Cathal Sean Hayden is a Northern Irish fiddle and banjo player of note. He was born on 13 July 1963, in the village of the
Rock
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* Rock music, a genre of popular music
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, County Tyrone,
outside Pomeroy, an area immersed in traditional music.
The third in the family of eight, he was born into a deep musical background. His father played the banjo and fiddle, and his mother was a pianist, while both grandfathers were fiddle players. Hayden has been
All-Ireland Champion on both banjo and fiddle. He is a member of the group
Four Men and a Dog
Four Men and a Dog is an Irish traditional band that emerged in 1990 during the Belfast Folk Festival. The band plays Irish traditional music with a mixture of different other genres, including rock, jazz, blues, bluegrass, swing, salsa, polka and ...
whose first album, ''Barking Mad'' won the Folk Roots best new album award in 1991.
Discography
* ''Handed Down'' (1988)
* ''Barking Mad'' (1991)
* ''Shifting Gravel'' (1993)
* ''Doctor A's Secret Remedies'' (1995)
* ''Long Roads'' (1996)
* ''Cathal Hayden'' (1999)
* ''Maybe Tonight'' (2002)
* ''Live in Belfast'' (2007)
* ''Crossroads'' with
Máirtín O'Connor
Máirtín O'Connor is an Irish button accordionist from Galway, Ireland, who began playing at the age of nine, and whose career has seen him as a member of many traditional music groups that include Skylark, Midnight Well, De Dannan, and ...
and
Seamie O'Dowd
Seamie O’Dowd is an Irish musician.
Biography
Seamie O Dowd is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter who also plays fiddle, harmonica, mandolin, and a number of other instruments.
He has travelled worldwide playing music and has shared stages ...
(2008)For detailed contents se
irishtune.info* ''Hooked on Banjo'' (2016)
See also
*
Four Men and a Dog
Four Men and a Dog is an Irish traditional band that emerged in 1990 during the Belfast Folk Festival. The band plays Irish traditional music with a mixture of different other genres, including rock, jazz, blues, bluegrass, swing, salsa, polka and ...
References
External links
Cathal Hayden's Site*
Four Men and a Dog
Four Men and a Dog is an Irish traditional band that emerged in 1990 during the Belfast Folk Festival. The band plays Irish traditional music with a mixture of different other genres, including rock, jazz, blues, bluegrass, swing, salsa, polka and ...
at
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Four Men and a Dog's Official Site
Reviews
Living people
Folk musicians from Northern Ireland
Musicians from County Tyrone
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
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