Willis Alan Ramsey w/ special guest Tim O’Brien & Jan Fabricius
June 12, 20246:00 PM
Willis Alan Ramsey is an eminent American singer/songwriter and a cult legend among fans of Americana and Texas Country.
Doors – 6:00 pm
Show – 7:30 pm
“It was the first great Austin record, before any of the cosmic cowboy cats. They were all chasing Willis, He’s a genius.” – Alejandro Escovedo on Ramsey’s seminal self-titled album.
Willis Alan Ramsey is an eminent American singer/songwriter and a cult legend among fans of Americana and Texas Country. He released his self-named, critically acclaimed album Willis Alan Ramsey on the Shelter label in 1972. The album included “Muskrat Candlelight,” which was covered (under the title “Muskrat Love”) by America in 1973 and by Captain & Tennille in 1976. Several other notable artists have gone on to cover his witty, introspective songs, including Widespread Panic, Waylon Jennings, Jimmy Buffett, and so many more. In 2000, Ramsey appeared at Austin City Limits to showcase his classic hits as well as new, unreleased material and was recently featured in Texas Monthly.
The list of those inspired by Ramsey also include Lyle Lovett, Jimmi Dale Gilmour, Shawn Colvin and countless other Texas troubadours.
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Tim O’Brien & Jan Fabricius
Multi-Grammy award winner Tim O’Brien and his wife Jan Fabricius have performed together nationally and internationally either as a duo or as part of the Tim O’Brien Band since 2015. In a duet setting with a guitar, a mandolin, and their two voices, they bring an intimate and warm acoustic music roots repertoire that’s at once both original and traditional.
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist O’Brien, born in Wheeling WV in 1954, grew up singing and playing guitar in church and school. After seeing Doc Watson on TV, he became a lifelong devotee of old-time and bluegrass music. Co-founder of Colorado’s Hot Rize, he toured the world with that band from 1978 until he started his solo career in 1990. His songs have been covered by Kathy Mattea, Garth Brooks, and the Dixie Chicks, and his collaborators onstage and in the recording studio include Darrell Scott, Dirk Powell, Mark Knopfler, and Sturgill Simpson. Awarded Grammy’s in both the Folk and Bluegrass categories, he is a member of both the West Virginia and the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. He lives with Jan Fabricius in Nashville TN.
Jan Fabricius grew up in WaKeeney, Ks. and sang from an early age in church and school, taking up clarinet and then mandolin. A registered nurse and mother of two, she kept her hand in music through local jams and regional bluegrass festivals while raising her family.
Jan’s music with O’Brien started informally around their home as he wrote or learned new songs, and she soon found herself singing and playing mandolin in the studio and onstage. O’Brien’s 2021 release “He Walked On”, and his upcoming release “Cup of Sugar” feature original songs co-written by Tim and Jan.’