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Episode Notes\n

My guest this week on the podcast if Forrest O\u2019Connor. Nashville-born singer-songwriter, guitarist, and mandolinist Forrest O\u2019Connor earned national recognition as one of the lead vocalists and instrumentalists in the O\u2019Connor Band, a group he co-founded with his wife, Kate, and his father, seven-time CMA Award-winning violinist Mark O\u2019Connor. Forrest wrote several songs, including the title track, for the O\u2019Connor Band\u2019s debut album Coming Home, which debuted at #1 on Billboard\u2019s Top Bluegrass Albums Chart and won a Grammy Award in 2017. Most recently, he arranged and contributed a track to the John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project Vol. 1 tribute album, which was nominated for a Grammy in 2021. Prior to the O\u2019Connor Band, Forrest toured nationally as a duo with Kate and frequently performed as a sideman at The Station Inn in Nashville. In 2014, he won the Tennessee State Mandolin Championship. He is a graduate of Harvard University.

Be sure to head over to Forrest\u2019s website HERE where you can find links to his projects and social media!

Here\u2019s a link to the Article about myself and the podcast in this month\u2019s edition of the Bluegrass Standard magazine!

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Song Clips featured in this episode:\n\u201cThe Saga of Harrison Crab Feathers\u201d by The Hay Brigade (S/T)\n\u201cIn the House of Tom Bombadil\u201d by Nickel Creek (S/T)\n\u201cCaprice No 4 in D Major\u201d by Mark O\u2019 Connor (30 Year Retrospective)\n\u201cComing Home\u201d The O\u2019Connor Band (Coming Home)\n\u201cGarfield\u2019s Blackberry Blossom\u201d by The Hay Brigade (S/T)\n\u201cJerusalem Bridge\u201d The O\u2019Connor Band (Coming Home)