Heroes (Mark O'Connor album)
Heroes | ||||
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Studio album by Mark O'Connor | ||||
Released | 1993 | |||
Recorded | Various; mainly in 1992 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 66:21 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Mark O'Connor, Jim Ed Norman | |||
Mark O'Connor chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Heroes is an album by Mark O'Connor, in which he plays duets alongside his childhood violin heroes, including Jean-Luc Ponty, Benny Thomasson, Byron Berline, Stéphane Grappelli, Johnny Gimble, and others. It crosses a variety of musical genres and contains recordings made from 1976 to 1992.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "New Country" | Jean-Luc Ponty | 3:54 |
2. | "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia" | Charlie Daniels | 4:13 |
3. | "Fiddlin' Around" | Johnny Gimble | 4:49 |
4. | "Gold Rush" | Bill Monroe | 4:36 |
5. | "House of the Rising Sun" | traditional | 7:52 |
6. | "Diggy Diggy Lo" | J. D. Miller | 2:48 |
7. | "Sweet Jole Blon" | Doug Kershaw | 2:21 |
8. | "Sadness/Darlin' Waltz" | traditional | 2:51 |
9. | "Jerusalem's Ridge" | Bill Monroe | 3:27 |
10. | "Sally Johnson" | traditional | 5:09 |
11. | "Ashokan Farewell" | Jay Ungar | 4:52 |
12. | "This Can't Be Love" | Rodgers/Hart | 5:27 |
13. | "Ain't Misbehavin'" | T. Waller/H. Brooks/A. Razaf | 5:30 |
14. | "Nomad" | L. Shankar/Caroline Shankar | 8:00 |
Personnel
with On New Country:
On The Devil Comes Back to Georgia:
On Fiddlin' Around:
On Gold Rush:
On House of the Rising Sun:
On Diggy Diggy Lo:
On Sweet Jole Blon:
On Sadness/Darlin' Waltz:
On Jerusalem's Ridge:
On Sally Johnson:
- Terry Morris - Violin
- Texas Shorty - Violin
- Benny Thomasson - Violin
On Ashokan Farewell:
On This Can't Be Love:
On Ain't Misbehavin':
On Nomad:
- L. Shankar - 10-string double violin
also
- Mark O'Connor - Producer
- Mark O'Connor - Mixer
- Rob Feaster - Mixer for tracks 2,6, and 7
- Mark O'Connor - Music Editing
- Denny Purcell - Mastering
- Craig Miller - Executive Producer
- Laura LiPuma-Nash - Art Direction/Design
- Kip Lott - Photography/Background Painting
- Jonita Aadland - Additional Photos
- Jim Dant - Gold violin
Chart performance
Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 46 |
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers | 14 |
Notes
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