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, County Tyrone,[1] 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 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 and Seamie O'Dowd (2008)For detailed contents see irishtune.info Archived 25 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Hooked on Banjo (2016)
See also
References
- ↑ "Trad/Roots: How Tyrone musician Cathal Hayden got Hooked on Banjo". The Irish News. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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