Al Cherney
| Al Cherny | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Alexander Peter Chernywech |
| Born |
November 1, 1932 Medicine Hat, Alberta |
| Died | August 23, 1989 (aged 56) Mississauga, Ontario |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Fiddler |
| Instruments | fiddle |
| Years active | 1951-1989 |
| Associated acts | Vic Siebert; the Sons of the Saddle |
Alexander Peter Chernywech (November 1, 1932 – August 25, 1989) recording as Al Cherny, was a Canadian fiddler. He studied with Frank Nowak and played country music on CHAT-FM.
Cherney won the Canadian Old Time Fiddlers' Contest in Ontario, under the novelty class from 1959 to 1961 and the open class in both 1960 and 1961.
In the early 1970s, he was a leading studio musician, recording with musician like Gary Buck, Dick Damron, Tommy Hunter and Sylvia Tyson. He released more than ten studio albums and received an RPM Big Country Award for Top Country Instrumentalist in 1978.
He was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989. He also performed regularly on 'The Tommy Hunter Show', until his death in 1989, of lung cancer.
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