Mark Casstevens (October 2006)

Gene Watson's peers within the country music industry believe in the sheer talent of this unassuming man from east Texas, so much so that Gene is regarded by many of them as 'the singer's singer' - and rightly so!

All of Gene's Peers who were contacted in 2006 were most gracious with their time & words.  It is here, within this special part of gene-watson.com, that you have an opportunity to read Mark Casstevens' quote, which he submitted to this site on Thursday 19 October 2006.

I (Sean Brady) would like to take this opportunity to say 'thank you' to Mark Casstevens who has made a special contribution to a unique part of this online 'celebration of a Lone Star Hero'.

Mark Casstevens
This quote was submitted on Thursday 19 October 2006



 

About Mark Casstevens...

Mark Casstevens is a Texan who moved to Nashville, Tennessee when he was twenty-two years old.  Among the career highlights of a guitar player in the Nashville studios was getting to meet musical heroes.

Mark soon rubbed shoulders with the elite of Nashville musicians including guitar/banjo player Bobby Thompson, Chet Atkins (RIP), Jerry Reed & drummer Larrie Londin (RIP).

As a multi-instrumentalist specialising in acoustic guitar, Mark Casstevens has accompanied over 250 recording artists in Nashville studio sessions.  He has played on ninety-eight No.1 singles on the Billboard charts & has added his talents to well over four hundred albums & the cumulative sales from those sessions is in the region of two hundred million units. The songs and albums have been awarded over twenty Grammy Awards.

Music Row magazine named Mark winner in the Guitar category of their annual Studio Poll in 1993.  In 2003, Mark was voted Specialty Instrumentalist of the Year by the Academy of Country Music for his multi-instrumental contributions to hit records.

The array of artists whose recordings Mark Casstevens has contributed to is an extraordinary list & includes the following:

Trace Adkins, Alabama, John Anderson, Jessica Andrews, Susan Ashton, Chet Atkins (RIP), Baillie & the Boys, David Ball, Moe Bandy, Bobby Bare, John Berry, Clint Black, Ronnie Bowman, Lisa Brokop, Brooks & Dunn, Garth Brooks, Sawyer Brown, T. Graham Brown, Sam Bush, Tracy Byrd, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash (RIP), Beth Neilsen Chapman, Kenny Chesney, Mark Chesnutt, Roy Clark, Terri Clark, Mark Collie, John Conlee, Earl Thomas Conley, The Cox Family, Floyd Cramer (RIP), Clay Davidson, Linda Davis, Mac Davis, Neil Diamond, Joe Diffie, Dixie Chicks, John Denver (RIP), Jerry Douglas, Dr. Hook, Holly Dunn, Don Edwards, Ty England, Sara Evans, Freddy Fender (RIP), Bela Fleck, Rosie Flores, Janie Fricke, Crystal Gayle, Mickey Gilley, Vern Gosdin, Nanci Griffith, Freddie Hart, Emmylou Harris, Wade Hayes, Highway 101, Faith Hill, Tish Hinojosa, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Con Hunley, Sonny James, Alan Jackson, Buddy Jewell, George Jones, The Judds, Toby Keith, Sammy Kershaw, Hal Ketchum, Alison Krauss, Kris Kristofferson, Jim Lauderdale, Tracy Lawrence, Johnny Lee, Chris Ledoux (RIP), Lonestar, Loretta Lynn, The Lynns, Shelby Lynne, Raul Malo, Barbara Mandrell, Mila Mason, Kathy Mattea, Mavericks, Delbert McClinton, Charlie McCoy, Ronnie McDowell, Don McLean, Neal McCoy, Tim McGraw, Reba McEntire, Edgar Meyer, Ronnie Milsap, John Michael Montgomery, Lorrie Morgan, Michael Martin Murphey, Anne Murray, Olivia Newton-John, Maura O’Connell, Mark O'Connor, Oak Ridge Boys, KT Oslin, Buck Owens (RIP), Dolly Parton, Johnny Paycheck (RIP), Webb Pierce (RIP), Ray Price, Charlie Pride, Marty Raybon, Eddie Rabbitt (RIP), Colin Raye, Jerry Reed, Jeannie C. Riley, Johnny Rodriquez, Kenny Rogers, Roy Rogers, Linda Ronstadt, Billy Joe Royal, Randy Scruggs, Dan Seals, Kevin Sharp, Shenandoah, Ricky Van Shelton, Shel Silverstein (RIP), Ricky Skaggs, Connie Smith, Statler Brothers, Ray Stevens, Larry Stewart, Doug Stone, Marty Stuart, Mel Tillis, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, Tanya Tucker, Shania Twain, Conway Twitty (RIP), Ian Tyson, Rhonda Vincent, Clay Walker, Steve Wariner, Dottie West (RIP), Cheryl Wheeler, Keith Whitley (RIP), Hank Williams Junior, Mac Wiseman, Lee Ann Womack, Michelle Wright, Tammy Wynette (RIP) & Trisha Yearwood.



Mark Casstevens played acoustic guitar on seven ('At last', 'A gifted hand', 'You can't get arrested in Nashville', 'She's leavin' looking good', 'I catch myself', 'Only yesterday' & 'This country's bigger than Texas') of the ten tracks contained on Gene Watson's 'At Last' album, which was released on Warner Bros. Records in 1991.

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