John Doyle (musician)
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
| Genres | traditional Irish |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | guitar, bouzouki, tenor banjo |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Associated acts |
Solas Susan McKeown & The Chanting House Usher's Island |
| Website | www |
John Doyle (b. 1971 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician and songwriter. For four years he served as acoustic guitarist with the Irish-American band Solas. He is now an active solo artist, who frequently tours and plays with other acclaimed musicians, including: Eileen Ivers, Colin Farrell, Mike McGoldrick and John McCusker. He is currently a member of Usher's Island with Paddy Glackin, Donal Lunny, Andy Irvine and Mike McGoldrick. He has written many traditional-style songs and has collaborated with Kate Rusby, Susan McKeown, Karan Casey and Heidi Talbot. He is a member of the Transatlantic Sessions house band associated with the Celtic Connections music festival.
Doyle also has producing credits on several albums including Heidi Talbot's debut solo release Distant Future, renowned American fiddle player Liz Carroll's Lake Effect, and his father Sean Doyle's CD, The Light and the Half Light.
Doyle is a highly accomplished guitarist with a trademark style for backing up other musicians. A left-handed player, his style involves the use of bass string damping with the heel of the left hand combined with a constant, metronome-like strumming pattern and nimble movement up and down the neck with the right hand to incorporate bass lines and chordal variations. Combined with other dynamic techniques such as string choking with the right hand, the resulting sound is full and highly rhythmical.
Doyle plays guitar in many different tunings, but is perhaps best known for using the 'Dropped D' tuning (DADGBE) for backing up other musicians.
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