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Heroes (Mark O'Connor album)

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Heroes
Studio album by
Released1993
RecordedVarious; mainly in 1992
GenreCountry
Length66:21
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerMark O'Connor, Jim Ed Norman
Mark O'Connor chronology
Johnny Appleseed
(1992)
Heroes
(1993)
The Night Before Christmas
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Heroes is an album by Mark O'Connor, in which he plays duets alongside his childhood fiddle 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

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."New Country"Jean-Luc Ponty3:54
2."The Devil Comes Back to Georgia"Charlie Daniels4:13
3."Fiddlin' Around"Johnny Gimble4:49
4."Gold Rush"Bill Monroe4:36
5."House of the Rising Sun"Traditional7:52
6."Diggy Diggy Lo"J. D. Miller2:48
7."Sweet Jole Blon"Doug Kershaw2:21
8."Sadness/Darlin' Waltz"Traditional2:51
9."Jerusalem's Ridge"Bill Monroe3:27
10."Sally Johnson"Traditional5:09
11."Ashokan Farewell"Jay Ungar4:52
12."This Can't Be Love"Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart5:27
13."Ain't Misbehavin'"Thomas Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf5:30
14."Nomad"L. Shankar, Caroline Shankar8:00

Personnel

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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:

On Ashokan Farewell:

On This Can't Be Love:

On Ain't Misbehavin':

On Nomad:

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

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Chart (1993) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 46
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 14

Notes

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