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Mark O'Connor
Mark O'Connor
Artist Information
Genres: Progressive Bluegrass, Progressive Country, New Acoustic, Instrumental Country, Classical Crossover
Active: 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's
Born: August 5, 1961 in Seattle, WA
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Biography
Born and raised in Seattle, O'Connor was always a bit out of sync with his teenage peers. Understandably so, since he was winning fiddle contests and had mapped out a sketchy career path. O'Connor moved to Nashville in 1983, already a former sideman for jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli, a job that allowed him to play the stage at ~Carnegie Hall. At the time O'Connor arrived in Music City (the post-Urban Cowboy era), fiddle was hardly in vogue, and it took a couple of years for him to make his mark. Finally, in 1985 the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band used him in their single "High Horse"; thanks to that work, O'Connor's phone number became a popular one with country record producers.
Discography
Release: November 9, 2007
Label: Omac
Release: April 3, 2007
Label: Sony Classical