Heroes (Mark O'Connor album)

Infobox Album | Name = Heroes
Type = Album
Artist = Mark O'Connor

| Released = 1993
Recorded = Various; mainly in 1992
Genre = Country
Length = 66:21
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Mark O'Connor
Reviews =

*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:t0jw7ip8g78r]
Last album = "Johnny Appleseed"
(1992)
This album = "Heroes"
(1993)
Next album = "The Night Before Christmas"
(1993)

"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

#"New Country" (Jean-Luc Ponty) – 3:54
#"The Devil Comes Back to Georgia" (various) – 4:09
#"Fiddlin' Around" (Johnny Gimble) – 4:49
#"Gold Rush" (Bill Monroe) – 4:36
#"House of the Rising Sun" (traditional) – 7:52
#"Diggy Diggy Lo" (J.D. Miller) – 2:48
#"Sweet Jole Blon" (Doug Kershaw) – 2:21
#"Sadness/Darlin' Waltz" (traditional) – 2:51
#"Jerusalem's Ridge" (Bill Monroe) – 3:27
#"Sally Johnson" (traditional) – 5:09
#"Ashokan Farewell" (J. Ungar) – 4:52
#"This Can't Be Love" (Rodgers/Hart) – 5:27
#"Ain't Misbehavin'" (T. Waller/H. Brooks/A. Razaf) – 5:30
#"Nomad" (L. Shankar/Caroline Shankar) – 8:00

Personnel

*Mark O'Connor - ViolinwithOn "New Country":
*Jean-Luc Ponty - ViolinOn "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia":
*Charlie Daniels - Violin
*Johnny Cash - Vocals
*Marty Stuart - Vocals
*Travis Tritt - VocalsOn "Fiddlin' Around":
*Johnny Gimble - ViolinOn "Gold Rush":
*Byron Berline - Violin
*Bill Monroe - MandolinOn "House of the Rising Sun":
*Vassar Clements - ViolinOn "Diggy Diggy Lo":
*Doug Kershaw
*Lionel Cartwright
*Clinton GregoryOn "Sweet Jole Blon":
*Doug Kershaw - ViolinOn "Sadness/Darlin' Waltz":
*Buddy Spicher - ViolinOn "Jerusalem's Ridge":
*Kenny Baker - ViolinOn "Sally Johnson":
*Terry Morris - Violin
*Texas Shorty - Violin
*Benny Thomasson - ViolinOn "Ashokan Farewell":
*Pinchas Zukerman - ViolinOn "This Can't Be Love":
*Stéphane Grappelli - ViolinOn "Ain't Misbehavin"':
*Stéphane Grappelli - ViolinOn "Nomad":
*L. Shankar - 10-string double violinalso
*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