Mark O'Connor (March 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 O'Connor's quote, which he submitted to this site on Sunday 5 March 2006.
I (Sean Brady)
would like to take this opportunity to say 'thank you' to
Mark O'Connor who has made a special contribution to a unique part
of this online 'celebration of a Lone Star Hero'.
 Mark
O'Connor
This quote was submitted on Sunday 5 March 2006
'I enjoyed adding my fiddle to Gene’s records.
His was such a classic voice, I felt I could really move my
playing into a deeper place with his song interpretations.
It was a stand out for me, playing on his songs in
Nashville'.
Thank you,
Mark O'Connor,
for your support of Gene Watson.
About Mark O'Connor...
Mark O'Connor is a native of Seattle, California where he was born in
August 1961, is a virtuoso on guitar & mandolin. At the age of 6, he began
guitar lessons. When he was 10, he won his first contest and, by the time he was
11, he could play mandolin, banjo, steel-string guitar & dobro. While still
attending High School, mark was signed to Rounder Records, where he saw the
release of six albums.
It was in 1983 that Mark made a move to Nashville, where he soon became a
popular (and much in-demand) session player. He devoted himself to session work
and appeared on nearly 500 recordings in just over six years.
By 1990, when he released 'The New Nashville Cats' album (a Grammy Award-winning
album), Mark was following a more independent career and was writing much of his
own material.
Mark O'Connor played fiddle (on all tracks) on the Gene Watson albums: 'Honky Tonk Crazy' (released on Epic Records in 1987) & 'Back in the Fire' (released on
Warner Bros. Records in 1988).
Mark contributed to Gene Watson's 'At Last' album for Warner Bros. Records in
1991; he played fiddle on the tracks 'At last', 'This could go on forever',
'Only yesterday' & 'This country's bigger than Texas'. Mark also contributed
fiddle & viola to the track 'I catch myself', and fiddle & mandolin to 'The
workin' end of a Hoe'.
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