Pickin' in the Wind (Rounder Records 0068, 1975) is the second studio album from thirteen-year-old fiddle prodigy Mark O'Connor, already a dominant figure on the national fiddle contest circuit and in possession of a technical vocabulary that most adult players never attained. O'Connor plays fiddle on every track; Norman Blake contributes dobro and guitar; Charlie Collins plays guitar; Sam Bush plays mandolin; John Hartford plays banjo; and Roy Huskey Jr. provides bass — a cast of Nashville and acoustic music veterans that underscores how widely O'Connor's early reputation had traveled. The album moves through contest showpieces, breakdowns, and lyrical pieces, demonstrating O'Connor's command of multiple regional styles. It builds on his debut Rounder record and foreshadows the cross-genre ambitions that would define his mature career in the following decade.
Tracklist
- 1 Pickin In The Wind 3:37
- 2 Midnight on the Water alt version 5:12
- 3 Tom And Jerry 2:19
- 4 Cotton Patch Rag 3:46
- 5 Tammy's Waltz 2:09
- 6 Lonesome Fiddle Blues Source Recording 3:35
- 7 Daybreak in Dixie alt version 2:07
- 8 Mark's Waltz 3:17
- 9 Grey Eagle alt version 3:49
- 10 Dixie Hoedown Source Recording 2:23
- 11 Goodbye Waltz 2:06
- 12 Herman's Rag 1:52
- 13 Faded Love alt version 2:57
- 14 Dixie Breakdown alt version 2:25