House of the Rising Sun - Vassar Clements & Mark O'Connor (Heroes)

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"House of the Rising Sun" - Vassar Clements & Mark O'Connor (from the Mark O'Connor Warner Bros.
Music Director: Mark O'Connor - TNN
American Music Shop Band
Mark O'Connor; violin, bandleader and music director
Jerry Douglas; Dobro, Lap Steel
Brent Mason/Brent Rowan; Guitars
John Jarvis/Matt Rollings; Keyboards;
Glen Worf; Bass
Harry Stinson; Drums, Background Vocals
Producer; Rusty Wilcoxen
Director; Dennis Globe
Sound Mixer; Kim Raymer
Executive Producer, Show Creator; Brian O'Neill
American Music Shop on TNN in Nashville featured Mark O'Connor as bandleader accompanying various musical guests each week. (1990-1993)
Chicago Tribune
Television.
Tnn's `American Music Shop' Brings Top Performers Together
July 03, 1993|By Wayne Bledsoe, Scripps-Howard News Service.
NASHVILLE - On a network filled with music, "The American Music Shop" stands out.
Nearly every show of the Nashville Network's "American Music Shop" (9 p.m. and 1 a.m. Tuesdays, TNN) is an event: Country diva Emmylou Harris performs with new star Trisha Yearwood; legendary singer-songwriter John Prine trades songs with upcoming singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding; young country star Dwight Yoakam picks with bluegrass great Ralph Stanley; Ireland's foremost band, the Chieftains, performs with Ricky Skaggs and Chet Atkins.
It's a show where individual music artists perform together, often for the first time, backed up by some of the best session players in music.
On one recent show, the host was Nanci Griffith, and it includes some of Griffith's favorite songwriters-Janis Ian, Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker and Frank Christiansen.
Backstage, at a television studio in Opryland, there is a happy buzz. The artists joke, eat and prepare for their parts on the show, while the artists' management and TNN employees keep things moving. On the soundstage, the house band runs through the night's numbers.
"American Music Shop" premiered in March 1990. The show's creator and executive producer, Brian O'Neill, says the idea was to make each week's musical host a person known to most country music fans, then slip in lesser known talented artists-most often people whom the host liked. That way, he says, both the audience and the artists win.
The show, TNN's fourth most popular program, seems to be a particular favorite among other musicians.
It doesn't hurt that the members of the house band have followings in their own right.
Led by master violinist, guitarist, mandolinist Mark O'Connor, the band includes Jerry Douglas, a man who has nearly reinvented the dobro; guitarist Brent Mason; bassist Glen Worf; drummer Harry Stinson; and keyboardists John Jarvis and Matt Rollings.
"In developing the show, I sold the network on getting the very best possible house band that we could get," O'Neill says.
"And that was going to be part of the draw for the show-at least from the artist's perspective."
O'Connor, probably the most popular session musician in Nashville at the time, was thrilled with the prospect.
He says the show offered the first chance for television audiences to get a look at how Nashville's studio musicians work.
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[@timmartin8191]

Definitely one of the most soulful and amazing fiddlers ever. What a unique and admirable style!

[@kurtzwar729]

Just fabulous. I saw Vassar Clements when he played at the Paramount in Seattle with David Grisman and Tony Rice. Vassar is a musical legend. Doc and Merle Watson rounded out the double bill that night. I first heard Mark O'Conner when he was busking at the Seattle Folk Life Festival. Amazing at just 13 years old. Jerry Douglas on dobro is just terrific. Caught him with Union Station, just before they hit it big and got their first Grammy with Alison Krauss. All great musicians and humans.

[@AltardeMuertos]

Back in 1994, after 3 years of being playing violin, i listened the album "Heroes", and this piece was the first track i heard from it. It was such a powerful experience i decided i would devote my future violin playing to find my own violin voice within jazz, blues and pther creative styles, and i started doing that way before getting my violin college degree. So, what i want to say is, THANK YOU MARK.

[@BenDover-hw4xt]

Sounds like those violins are weeping... my God how beautiful they are!

[@pauljonasse2945]

The respect that they all have for Vassar is clear. Hauntingly beautiful!

[@rickmurchison]

And a young Jerry Douglas too! Brilliant!

[@mikeowen657]

nothing captures the highs and lows of the human spirit like the violin

[@JamesSterling]

R.I.P. Vassar. I knew him as a bluegrass fiddler but this showed a totally different side to his talents, What a talented musician! As is Mark O'Conner.

[@colerainfan1143]

That's a lot of talent on one stage. I watched this show religiously, loved it, heard a lot of music that otherwise I would never had known. Sublime.

[@turmanable]

Обалденная музыка и проникновенное исполнение! Суперкласс!

[@amusicment4829]

Love this … that violin duet at the end , so great

[@jeffgaumond4250]

As many times as this old standard has been performed and recorded, and not taking anything away from the others, this is the best version of Rising Sun ever. The version on the album is just a tad better as it includes a great solo by Sam Bush (on the mandolin) as well.

[@evanskris1]

My favorite song on the whole album- Vassar has the most soul of anyone who’s played that song.

[@alanwuest2963]

GOOSEBUMPS! !!!!!!!!!!

[@bdtheqb]

I got to see Vassar live in a small venue in St. Loo. He was a polished pro and even gave me an autograph. He was not exactly thrilled that I mentioned that my first exposure to his work was in the movie 'Nashville", which I thought was a GREAT movie but it was not exactly flattering to the town/genre, but he was gracious nonetheless.

[@vojtechjakoubek8787]

I've seen this like 50 times and still it's the best music video ever

[@alanzneyk4986]

2021

[@anniemullauer5707]

Pure beauty

[@kerryloughlin8650]

Amazon's musicians at their best....😊💜💜💜

[@teguhtangi7109]

Bagus sekali. Saya suka.

[@cajunfid]

As much as I love this cut on the Heros CD, I have to say that I love this live version even more. Even after all these years I'm still completely mesmerized by how effortlessly Vassar plays with the softest touch.

[@joezeke6107]

And Mark, as well. Just effortless, beautiful music!!

[@abhijitborah]

The compact cassette titles "Heros" featuring this one is my favorite. This wonderful piece is excellent. It is great to see each violinist inspire the other. Of course, each title in the album is a jewel. How I wish I could see their videos like this one.

[@Guitarwizzard1833]

Vassar owning that stage.

[@AnnaliciaLoveridge]

Now that was COOL!!

[@TheCaithleen]

Opera! Amazing

[@user-er2qx3jl4w]

forever and ever!!!

[@Priemula77]

ye!

[@TheLouise24]

Love it. I could go to sleep with the music from both of you.

[@reddragonready]

Awesomeness!

[@malagutigene]

Awesome is all I can say!!!

[@johnnybx3254]

Always awesome!

[@chanceboy7]

very nice!!!

[@hamwhacker]

Such sweet sweet harmonies from two legends on stage together. Inspirational! Thank you so much.

[@danielaggeler9263]

These Performers have to be so thoroughly confident in their abilities and have such a respect for the other to cooperate on music like this. Usually, cooperation between musicians is governed by rests but, this performance and their cooperation is nice to see.

[@WPM1956]

Check Vassar out on the "Old & in the Way" recordings and Dickey Betts "Highway Call" album.🎸

[@JoyceLittleWhiteDovePacificolv]

Thank you so much. Just love this. There are lots playing here now (Quartzsite AZ, for the winter) The Music is so wonderful

[@jubalcalif9100]

Wow ! Double wow !! Triple wow !!! That's some of the most fantastic fiddlin' I have ever heard ! There's a lot of terrific talent on that stage ! Thanks for uploading ! CHEERS !! :-)

[@strawman8]

My kinda music.......American Music Shop ! As good as Vassar Clements and Mark O'Connor are I also like studio musicians like Stuart Duncan and many other bluegrassers too ! Thanks for the great music, always.

[@susankimball9148]

vasser!

[@patrickadair516]

wow

[@alanzneyk4986]

2019

[@dransfan100]

Fablus!

[@bobgridley4144]

I will be taking fiddle lessons at Alasdair Fraser's camp and find your site inspirational. Thanks for your efforts.

[@Bigflaggedguy]

+Bob Gridley Never stop playing.

[@danieltrickey9285]

you can't go wrong with either of these two players. Meaning Alasdair and Mark. I met Alasdair's wife doing a repair at their house in Santa Cruz in the 90"s. what a player.

[@DHudelson]

reaches a whole new level aournd 5:00 with just the fiddles.

[@danielperry8221]

We played this one at our social distanced jam today in Jeffersonville IN. ...well ..not quite like this..

[@ciccioromero7139]

re sacheros los changos, bien ahí

[@keldanthony6877]

I should like to hear Patricia Kopatcheskaja and Mark to play together, they are both violinists and have a lot of temper.

[@tendelthomas2945]

This would be absolutely perfect for Read Dead Redemption

[@hurchgoer]

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[@lackadaisicale492]

LOL 13 ppl disliked this! Some people..

[@alvinpawling2002]

13 snobs

[@towerhillbilly]

Vassar didn't get the memo about the mullet haircut