March 3, 2005

  • So here we are again, aren't we! I had the pleasure last night of hearing Mark O'Connor and the Appalachia Waltz Trio. Mark is one of the trio, so there are two others besides him which would make them a duo...Oh, dear. Anyway, they did an excellent program of violin/viola/cello. Mark was here three years ago and had given my daughter a CD to play for her yet-to-be-born child. Well, that child will be three in May and is a real pistol. He also loves music. I wish we could have had him there last night to hear the trio, but it was quite a bit past his bedtime, and I can guarantee he would have been disruptive. Mark, besides being a dynamite musician, is a very nice man; a real class act. He seems genuinely appreciative of listeners' enjoying his playing, and can he play! Violin music or fiddle music, he is a master.