Brian Ahern (producer)

For other people named Brian Ahern, see Brian Ahern (disambiguation).

Brian Ahern
Born1945
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
GenresFolk, country
Occupation(s)Musician, producer
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1961–present
WebsiteBAAM Music

Brian Ahern, CM (born 1945) is a Canadian record producer and guitarist. He has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including 12 albums for Anne Murray; 11 albums for Emmylou Harris (to whom he was also married for seven years); he also produced discs for Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Roy Orbison, Glen Campbell, Don Williams, Jesse Winchester, and Linda Ronstadt.[1] Ahern was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006 in Saint John, New Brunswick.[2] He was given the Lifetime Achievement Award for Producer/Engineer during The Americana Music Association Awards at the Ryman Auditorium, in Nashville TN. on Thursday, 9 September 2010 by former wife Emmylou Harris and musician Rodney Crowell.[3]

Ahern became renowned for his recording studio Enactron Truck, which produced over 40 gold and platinum records (including Bette Midler's The Rose and Barbra Streisand's A Star Is Born).[4]

  1. ^ "Brian Ahern". AllMusic. 23 December 1999. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Producer Brian Ahern to Enter Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame". Country Music Television. 20 July 2006. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. ^ "The Producers: Brian Ahern". Wnew.radio.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 2011-12-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)