Cathal Hayden

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
  • Hooked on Banjo (2016)

See also

References
  1. "Trad/Roots: How Tyrone musician Cathal Hayden got Hooked on Banjo". The Irish News. Retrieved 2020-07-04.

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