Brian Ahern (producer)

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)