Arty McGlynn

Irish guitarist (1944–2019)

Arty McGlynn (7 August 1944 – 18 December 2019)^[1]^[2] was an Irish guitarist born in Omagh, County Tyrone. In addition to his solo work, he collaborated with different notable groups such as Patrick Street, Planxty, Four Men and a Dog, De Dannan and the Van Morrison Band. The song I Want Tomorrow by Enya which in fact was her first single, features a guitar solo played by him. He played guitar on the critically acclaimed 1989 Van Morrison album, Avalon Sunset. He also played duo performances and recordings with uilleann piper Liam O'Flynn, and his wife, fiddle player Nollaig Casey.

Discography

Solo

McGlynn's Fancy (1994 / originally released in 1979)
Celtic Airs (2000) [A re-release of McGlynn's Fancy]

With Van Morrison

Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (1983)
Avalon Sunset (1989)
Days Like This (1995)

With Enya

The Celts (1986)

With Patrick Street

Patrick Street (1986)
No. 2 Patrick Street (1988)
Irish Times (1990)
All in Good Time (1993)

With Paddy Keenan

Poirt an Phíobaire (1983)

With Cathal Hayden and Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh

Handed Down (1981)

With Christy Moore

Ordinary Man (1989)

With Nollaig Casey

Lead the Knave (1989)
Causeway (1995)
The music of what happened (2004)
Traditional Irish Jigs, Reels and Airs (2005) [A re-release of Lead the Knave]

With Liam O'Flynn

With Frankie Gavin & Aidan Coffey

Irlande (1994)

With Alan Kelly

Mosaic (2001)

With John Carty

Yeh, That's All It Is (2001)
At It Again (2003)
John Carty & Brian Rooney (2011)

With Matt Molloy and John Carty

Pathway to the Well (2007)
Out of the Ashes (2016)

With Noel Hill

The Irish Concertina Two (2005)

References

Specific

^ "Arty McGlynn obituary: Traditional music's pioneering guitar man". The Irish Times. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020. (subscription required)
^ Crowley, Sinéad (18 December 2019). "Pioneering guitarist Arty McGlynn has died aged 75" – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)