Heroes(Mark O'Connor album)

Heroesis an album byMark O'Connor,in which he plays duets alongside his childhood fiddle heroes, includingJean-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.

Heroes
Studio albumby 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'Connorchronology
Johnny Appleseed (1992) Heroes (1993) The Night Before Christmas (1993)

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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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"	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	5:27
13.	"Ain't Misbehavin'"	Thomas Waller,Harry Brooks,Andy Razaf	5:30
14.	"Nomad"	L. Shankar,Caroline Shankar	8:00

Personnel

• Mark O'Connor-fiddle

OnNew Country:

• Jean-Luc Ponty- fiddle

OnThe Devil Comes Back to Georgia:

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

OnFiddlin' Around:

• Johnny Gimble- fiddle

OnGold Rush:

• Byron Berline- fiddle
• Bill Monroe-Mandolin

OnHouse of the Rising Sun:

• Vassar Clements-fiddle

OnDiggy Diggy Lo:

• Doug Kershaw
• Lionel Cartwright
• Clinton Gregory

OnSweet Jole Blon:

• Doug Kershaw- fiddle

OnSadness/Darlin' Waltz:

• Buddy Spicher- fiddle

OnJerusalem's Ridge:

• Kenny Baker- fiddle

OnSally Johnson:

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

OnAshokan Farewell:

• Pinchas Zukerman- fiddle

OnThis Can't Be Love:

• Stéphane Grappelli- fiddle

OnAin't Misbehavin':

• Stéphane Grappelli- fiddle

OnNomad:

• L. Shankar- 10-string double fiddle

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.BillboardTop Country Albums	46
U.S.BillboardTop Heatseekers	14