s-g, eg, acg, 1950-2008 IE
Singer / Musician of Folk and World
Jimmy Faulkner (31 January 1950 – 4 March 2008) was one of Ireland's top guitarists, who in a four-decade career played with many of Ireland's leading rock and roll, blues, folk and jazz musicians.He was born in Dolphin's Barn, Dublin to a musical family. He started playing music in the 1960s when he formed the Jangle Jangle band. He later played in Freak Show with Pete Cummins and vocalist Ditch Cassidy. In the 1970s and 1980s he had a residence with Red Peters in the Meeting Place in Dorset Street in Dublin and played with the Floating Dublin Blues Band, Christy Moore, Dónal Lunny, Mary Coughlan, Paul Brady and Luka Bloom. At the end of the 1980s he went on to play with the Fleadh Cowboys, Hotfoot and regularly accompanied Kieran Halpin.
Hotfoot |
Chisel |
Niall Ó Callanáin + Band |
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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The Iron Behind The Velvet | Christy Moore With Andy Irvine, Barry Moore, Jimmy Faulkner, Gabriel McKeon, Tony Linnane, Noel Hill | 1978 | Album |
Live In Dublin | Christy Moore, Donal Lunny & Jimmy Faulkner | 1978 | Album |