Barney McKenna

Biography

Bernard Noël McKenna (16 December 1939 – 5 April 2012), known as Barney McKenna or Banjo Barney, was an Irish musician and a founding member of The Dubliners. He is regarded as a major figure in the development of the tenor banjo in Irish traditional music, and is widely credited with establishing GDAE tuning as the instrument's standard tuning in the tradition.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Elvis Costello's Kojak Variety

  1995

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  Worrisome Heart

  2008

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  The Snake

  1994

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  Seven Drunken Nights

  1967

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  A Drop Of The Hard Stuff

  1967

Credited work

265 releases · 61 albums · active 1964–2025

• Other credits · 294
• Performance · 230
• Production · 1

Studios: Windmill Lane Studios · The Town House · Hanover Quay Studios · Bunk Junk & Genius

Frequent collaborators

• The Dubliners
• Various
• Christy Moore
• De Gyldne Løver
• The Go Lucky Four
• The Original Dubliners
• Dubliners
• The Boys Of The Lough

Around the web

• Wikipedia