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A Little Bit of Alright Available Now
BACK AMONG THE LIVING,
O’DONOHUE RELEASES DEBUT CD
As a young man, he often listened to The Grateful Dead. These days, Tim O’Donohue is just grateful that he isn’t dead…anymore.
The lifelong resident of Rockland County, New York and a mainstay on the area’s Americana folk/country scene has released his first CD, entitled “A Little Bit of Alright.” The CD was produced by another Rockland County musician Joe D’Urso in conjunction with SCR Records.
The release of the CD comes less than three years after O’Donohue was revived by doctors after suffering a massive heart attack.
“We were going to call this CD ‘The Flatliner’ because the doctors told me later that I had flatlined for 90 seconds or so,” he joked recently. “On a more serious note, that episode did provide a sense of urgency to do the things I felt were important to me and my four children. Making this CD was one of them.”
O’Donohue, once described as a cross between John Prine and Kris Kristofferson, has attracted rave reviews from several of his collaborators through the years.
The CD features original music and songs written by others, including one by Rex Fowler of Aztec Two Step.
“I was honored to have ‘Killing Me’ be a part of Tim’s long overdue debut CD,” Fowler says. “But I was blown away by his original songwriting!”
D’Urso and his Stone Caravan band, a world re-known Americana/New Jersey/Roots Rock and Roll band, have released 10 CD’s to date and he echoed Fowler’s sentiments.
Dave McKeon & Tim O'Donohue
“Somewhere between folk and bluegrass, in the shade of the Americana landscape, lies singers and songwriters like Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, Slaid Cleaves and other notables in this fantastic melting pot of music. Also now in that mix is the debut CD by Tim O'Donohue. "A Little Bit Of Alright" contains old and new chestnuts from the giving tree of American music and they are sung by Tim O'Donohue, a person who has been to the other side of life and death and who luckily came back to make a great record...”
Joe D'Urso
Grammy Award-winning producer (Clapton: Unplugged) Steve Boyer of Power Station Recording Studios, NYC said, “Tim O'Donohue has a voice that needs to be heard.”
O’Donohue calls the genre juke/country/grass/tonk music.
The songs on the CD are: Happiness; Is Anybody Going to San Antoine; Broke Down; Central Line; Wondering Where The Lions Are; Keeping Score; Are My Thoughts With You; Gold; Killing Me; Where’d You Hide The Body: No Place to Go; Ballad of Lou The Welterweight.
O’Donohue has performed at numerous East Coast venues through the years with The TMU Band and Last Stand also in a duet with “Cousin” Dave McKeon. The new CD features Dave McKeon on mandolin, banjo, Martin acoustic guitar & vocals; Craig Sheppard on drums, harp & vocals; Dave Gross on mandolin & vocals and Gordon Roeher on bass. Also featured on the recording are two bluegrass bands, McMule and Blue Plate Special. Various other Rockland County musicians also contributed to this project.
Although no major distribution deal has been finalized yet, the CD is available for purchase at www.timodonohue.com.
A release party for “A Little Bit of Alright” was done on Sunday, December 14 at The Turning Point, Piermont, NY, which boasts an alumni network including 35 members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Visit http://www.youtube.com/user/timodonohue for video of the show.
Hanuary 29, 2011 Southbound
February 14 Java Cafe @ RCC
February 19, 2011 warwick Valley Winery
February 26 Bourbon Street
April 10, 2011 Warwick Vallley Winery
April 16 2100 O'Donoghues Tavern
NEW YEARS EVE
Tim O'Donohue: Acoustic Guitar/ Vocals
Craig Sheppard: Harp/Drums/Guitar/Vocals
Ken Harten: Piano/Fiddle/Guitar/Vocal
Bill Dent: Bass Guitar & Vocals
Rich Freitag: Mandolin & Vocals
Perry Palleta: Mandolin & Guitar
Follow this link for a video of Scott Bandremers orignal song, Here I Am, performed by Tim O'Donohue
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