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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.”

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7	High Without The Hope 3	485
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brusivalo wrote:
Saturday afternoon

!fucking awesome! [2] very very good

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seasaltmind wrote:
Saturday morning

!fucking awesome!

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theyshootmusic wrote:
13 days ago

http://theyshootmusic.at/posts/Port_O_Brien - Acoustic offstage videos with PORT O'Brien performing "Oslo Campfire" & "Sour Milk/ Salt Water" at Bar 25 in Berlin.

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FullCollaspe wrote:
20 days ago

The lead singer sounds similar to Isaac Brock. Not a bad thing though

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Semppa wrote:
23 days ago

great band, indeed.

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baeblemusic wrote:
last month

Watch an exclusive acoustic performance from Port O'brien on Baeblemusic - http://www.baeblemusic.com/concertvideo/The-Guest-Apartment/Port-OBrien.html + an awesome interview - http://www.baeblemusic.com/artistinterviews/Port-OBrien/Port-OBrien.html!

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Huhviss_aship wrote:
last month

http://themusicboxblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/review-port-obrien-threadbare/ 'Threadbare' review

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bisa wrote:
last month

New album is great!

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TheHochhaus wrote:
last month

great

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mutematthew wrote:
last month

http://bit.ly/4qs29D - photos and a review from last night's show at Sneaky Dee's in Toronto!!

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Gabriel3 wrote:
last month

great new album!

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LenaimTopf wrote:
last month

does tyson vogel still play their drums? does anyone know?

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Spooky1 wrote:
last month

Threadbare is fantastic!

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cbui wrote:
last month

PO'B featured in current issue of Title magazine www.titlemagazine.net

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fifilein wrote:
September 2009

this band just makes me happy x) i just remeber their FQ09-gig. it was raining cats and dogs, i pissed off, they entered the stage, started playing and i was just happy x)

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frankmarkerink1 wrote:
September 2009

I adore this band

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lachiquilla wrote:
September 2009

GREAT!!!!! love them!!!

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thejulesiamnot wrote:
September 2009

.. BEAUTIFUL!

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thejulesiamnot wrote:
September 2009

.. it is not nice

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thejulesiamnot wrote:
September 2009

.. very nice!

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