Heroes (Mark O'Connor album)

Heroes
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
Johnny Appleseed (1992)Johnny Appleseed1992 Heroes (1993) The Night Before Christmas (1993)The Night Before Christmas1993

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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

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

• Mark O'Connor - Violin

with On New Country:

• Jean-Luc Ponty - Violin

On The Devil Comes Back to Georgia:

• Charlie Daniels - Violin
• Johnny Cash - Vocals
• Marty Stuart - Vocals
• Travis Tritt - Vocals

On Fiddlin' Around:

• Johnny Gimble - Violin

On Gold Rush:

• Byron Berline - Violin
• Bill Monroe - Mandolin

On House of the Rising Sun:

• Vassar Clements - Violin

On Diggy Diggy Lo:

• Doug Kershaw
• Lionel Cartwright
• Clinton Gregory

On Sweet Jole Blon:

• Doug Kershaw - Violin

On Sadness/Darlin' Waltz:

• Buddy Spicher - Violin

On Jerusalem's Ridge:

• Kenny Baker - Violin

On Sally Johnson:

• Terry Morris - Violin
• Texas Shorty - Violin
• Benny Thomasson - Violin

On Ashokan Farewell:

• Pinchas Zukerman - Violin

On This Can't Be Love:

• Stéphane Grappelli - Violin

On Ain't Misbehavin':

• Stéphane Grappelli - Violin

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
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	46
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	14