Mark O'Connor

Lazy River w/ Mark O'Connor
Great Midwestern Bluegrass Music Hall
Louisville, KY - Oct xx, 1976

SBD
Undecided
Sally Goodin'
After You've Gone
Cotton Patch Rag and Beaumont Rag

Mark O'Connor was 15 years old this night. He spoke often about his skateboard setup in his back yard. He was a skateboard master too. No kidding. When he was 13, Mark won the Winfield Kansas Nat'l violin championships. At 14, he won the national guitar flat-pick championship. In 1977, Mr. Mark O'Connor won both violin and guitar flat-pick championships at Winfield Kansas Championships. Here is his winner's list.

On this 1976 night with Lazy River, Mark plays
several personal firsts on stage with his violin:


- swing music
- electronic sound effects
- other non-Bluegrass tunes

Be sure to hear Mark play guitar here on the 2 Rags -- slam-Cotton Patch and dunk-Beaumont! Super clean sound. Remarkable guitar playing! Mark O'Connor is an American Master and a national treasure. The fumble by Bill Millet at the top of the guitar track gives us a timeless belly laugh. We were having some 420 issues outside, during the break, just preceeding.

AUD - fob Grateful Dead + Allman Bros (no ABB) - an orgy of sound!
RFK Stadium, Washington, DC - June 9 / 10, 1973


AUD Norman Blake, Tut Taylor, Sam Bush,
Vassar Clements, John Hartford and Dave Holland

NY Academy of Music - New York City - April 7, 1974


AUD - fob Central Park Sheiks
The People's Warehouse - Greenwich Village, NYC - May xx, 1974


AUD - fob Josh Graves set, Norman Blake set, Vassar Clements set
Take It Easy Ranch Bluegrass Festival - Callaway, MD - July 20, 1974


AUD - fob Hillbilly Jazz band w/ Vassar Clements and Doug Jernigan
Exit / In - Nashville, TN - April 4 / 5, 1975


SBD Bluegrass Alliance w/ Vince Gill
Great Midwestern Bluegrass Music Hall - Louisville, KY - Sept 23, 1975


SBD Newgrass Revival
Bluegrass Renaissance - Louisville, KY - Sept 28, 1975


SBD Boone Creek w/ Ricky Scaggs, Jerry Douglas, Vince Gill
Holiday Inn lounge - Louisville, KY - March xx, 1976


SBD Lazy River w/ Vince Gill
Oak Street Pub - Birmingham, AL - August 15, 1976


SBD Lazy River w/ Mark O'Connor
Great Midwestern Bluegrass Music Hall - Louisville, KY - Oct xx, 1976


SBD Arabesque w/ Mike Scap
Gaslight Tavern - Estes Park, CO - Oct xx, 1980

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