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O'CONNOR, MARK

(*1961)

O'CONNOR, MARK (b. Seattle, Wash., August 5, 1961) A child virtuoso on a number of instruments, O'Connor was a championship fiddler in the 1970s who became, in the mid-1980s, the most in-demand session musician in NASHVILLE. He has recorded with hundreds of artists in country and pop, besides his own solo albums. O'Connor showed jaw-dropping capabilities on a number of musical instruments by the age of eleven; he started playing classical GUITAR at age six, and won a flamenco competition four…

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