OBrien, Tim and Mollie

TIM AND MOLLIE O’BRIEN

  • From Wheeling, West Virginia.
  • Brother and sister duo; have sung together since childhood.
  • 1967, won a talent contest in Wheeling performing as “Hardship and Perseverance.” The following year, they won it again as “The Katzenjammer Kids.” Next year, they won it a third time as the “Campbell Soup Kids.”
  • Tim is a well-known bluegrass artist (best known for his work with Hot Rize and The Earls of Leicester). Mollie studied voice in college and has performed opera and musical theatre.
  • 1992, released Remember Me album (Sugar Hill).
  • 1994, toured South America for the U.S. Information Agency.