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MARK SCHATZ SOLO ALBUMS

RELEASED APRIL '06: Steppin' in the Boilerhouse

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A lot of you may be wondering where my new CD got to after all of the noise I was making about it a couple of years ago. I must extend sincere apologies for dragging my feet on its release. To be honest, when I got the call to go and play with Nickel Creek in the spring of ’03 my energies got seriously diverted back into being a bass player again. And their material demanded some serious attention.

I am pleased to say that the record has just been relesed on Rounder Records this spring!

It's called Steppin' in the Boilerhouse, and it features an awesome band including Missy Raines, Casey Driessen, and Jim Hurst. Special guests include Tim O'Brien and Stuart Duncan on three numbers (including twin fiddles with Casey on one), Jerry Douglas on two, and a cameo by co-producer, Bela Fleck, who plays mandolin on Eileen's Waltz.

Those of you who have heard the band will recognize the following tunes that are included on the new project:

Rig Root, The Falling Waters of Arden, Cajun Stomp, Eileen's Waltz, Last Old Dollar, Season of Joy, Lennie's Misfortune, Boiler House, Calgary, Robindale/Slate, The Devil's Game, Chelsea Town, Stay All Night, Black Mountain Aire

There are a few surprises, including a vocal duet between Tim and I, and I get a chance to exercise some of my colorful skills including hambone & clogging.

The recording was done at Brent Truitt's studio in East Nashville and we cut tracks in Dec '02 and Jan '03. (I caught Brent just before he went out on the road with The Dixie Chicks!). Bela took the tracks and did some editing and we mixed in the first part of March (well, mostly he mixed and I sat back and marvelled at how sharp his ears are and how quick he is with the computer editing and mixing).

You can get an early taste of the music by downloading this mp3 -- a medley of clips from the following tracks:

1) Rig Root
2) Cajun Stomp
3) Black Mountain Aire
4) Boiler House
5) Season of Joy
6) Last Old Dollar

If you'd like to purchase the CD, see the General Store on this web site.

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MARK SCHATZ: Brand New Old Tyme Way




Featuring: Bela Fleck (Producer), Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Tim O'Brien & others... in an innovative collection of original traditional tunes by the best in acoustic music. (Rounder Records).


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RECORDS THAT FEATURE MARK'S PLAYING

The following two CDs available through the web site of Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble:

• The Fiddle Puppet Dancers: Lift Up Your Wings
• Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble: Footworks LIVE!!!

And these are some more significant recording projects:

• Tasty Licks: Anchored to the Shore
• Spectrum: Opening Roll, It's Too Hot For Words, Live in Japan
• Bela Fleck: Crossing the Tracks, Natural Bridge, Double Time (banjo duet), Inroads, Drive, Tales From the Acoustic Planet, Vol II, the Bluegrass Sessions
• Maura O'Connell: Just In Time
• Jerry Douglas: Fluxedo, Slide Rule, The Great Dobro Sessions (Grammy winner)
• Tony Rice: Me and My Guitar, Native American, The Bluegrass Album Band-Volume V, Tony Rice Plays and Sings Bluegrass
• John Hartford: Good Old Boys
• Mark O’Connor: The New Nashville Cats, Liberty, ReelTime (Wynton Marsalis)
• Tim O'Brien: Odd Man In, Oh boy, O'Boy, Rock in My Shoe (#1 on Americana charts for five weeks in summer of '95), Red on Blond (Grammy nominee), The Crossing
• Nickel Creek: Why Should The Fire Die

READ ON FOR MORE ABOUT:

• Mark as producer
• Mark as a composer & poet