Biography

Arthur moved to Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 at the age of two. He started to play music at the age of eight, and at 18 he returned to Ireland, where he started to compose his own music. He became world famous after he joined The Fureys

The Fureys

The Fureys are an Irish male folk band of four brothers - Eddie, Finbar, Paul and George, from Ballyfermot, Dublin. They have also been credited as The Fureys and Davey Arthur.The group formed in 1978 and consisted initially of four brothers....

, when they had their most successful hits. After leaving the Fureys in 1992, he went on to continue with his own solo career, and is involved in various projects, including his own tours. He plays the banjo

Banjo

In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...

, mandolin

Mandolin

A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...

 and guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

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Discography

In all he has written over 40 compositions, that feature on 28 albums.

Solo albums

• Celtic Side Saddle (1995)
• Cut to the Chase (1998)

The Buskers ( with Paul Furey and Brendan Leeson)

• Life Of A Man Rubber Records RUB 007 (1973)

The Fureys & Davey Arthur

• Emigrant (1977)
• Morning on a Distant Shore (1977)
• Banshee (1978)
• The Sound of the Fureys and Davey Arthur (1980)
• When You Were Sweet 16 (1982)
• Steal Away (1983)
• Golden Days (1984)
• In Concert (1984)
• At the End of a Perfect Day (1985)
• The First Leaves of Autumn (1986)
• Red Rose Café/Irish Eyes/Sitting Alone (1987)
• Dublin Songs (1988)
• Poor Man's Dream (1988)
• The Scattering (1988)
• The Best of the Fureys and Davey Arthur (1993)
• The Fureys Finest (2002)
• Gallipoli (2007)
• 25th Anniversary Collection (2008)
• 30 years on (2008)