Port O'Brien
Port O'Brien was an American musical group combining elements of acoustic, folk and indie rock.
They were named after a bay in Alaska featuring a now-abandoned cannery on Kodiak Island where founder member Van Pierszalowski's parents met. They started out as a folk music duo of Cambria Goodwin and Van Pierszalowski while Cambria was living in Cambria, California and Van was living in Oakland. After Cambria moved closer to Oakland they added a rhythm section composed of Caleb Nichols and Joshua Barnhart.
The band has toured nationally with artists such as Nada Surf, Bright Eyes and The Cave Singers and toured Europe with Modest Mouse, as well as receiving favourable reviews from Pitchfork Media,Allmusic, and The Times.M. Ward named Port O'Brien his "favorite new band".
To date the band has released three albums; a compilation of self-recorded and early tracks called The Wind and the Swell on American Dust Records and a studio-recorded album All We Could Do Was Sing on City Slang Records, and their latest studio album Threadbare on TBD Records.
O'Brien
The O'Brien dynasty were a royal dynasty who ruled Thomond, Ireland.
O'Brien is a common surname. See List of people named O'Brien.
O'Brien may also refer to:
Places
Ships
Other uses
See also
O'Brien (TV series)
O'Brien is a British talk show presented by James O'Brien. It was broadcast on ITV from 30 March 2015 to 10 April 2015.
Episodes
Reception
The majority has been negative with Gerard O'Donovan of The Daily Telegraph describing the show as "low rent" and "disappointing".
References
List of people named O'Brien
O'Brien is a surname of Irish origin which has many variants in the Irish diaspora worldwide, such as O'Bryan, O'Brian, O'Briant, O'Brient, O'Bryant, O'Brine, O'Bryen etc., which all claim a general common ancestry with the original Gaelic surname being Ó Briain or Uí Briain. Notable people with the surname include:
Real people
- Andy O'Brien (footballer), Irish association football player
- Anne O'Brien (athlete) (1911–2007), American track and field athlete
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Port O'Brien
ALBUMS
- Threadbare released: 2009
- All We Could Do Was Sing released: 2008
- The Wind and the Swell released: 2007
- When the Rain Comes released: 2005
Died: 2011-05-13
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Fisherman's Son
by: Port O'brienI’m doing fine in Alaska
I don’t mind the storms
When all the wind contorts me
Let the diesel engine roar
But I don’t know why I came here
Was it because I was born this way?
Or have I just learned to accept it?
Like I do every other day
Oh whatever is the cause
I will find another job
And I will stay until I’m far away
This is not what I’m here for
I was made to live indoors
And I will weather out this storm from them
But I hear it screaming loud
Over everything somehow
Saying, “Hey boy. Listen up. You’re a liar.”
And you are a fisherman’s son
And that is what you’ll become
You are a fisherman’s son
That is what you’ll become
I’m doing fine in the city
I don’t miss the stars
And I have all my needs here with me
And I don’t adventure far
And I’m doing okay for a young man
I’ve got a place to stay
But I don’t go out come night time
No matter what my friends here say
All the while I am here
I’ll have some liquor and some beer
And I’ll wait for another year to come
And I will fall into the pack
With the devil on my back
And I will take another crack at this
Oh but I could never win
No, my blood is just too thin
And my eyes, all they crave is affection
Cause I am a fisherman’s son
That is what I’ll become
I am a fisherman’s son