{
 "id": "tim-obrien-3bece26d",
 "name": "Tim O’Brien",
 "kind": "person",
 "disambiguation": "US bluegrass musician",
 "identifiers": {
  "mbid": [
   "3bece26d-86b1-4534-a205-6e6182264eb6"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q2434211"
  ],
  "isni": [
   "000000011850626X"
  ],
  "ipi": [
   "00125452790"
  ],
  "discogs": [
   "899014"
  ],
  "apple_music": [
   "4828720"
  ],
  "spotify": [
   "2nJQCVut36kUzDfy3eUZCM"
  ]
 },
 "aliases": [
  "O'Brian",
  "O'Brien",
  "T O'Brien",
  "T. O'Brien",
  "T.O'Brien",
  "Tim",
  "Tim O'Brian",
  "Tim Obrian",
  "Timothy P. O'Brien",
  "Timothy Page O’Brien",
  "Tom O'Brien"
 ],
 "facts": {
  "area": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "United States",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3bece26d-86b1-4534-a205-6e6182264eb6",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "489ce91b-6658-3307-9877-795b68554c98"
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_date": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "1954-03-16",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3bece26d-86b1-4534-a205-6e6182264eb6",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "day"
    },
    {
     "value": "1954-03-16",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "precision": "day",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_place": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Wheeling",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3bece26d-86b1-4534-a205-6e6182264eb6",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "838e6661-9e03-4765-aad8-158992da2ba1"
    },
    {
     "value": "Wheeling",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q838112",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "citizenship": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "United States",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q30",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "country": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "US",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3bece26d-86b1-4534-a205-6e6182264eb6",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24"
    }
   ]
  },
  "description": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "American musician",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30"
    }
   ]
  },
  "genre": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "country music",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q83440",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "instrument": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "voice",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q17172850",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "violin",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q8355",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "mandolin",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q302497",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "guitar",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q6607",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "fiddle",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q510487",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    }
   ]
  },
  "member_of": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Hot Rize",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3bece26d-86b1-4534-a205-6e6182264eb6",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "ce76c736-07db-4503-b771-0ee2c981a144",
     "begin": "1978",
     "end": "1998",
     "ended": true
    },
    {
     "value": "Hot Rize",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3bece26d-86b1-4534-a205-6e6182264eb6",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "ce76c736-07db-4503-b771-0ee2c981a144",
     "begin": "2002"
    },
    {
     "value": "Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3bece26d-86b1-4534-a205-6e6182264eb6",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "97240950-0968-4d30-8358-8d233be84d5d"
    },
    {
     "value": "Ophelia Swing Band",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3bece26d-86b1-4534-a205-6e6182264eb6",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "a7a242ae-4282-4751-92ab-7d42df7df7ff"
    },
    {
     "value": "NewGrange",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3bece26d-86b1-4534-a205-6e6182264eb6",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "2f07c3e8-fc6a-483d-b684-dde8594ff689"
    },
    {
     "value": "Tim O’Brien and the O’Boys",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3bece26d-86b1-4534-a205-6e6182264eb6",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "b1b00b1d-4dc8-4c65-80e9-878e107b37f1",
     "attributes": [
      "eponymous"
     ]
    },
    {
     "value": "Paul Burch & The WPA Ballclub",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "899014",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:898215",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Hot Rize",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "899014",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:1088487",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Tim & Mollie O'Brien",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "899014",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:2171991",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "NewGrange",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "899014",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:2707017",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Tim O'Brien And The O'Boys",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "899014",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:2734205",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "The Bluegrass Dukes",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "899014",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:4098092",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "The Earls Of Leicester",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "899014",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:4115859",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "The Tim O'Brien Band",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "899014",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:4695875",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "The Irish Crystal Band",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "899014",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:9652183",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Tim O'Brien & Cornbread Nation",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "899014",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:11456870",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "The Earls of Leicester",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q19159165",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    }
   ]
  },
  "occupation": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "mandolinist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q19723482",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "songwriter",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q753110",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "recording artist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q55960555",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "banjoist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q9648008",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "guitarist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q855091",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "fiddler",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q3560496",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "singer",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q177220",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "record_label": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "RCA",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2434211",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q50074604",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  }
 },
 "discography": [],
 "links": [
  {
   "kind": "IMDb",
   "url": "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1697162/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "VIAF",
   "url": "http://viaf.org/viaf/94154736"
  },
  {
   "kind": "allmusic",
   "url": "https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000593129"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs",
   "url": "https://www.discogs.com/artist/899014"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "http://www.timobrien.net/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_O%27Brien_(musician)"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://www.facebook.com/timobrienmusic"
  },
  {
   "kind": "free streaming",
   "url": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2nJQCVut36kUzDfy3eUZCM"
  },
  {
   "kind": "free streaming",
   "url": "https://www.deezer.com/artist/68901"
  },
  {
   "kind": "image",
   "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tim_O'Brien_at_Knicely's_Big_Winter_Concert_Franklin_Park_Round_Hill_VA_February_2012.jpg"
  },
  {
   "kind": "myspace",
   "url": "https://myspace.com/timobrienmusic"
  },
  {
   "kind": "official homepage",
   "url": "http://timobrien.net/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "official homepage",
   "url": "http://www.timobrien.net"
  },
  {
   "kind": "official homepage",
   "url": "http://www.timobrien.net/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78031080"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6zp5h9j"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13986801s"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/tim_obrien"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n78031080/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "purchase for download",
   "url": "https://itunes.apple.com/artist/id4828720"
  },
  {
   "kind": "setlistfm",
   "url": "https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/tim-obrien-6bd6a682.html"
  },
  {
   "kind": "social network",
   "url": "https://twitter.com/timobrienmusic"
  },
  {
   "kind": "social network",
   "url": "https://www.facebook.com/timobrienmusic"
  },
  {
   "kind": "songkick",
   "url": "https://www.songkick.com/artists/271243"
  },
  {
   "kind": "streaming",
   "url": "https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/4828720"
  },
  {
   "kind": "streaming",
   "url": "https://tidal.com/artist/4862"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikidata",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2434211"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikipedia",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_O%27Brien_(musician)"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikipedia",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_O'Brien_(musician)"
  }
 ],
 "citation": {
  "canonical_url": "https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/tim-obrien-3bece26d",
  "cite_as": "Tim O’Brien, Musician Dictionary, https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/tim-obrien-3bece26d",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): free to use with credit",
  "sources": [
   {
    "name": "musicbrainz",
    "dump": "20261024-001001",
    "date": "2026-10-24",
    "license": "CC0 1.0 (core data; supplementary fields removed)"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-28T151314",
    "date": "2026-10-28",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T161131",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "discogs",
    "dump": "20261001",
    "date": "2026-10-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T182648",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-30T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-30",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-31T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-31",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-01T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-02T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-02",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-03T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-03",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   }
  ]
 }
}