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(2005 – present)
Port O’Brien is a folk group that is the project of Van Pierszalowski. Van was raised in Cambria, California and now lives in Oakland. His father is a commercial fisherman on Kodiak Island in Alaska and Van spends 3 and a half months of every year working on the F/V Shawnee looking for salmon. Van’s work in commercial fishing is a great source of inspiration for the group.
Port O’Brien began performing regularly in the Bay Area as well as the SLO town region since early in the year of 2005. They have played with likes of Akron/Family, Little Wings, Thanksgiving, Viking Moses and many many others. There will also be tours soon to come. In the live setting, the group features guitars, banjos, violins, clarinets, bongos, lots of stomping, and mass sing a longs (at least some of those, depends on who’s around). The individuals responsible for these styling are the lovely Cambria Goodwin, Colin Schehl, Sam Shalhoub and other various fellows. There are also usually a couple of cover songs performed (songs covered in the past include “Move Bitch,” “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles),” and “My Humps.”
(from http://www.myspace.com/portobrien)
Port O’Brien began performing regularly in the Bay Area as well as the SLO town region since early in the year of 2005. They have played with likes of Akron/Family, Little Wings, Thanksgiving, Viking Moses and many many others. There will also be tours soon to come. In the live setting, the group features guitars, banjos, violins, clarinets, bongos, lots of stomping, and mass sing a longs (at least some of those, depends on who’s around). The individuals responsible for these styling are the lovely Cambria Goodwin, Colin Schehl, Sam Shalhoub and other various fellows. There are also usually a couple of cover songs performed (songs covered in the past include “Move Bitch,” “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles),” and “My Humps.”
(from http://www.myspace.com/portobrien)
Videos
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Port O'Brien-Fishermans Son
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Port O'Brien - My Eyes Won't Shut
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Port O'brien - The Rooftop Song
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Port O'Brien sing 'I Woke Up Today'
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My Eyes Won't Shut
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Tree Bones
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A Bird Flies By
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Five And Dime
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Shoutbox
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DaltaCentauri wrote:
This beat sounds familiar....
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WhiteTapes wrote:
Unser Interview mit Cambria von PortO'Brien bei WhiteTapes - the indie zine
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alexisvos wrote:
one of my top 5 records of the year (others are Deerhunter, felice brothers, kings of leon, hold steady) my band didnt make the list, but I'd appreciate it if fellow O'Brien fans could check it out (cause it sounds a bit similar) http://www.last.fm/music/Grapes+of+Grain/It+Slowly+Fades
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ThePumpkinSeeds wrote:
fantastic show at schaubuehne lindenfels, leipzig, 2.12.2008, much more than a support...
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jk_pittyplatsch wrote:
Saw them on stage yesterday in Leipzig - what a great opportunity to link melancholy to Californian hippies...
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santacruzin wrote:
going to see them tomorrow night in santa cruz. h3x ya d00d. prob gonna tell him "that was crap!" even if i totally dig it!
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Tredmond656 wrote:
I heard them the same way as frostflakes did. The song didn't leave my head after the commercial so I looked it up.
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withpassion wrote:
I will literally never get enough of them.
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inesitafire wrote:
yekaaaaaaa
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muteoff wrote:
Wow, this stuff is great!
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basegreen wrote:
superb!
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onebigholiday wrote:
thanks to myoldkentuckyblog for introducing me to this band. Very nice.
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Best new discovery I've had all week.
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oprimus wrote:
Heres our review! http://thefourohfive.com/2008/10/17/port-obrien-release-new-awesome-single-in-the-uk/
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betweenthego wrote:
Sois realmente buenos!
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frostflakes wrote:
haha just heard "I Woke Up Today" on a commercial for Dulux paints. so excited they're playing Australia soon.
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_Bloodline wrote:
Great gig in malmö as well!
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Behaa wrote:
Wacth them in Copenhagen last night!! great show
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opinel wrote:
Great gig in Berlin last night. Can anybody post your setlist? Thanks
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UncensoredRocks wrote:
I woke up today watching Van and Cambria here...http://www.uncensoredinterview.com/artists/398-Port-O-Brien
Events
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St Jerome's Laneway Festival
Alexandria Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia
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St Jerome's Laneway Festival
Caledonian Lane, Melbourne, Australia
48 shouts
| 158 attendees
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Feb
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Port O'Brien
Corner Hotel, Richmond, Melbourne, Australia
Add shout
| 4 attendees
News
In Loving Memory, Darac Goodwin (1991-2009)
7 Jan 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/portobrien
Hello friends,Its been a hard year for us so far. Cambria's little brother Darac was killed in a car accident on Sunday morning. He was 17 years old, and was one of the best people I knew....
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27 Nov 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/portobrien
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