The New Nashville Cats

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The New Nashville Cats
Studio album by Mark O'Connor
Released	1991
Recorded	1991
Genre	Country
Length	63:48
Label	Warner Brothers
Producer(s)	Mark O'Connor
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Mark O'Connor chronology
Retrospective (1990)	The New Nashville Cats (1991)	Johnny Appleseed (1992)

The New Nashville Cats is a country album by Mark O'Connor, in conjunction with a variety of other musical artists. O'Connor selected a group of over fifty Nashville musicians, many of who had worked with him as session musicians. The album was intended to "showcase the instrumental side of the Nashville recording scene" (O'Connor's liner notes). It was awarded two Grammys: Best Country Instrumental Performance for O'Connor, and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, and Steve Wariner's performance in Restless.

[edit] Track listing

All songs were composed by Mark O'Connor, except where indicated.

1. "Bowtie" – 2:40
2. "Restless" (Carl Perkins) – 5:25
3. "Nashville Shuffle Boogie" – 6:10
4. "Pick it Apart" – 4:59
5. "Traveler's Ridge" – 3:35
6. "Granny White Special" – 3:53
7. "Cat in the Bag" – 2:43
8. "The Ballad of Sally Anne" (traditional, lyrics Alice Randall, arr. O'Connor and Harry Stinson) – 2:36
9. "Swang" – 4:52
10. "Dance of the Ol' Swamp Rat" – 3:03
11. "A Bowl of Bula" – 4:05
12. "Limerock" (traditional, arr. O'Connor, Edgar Meyer)
13. "Sweet Suzanne" – 5:12
14. "Orange Blossom Special" (Ervin T. Rouse) – 5:39
15. "Now it Belongs to You" (Steve Wariner) – 6:33

[edit] Personnel

• Mark O'Connor - Fiddle, Electric bass, Mandolin
• Sam Baco, Russ Barenberg, Eddie Bayers, Mike Brignardello, Dennis Burnside, Sam Bush, Larry Byrom, Mark Casstevens, John Cowan, Jerry Douglas, Bessyl Duhon, Béla Fleck, Paul Franklin, Sonny Garrish, Steve Gibson, Vince Gill, Mike Haynes, Jim Horn, David Hungate, Roy Huskey, Carl Jackson, John Barlow Jarvis, Jerry Kroon, Mike Lawler, Paul Leim, Kenny Malone, Brent Mason, Bob Mater, Terry McMillan, Edgar Meyer, Larry Paxton, Don Potter, Michael Rhodes, Tom Roady, Matt Rollings, Charles Rose, Brent Rowan, Mark Schatz, David Schnaufer, Gove Scrivenor, Randy Scruggs, Lisa Silver, Ricky Skaggs, Denis Solee, Harry Stinson, Marty Stuart, Steve Turner, Billy Joe Walker, Alisa Jones Wall, Steve Wariner, Roy Wooten, Victor Wooten, and Glen Worf - various instruments

also:

• Mark O'Connor and Jim Ed Norman- Producers
• Peter Nash - Photography
• Laura LiPuma - Art Direction
• Elvis Wilson - Design