04 December 2011

Please join us on Wednesday, February 15th at 7 to enjoy the music of bluegrass virtuoso and Grammy-Award winning folk musician Tim O'Brien, appearing with White Hall's Uncle Henry's Favorites as part of Field School's Distinguished Artist Series. O'Brien is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who draws on a deep reservoir of traditional and his own tunes in his performances. He came to prominence as a member of the bluegrass group Hot Rize, the IBMA entertainers of the year for 1990. He is a bluegrass musician's musician, and has appeared with practically everyone in the industry, usually singing and playing the mandolin, fiddle, bazouki, banjo or guitar. He will be appearing with the Charlottesville area's finest traditional bluegrass band--Pete Vigour's Uncle Henry's Favorite's which won recently won the Prairie Home Companion small town band contest. Tickets are available for purchase at Greenhouse Coffee in Crozet or through www.musictodayspecial.tickets.musictoday.com.