ways. I'm still experimenting with tunings, but like the most often used tuning of (low pair to high pair) D - G - D - A - D. This one is the big version, with a scale length is 24 and 3/4 inches. Mine has beautiful fingerboard inlay of a blue heron taking flight from a marsh. The back and sides are Koa wood, and the top is Italian spruce. Steve's instruments are made in the classic style favored by players of celtic music. Steve lives in Taos New Mexico and his web site is www.celticmusic.com/steve.




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