Alec Finn

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Alec Finn was an influential Irish traditional musician best known as the bouzouki and guitar player and co-founder of the pioneering folk group De Dannan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Alec Finn canonical 3

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish traditional musician ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2018 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960s ⓘ
associatedAct Aidan Coffey ⓘ
Colm Murphy ⓘ
De Dannan ⓘ
Dolores Keane ⓘ
Frankie Gavin ⓘ
Johnny Ringo McDonagh ⓘ
Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh ⓘ
Mary Black ⓘ
Maura O'Connell ⓘ
linked to: Maura O’Connell

Mick Hanly ⓘ
Mick Lally ⓘ
Seán Tyrrell ⓘ
Tommy Peoples ⓘ
birthName Alexander J. Phinn NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Oranmore, County Galway, Ireland ⓘ
coFounded De Dannan ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1944-06-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2018-09-16 ⓘ
genre Irish traditional music ⓘ
influenced Irish bouzouki accompaniment style ⓘ
instrument banjo ⓘ
bodhrán ⓘ
bouzouki ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
mandolin ⓘ
knownFor innovative use of Greek bouzouki in Irish traditional music ⓘ
memberOf De Dannan ⓘ
name Alec Finn ⓘ
notableWork album "Ballroom" with De Dannan ⓘ
album "Hibernian Rhapsody" with De Dannan ⓘ
album "Irlande" with De Dannan ⓘ
album "Mist Covered Mountain" with De Dannan ⓘ
album "Selected Jigs Reels and Songs" with De Dannan ⓘ
album "Song for Ireland" with De Dannan ⓘ
album "Star-Spangled Molly" with De Dannan ⓘ
album "Traditional Music of Ireland" with Frankie Gavin ⓘ
co-founder of De Dannan ⓘ
duo album "Frankie Gavin & Alec Finn" ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Yarm, North Yorkshire, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Oranmore, County Galway, Ireland ⓘ
recordLabel Claddagh Records ⓘ
Gael-Linn ⓘ
residence Oranmore, County Galway, Ireland ⓘ
style counter-melodic accompaniment ⓘ
dorian-mode accompaniment ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

De Dannan → associatedAct → Alec Finn ⓘ
De Dannan → hasMember → Alec Finn ⓘ
Alec Finn → name → Alec Finn ⓘ