Brian Ahern
Best known for
Guitar
Brian Ahern is a Halifax-born Canadian record producer and guitarist whose Enactron Truck mobile studio anchored a generation of country and roots records — producer of twelve Anne Murray albums and eleven Emmylou Harris albums (including her Reprise debut "Pieces of the Sky," 1975), and Harris's second husband from 1977 to 1984.
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- Canadian record producer and guitarist, born 1945 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- Produced 12 albums for Anne Murray and 11 albums for Emmylou Harris, including her Reprise debut "Pieces of the Sky" (1975).
- Married Emmylou Harris on January 9, 1977 at his Halifax home; they had a daughter in 1979 and divorced in 1984. He was Harris's second husband.
- Built and operated the mobile Enactron Truck recording studio, credited on more than 40 gold and platinum records.
- Other production credits include work for Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Roy Orbison, Glen Campbell, Don Williams, Jesse Winchester, and Linda Ronstadt; also worked on Bette Midler's "The Rose" and Barbra Streisand's "A Star Is Born" soundtracks.
- Inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame (2006); received the Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award for Producer/Engineer (2010); appointed to the Order of Canada in 2019.
- Active in the music industry since 1961.
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Emmylou HarrisPlayed on recordings with Emmylou Harris
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Ricky SkaggsPlayed on recording with Ricky Skaggs
