Bright Eyes is an American indie rock band founded by singer-songwriter and guitarist Conor Oberst. It consists of Oberst, multi-instrumentalist and producer Mike Mogis, arranger, composer and trumpet and piano player Nate Walcott, and a rotating line-up of collaborators drawn primarily from Omaha's indie music scene. Between 1998 and 2011, the band's albums were released through Saddle Creek Records, a Nebraska-based label founded by Justin Oberst and Mogis. In January 2020, the band announced their return, having signed with Dead Oceans.
Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst performing at the Lied Center in Lawrence, Kansas, on October 23, 2007
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Conor Oberst and M. Ward at The Town Hall.
Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, the Faint, Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Monsters of Folk, and Better Oblivion Community Center. Oberst was named the Best Songwriter of 2008 by Rolling Stone magazine.
Oberst at Codfish Hollow Barnstormers in Maquoketa, Iowa in 2019.
Conor Oberst performing in 2005 with Bright Eyes at Schlachthof, in Wiesbaden, Germany
Oberst in 2010 performing at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival in San Francisco
Oberst and Bridgers performing as Better Oblivion Community Center in 2019