Pete Cummins

For the Australian actor, see Peter Cummins.

Pete Cummins
Born	1946 (age 69–70) Dublin, Ireland
Genres	Folk, rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Associated acts	Fleadh Cowboys

Pete Cummins (born 1946, Dublin, Ireland), is an Irish musician, guitarist, Singer and songwriter and record producer. He won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album after his collaboration to the album Other Voices, Other Rooms by Nanci Griffith, at the 1993 ceremony.^[1] He was founding a member of Irish band The Fleadh Cowboys. In the sixties and seventies he was a member of Irish rock band, Grannies Intentions, they recorded one album for the Deram label, Honest Injun. He has also recorded with Townes Vandt on his last studio album No Deeper Blue, toured and recorded with The Chieftains. The Fleadh Cowboys toured with the Pogues, and Emmylou Harris^[1] They recorded two albums, High Ace to Heaven in 1988 and Time of your Life in 1997. He also collaborated with two bands, The Stepping Stones and The Circle.^[1]

In 2008 he released his first solo album The Brilliant Architect,followed in 2014 with Crooked Highway and in 2016 Lookin' For the Magic.

References

1 2 3 "Pete Cummins". Spirit of Folk Festival. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.

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