Brian O’Connell

Brian O’Connell is widely known for his inventive and kinetic approach to bass guitar and touch guitar with several bands. Active on the Northeast music scene and beyond for over 25 years, he has performed widely with Uncle Sammy, Gordon Stone, Gary Backstrom, Rev Tor Band and many others.

Brian primarily plays with two bands: Arukah, an original high energy jamband with funk, pop, prog, and fusion influences; and Dead Man's Waltz which is a tribute to the music of The Allman Brother’s Band, Grateful Dead, and The Band. Brian’s multimedia theatrical rock opera, Over The Line, debuted in 2012 in Boston, MA. More recently he has launched a podcast called “Witch Hunt – history told in music, sound, and story.” Originally conceived as a rock opera, Witch Hunt is a prog-rock telling of the Salem Witch Trials in the format of an old time radio drama.

He has had shared the stage or recorded with: Tom Constanten (Grateful Dead), Mike Keneally (Zappa, Vai), Prarie Prince (The Tubes), Kasim Sulton (Utopia/Todd Rundgren), members of moe., The Spin Doctors, Soulive, Umphry's McGee, and many more.

He teaches lessons on bass, guitar, upright bass, ukulele, piano/keys, and drums; as well as composition, songwriting, and music theory.

Brian has a Music Degree from Berklee College of Music and a Master’s in Education from Temple University.

https://brianvoconnell.com/