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American guitarist, composer, mixing engineer and producer, born September 24, 1946, Manhattan, New York City as son of jazz musician Sam Donahue and actress Patricia Donahue.
Primarily known for his work in the British folk rock scene as a member of Fotheringay, Fairport Convention, and rock guitar trio The Hellecasters.
Father of Kristina Donahue.

ALBUMS


Jerry Donahue & Susan Rey
Ashgrove Sessions
2017, CD, Album, Not On Label (Susan Rey Self-released), ,
Folk Rock/Blues Rock/Country
Richard Rodney Bennett / Roy Budd, Jerry* And Marc Donahue
Billion Dollar Brain / The Final Option
2009, CD, Comp, Ltd, RM, Kritzerland
Backroom Boys* Featuring Jerry Donahue And Doug Morter
Start Up Again
1999, CD, Album, Ribble Records, Ribble Records
Jerry Donahue
Telecasting Recast
1998, CD, Album, Telebender Music, ,
Folk Rock/Country Rock/Folk
Jerry Donahue
Neck Of The Wood
1992, ,
Folk Rock/Country Rock
Jerry Donahue & Doug Morter With The Backroom Boys & Girls
Say What You Say / Deep In The Darkest Night
1990, 7", Single, Stormy Turtle Records, Aris
Doug Morter, Jerry Donahue Featuring The Backroom Boys & Girls
Brief Encounters
1990
Jerry Donahue
The Beak / The Claw / Examples & Commentary
1988, Flexi, 7", Promo, Guitar Player Magazine
Jerry Donahue
Telecasting
1986, ,
Folk Rock/Country Rock/Folk
Roy Budd And Jerry* And Marc Donahue
The Final Option (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1982
Jerry Donahue
Theme From Catlow
1972, 7", Single, Philips
Will Ray & Jerry Donahue
Live At McCabes
CD, Pharaoh Records (3)
Fotheringay Featuring Sandy Denny
Bruton Town / The Way I Feel
2015, 7", RSD, Single, Ltd, Island Records, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention With Sandy Denny
Ebbets Field 1974
2011
Fotheringay
Essen 1970
2011, ,
Folk Rock/Folk
Fotheringay
2
2008, ,
Folk Rock/Folk
Peter Barton
Into My Dreams
2006, CD, Album, Organic Mountain Records, Organic Mountain Records
Animals & Friends
Instinct
2004, CD, Organic Mountain Records,
Fairport Convention
Come All Ye (The First Ten Years)
2017, 7xCD, Comp + Box, UMC, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
Rising For The Moon
2013, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
Nine
2005
Fairport Convention
Rosie
2004
Sandy Denny
Gold Dust (Live At The Royalty)
1998, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
Fairport Live Convention
1991, ,
Folk Rock
Gathering
Gathering
2009, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
Live At Cropredy '08
2008, CD, Album, Matty Grooves
Fairport Convention
Live At The BBC
2007
Fairport Convention
Many Ears To Please: Live in Oslo 1975
2006, CD, Album, Molldur, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
Who Knows? (1975 The Woodworm Archives - Vol. One)
2005
Fairport Convention
Cropredy Capers (Twenty Five Years of Fairport Convention And Friends At Cropredy Festival)
2004, 4xCD + Box, Free Reed, Free Reed, Free Reed, Free Reed, Free Reed,
Fairport Convention
'Babbacombe' Lee
2004, ,
Folk Rock/Spoken Word
The Hellecasters
Essential Listening Volume 1
2002, CD, Comp, Hightone Records
Fairport Convention
Before The Moon
2002
Fairport Convention
Cropredy 2002 Another Gig: Another Palindrome
2002, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
The Airing Cupboard Tapes '71 - '74
2002, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
The Other Boot / The Third Leg
2001, ,
Folk Rock
Dave Pegg And Friends
Birthday Party
1998, CD, Album, Woodworm Records,
The Hellecasters
7 Axes To Sample
1998, CD, EP, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Pharaoh Records (3)
Fairport Convention
The Cropredy Box
1998, ,
Folk Rock
The Hellecasters
Hell III New Axes To Grind
1997, ,
Country Rock/Gypsy Jazz
The Hellecasters
Escape From Hollywood
1994, ,
Rockabilly/Blues Rock/Gypsy Jazz
Fairport Convention
25th Anniversary Concert
1994
The Hellecasters
The Return Of The Hellecasters
1993, ,
Country Rock
Fairport Convention
The Third Leg
1988, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
It All Comes 'Round Again
1988, ,
Folk Rock/Interview
Fairport Convention
In Real Time (20th Anniversary Concert)
1987, VHS, Hi-, Island Visual Arts
Fairport Convention
The Other Boot (Being The Official Bootleg Of The 1986 Fairport Reunion At Cropredy Nr. Banbury, Oxon)
1987
Fairport Convention
'Cropredy Capers' (The 7th Annual Re-union 1986)
1986, VHS, PAL, Intechvideo, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
Expletive Delighted!
1986
Fairport Convention
A.T. 2 The Reunion Concert
1983, Cass, Album, Woodworm Records,
Thieves
Yucatan
1979, ,
Pop Rock
Thieves
400 Dragons
1979
Fairport Convention
Rising For The Moon
1975, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
Fairport Live Convention
1974, ,
Folk Rock/Folk/Blues Rock/Country Rock
Fairport Convention
Nine
1973
Fairport Convention
Rosie
1973
Fairport Convention
The History Of Fairport Convention
1972
Fotheringay
Fotheringay
1970
Poet And The One Man Band
Poet And The One Man Band
1969, ,
Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Fairport Convention
Evanston 1975, The Illinois Broadcast
2020, CD, Album, Unofficial, Leftfield Media,
Fotheringay
BBC Live In 1970
2013
Fairport Convention
Nine
2007
Fairport Convention
Rising For The Moon
2007

APPEARANCES +


Fotheringay
Nothing More (The Collected Fotheringay)
2015, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD + DVD-V, Island Records, Universal Music Catalogue, Universal Music Operations Ltd., ,
Folk Rock
Laurie Styvers
Gemini Girl: The Complete Hush Recordings
2023, 2xCD, Comp, Dlx, RE, RM, High Moon Records
Hallyday*
Essayez (Bercy 2003)
2021, 10", Single, Ltd, Num, Label Panthéon, Mercury, Universal Music France, ,
Chanson/Rock & Roll
Arlen Roth
Tele Masters
2019, CD, Album, Aquinnah Records
Iain Matthews
Orphans And Outcasts
2019, Box + 3xCD, RE + CD, Album, Cherry Red, ,
Folk
Kate Reid
The Heart Already Knows
2018, CD, Album, Not On Label (Kate Reid Self-released), ,
Vocal/Ballad
Sandy Denny
I've Always Kept A Unicorn - The Acoustic Sandy Denny
2016
Fairport Convention Featuring Sandy Denny
Live 1974 (My Father's Place)
2015, ,
Folk Rock
Wilson* & Swarbrick*
Lion Rampant
2014, CD, Shirty, Wheel Records (Canada),
Ruud*
Following Dreams
2014, CD, Album, Ruudmusic
Abel Ganz
Abel Ganz
2014, ,
Prog Rock/Folk Rock
Julian Dawson
Life And Soul - A Retrospective 1982-1995
2013, 3xCD, Comp, Blue Rose Records (2), ,
Folk Rock
Sylvie Vartan
The Ultimate Collection
2012, 5xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Ltd, Culture Factory
Sylvie Vartan
The Ultimate Collection
2012, 44xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, Culture Factory, Sony Music, BMG Rights Management, ,
Chanson/Ballad/Europop/Vocal/Yé-Yé/Disco/Euro-Disco
Dave Pegg
60th Birthday Bash
2011, 2xCD, Album, Enh, Ltd, Num, Matty Grooves,
Various
Looking Towards The Sky (Progressive, Psychedelic & Folk Rock From The Ember Vaults)
2010, CD, Comp, Fantastic Voyage
Gerry Rafferty
Life Goes On
2009, CD, Album, Hypertension,
Various
Meet On The Ledge: An Island Records Folk-Rock Anthology
2009, Box + 3xCD, Comp, RM, Universal UMC, ,
Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Sandy Denny
The Music Weaver (Sandy Denny Remembered)
2008, 2xCD, Comp, Island Remasters, Universal UMC,
Various
The All New Electric Muse
2008, 3xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Universal Music,
Various
Absolutely Live III · Blues Garage
2007, CD, Album, Comp, Wallbreaker,
Johnny Hallyday
In Italiano
2007
Various
White Bicycles - Making Music In The 1960s - The Joe Boyd Story
2006, ,
Folk Rock/Acoustic/Psychedelic Rock
Mick Softley
Sunrise / Street Singer
2005, 2xCD, Comp, RM, BGO Records,
Gary Wright
Gary Wright's Extraction/Footprint
2005, ,
Classic Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Sandy Denny
A Boxful Of Treasures
2004, ,
Folk Rock/Acoustic/Folk
Jaime Reno
All American Music
2003, CD, Album, Not On Label
The Sandmen
Beauties And Beasts
2003, ,
Alternative Rock
The Proclaimers
Sunshine On Leith / This Is The Story
2003
Sandy Denny
The Best Of Sandy Denny
2002, CD, Comp, A&M Records, Chronicles, ,
Folk Rock
enQ
Tear Down The Barriers
2002, CD, Album, Poke Records
Linda Thompson
Fashionably Late
2002,
Jon Dean Foster
Born Survivor
2002
Real Ones
This Is Camping
2002, ,
Folk Rock/Indie Rock
Real Ones
Bratislava EP
2002, ,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Pop Rock
Steve Gibbons
Short Stories / Stained Glass
2001, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Comp, The Road Goes On Forever,
Ralph McTell
Songs From The Television Series Alphabet Zoo
2001, ,
Folk/Nursery Rhymes
The Proclaimers
Persevere
2001
The Hellecasters
Live... Raw... In Germany
2000, DVD-V, Pharoah Records (6)
Sandy Denny
No More Sad Refrains - The Anthology
2000, ,
Folk Rock
Freebo
The End Of The Beginning
1999,
Phil Carmen
On My Way In L.A. - Millenium Collection
1999
Various
And Who Knows Where The Tyme Goes
1998, CD, Comp, Débutante, ,
Folk/Folk Rock
Henning Stærk
Somewhere Someone's Falling In Love
1997, CD, Album, RCA, BMG Denmark
Various
Jukebox Cowboy
1997, CD, Vinyl Junkie (3), ,
Blues Rock/Country Rock/Country
Stefan Grossman
The Best Of The Transatlantic Years
1996, CD, Album, Comp, Essential! Records,
Linda Thompson
Dreams Fly Away (A History Of Linda Thompson)
1996, ,
Folk Rock
Various
Guitars That Rule The World Vol. 2: Smell The Fuzz/The Superstar Guitar Album
1996,
Dale Watson
Cheatin' Heart Attack
1995, CD, Album, Hightone Records
Various
Troubadours Of British Folk, Volume 2: Folk Into Rock
1995, CD, Comp, RM, Rhino Records (2), ,
Folk
The Secret Circus Of Danette Christine
The Secret Circus Of Danette Christine Presents 'Mary Hale'
1995, CD, Album, Not On Label,
Sandy Denny / Trevor Lucas
The Attic Tracks 1972 - 1984
1995, ,
Folk Rock/Folk
Various
Boys On The Side (Original Soundtrack Album)
1995, ,
Soundtrack/Pop Rock/Folk
Heads Hands & Feet
Home From Home (The Missing Album)
1995
The Proclaimers
Hit The Highway
1994
Eliza Gilkyson
Through The Looking Glass
1993, CD, Album, Private Music
Phil Carmen
Great Hits (Live)
1993,
Marvin*
The Mandolin Man
1992
Gerry Rafferty
On A Wing & A Prayer
1992
Iain Matthews
Orphans & Outcasts (A Collection Of Demos) Volume 1 - 1969-1979
1991, ,
Folk Rock/Country Rock/Pop Rock
Various
All Through The Year - A Calender In Music & Song - The Second Hokey Pokey Charity Compilation
1991,
Michelle Phillips
Victim Of Romance
1990, ,
Soft Rock
The Proclaimers
I'm On My Way
1989
Nanci Griffith
Storms
1989, ,
Country/Folk
Gerry Rafferty
Right Down The Line - The Best Of Gerry Rafferty
1989
Steve Ashley
Stroll On - Revisited
1989,
Sandy Denny
The Attic Tracks Vol. 1: Sandy Denny & Friends '72 - '77
1988, Cass, Comp, Friends Of Fairport Convention
Gerry Rafferty
North And South
1988, ,
Soft Rock/Pop Rock/Classic Rock
The Proclaimers
Sunshine On Leith
1988, ,
Folk Rock
Various
Filmmusic For Relaxation And Meditation Vol.2
1988, ,
Modern Classical/Ambient/Soundtrack
John Illsley
Glass
1988
The Proclaimers
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
1988
The Proclaimers
Sunshine On Leith
1988
Helen Watson
Helen Watson
1987, CD, Ltd, Promo, Smplr, EMI, ,
Alternative Rock/Ballad
Sandy Denny
The Best Of Sandy Denny
1987
Various
Meditation Relaxing Filmmusic
1987
Helen Watson
Blue Slipper
1987, ,
Pop Rock
Chris Rea
Dancing With Strangers
1987, ,
Pop Rock
Ralph McTell
Bridge Of Sighs
1986,
Ralph McTell
At The End Of A Perfect Day
1985, LP, Album, Telstar
Cathy Lesurf
Surface
1985, LP, Fun Records (18)
Linda Thompson
One Clear Moment
1985, ,
Folk Rock/Pop Rock/Art Rock/Ballad/Ethereal/Folk
Sandy Denny
Who Knows Where The Time Goes?
1985, ,
Folk Rock
The Local Boys
Moments Of Madness
1983, ,
Soft Rock/Pop Rock
John Miles
Play On
1983,
Ralph McTell
Love Grows
1982, LP, Album, Mays Records,
Consenting Adults
The Only One Who Knows
1981, 7", Mono, Promo, Dreamland Records, Inc.,
Gerry Rafferty
Snakes And Ladders
1980, ,
Pop Rock
Celebration
Disco Celebration
1979, ,
Disco
Ralph McTell
Slide Away The Screen
1979, ,
Folk Rock/Folk
丸山圭子*
裸足で誘って
1978, ,
Soft Rock/Kayōkyoku
Gerry Rafferty
City To City
1978, ,
Pop Rock
Roy Budd
The Wild Geese (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1978
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Pronto Monto
1978, ,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Classic Rock
Joan Armatrading
Live At The Bijou Cafe, Philadelphia, February 18, 1977
1977, LP, Promo, A&M Records, ,
Pop Rock
Joan Armatrading
In Concert-162
1977, LP, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services
Pakalameredith
Pakalameredith
1977, ,
Soft Rock
Joanna Carlin
Fancy That
1977, ,
Vocal
Joan Armatrading
Show Some Emotion
1977, ,
Soft Rock/Soul
Sandy Denny
Rendezvous
1977, ,
Folk Rock
Joan Armatrading / Gordon Giltrap
Stereo Pop Special-135
1976, LP, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
1976
Brian Maxine
Ribbon Of Stainless Steel
1975, LP, Album, Columbia
Ralph McTell
Streets
1975
Marc Ellington
Marc Time
1975
Sandy Denny
Like An Old Fashioned Waltz
1974, ,
Folk Rock/Vocal
Krysia*
Krysia
1974
Johnny Hallyday
Hallyday Story 22 - 1971 - Flagrant Délit
1974
Ian Matthews*
Journeys From Gospel Oak
1974, ,
Folk Rock
Laurie Styvers
The Colorado Kid
1973,
Marc Ellington
Restoration
1973,
Johnny Hallyday
Insolitudes
1973, ,
Pop Rock/Ballad/Chanson
Heads Hands & Feet
Old Soldiers Never Die
1973, ,
Country Rock/Classic Rock
Mick Softley
Any Mother Doesn't Grumble
1972, ,
Folk Rock
Mick Greenwood
...To Friends
1972, ,
Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Heads Hands & Feet
Tracks
1972, ,
Folk Rock/Blues Rock
Johnny Hallyday
Country-Folk-Rock
1972
Françoise Hardy
Françoise Hardy
1972
Jonathan Kelly
Twice Around The Houses
1972, ,
Folk Rock
Steve Gibbons
Short Stories
1971, LP, Album, Wizard (6), Wizard (6)
Various
Pick Of The Pops For Your D.J.-327
1971, LP, Mono, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services, BBC Transcription Services, ,
Folk Rock/Prog Rock/Public Broadcast
Mick Greenwood
Living Game
1971
Johnny Hallyday
Flagrant Délit
1971
Johnny Hallyday
Live At The Palais Des Sports
1971, ,
Pop Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Rock & Roll
Mick Softley
Street Singer
1971
Gary Wright
Footprint
1971
Sandy Denny
The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
1971
Thomas F. Browne*
Wednesday's Child
1971, ,
Pop Rock
Heads Hands & Feet
Heads Hands & Feet
1971, ,
Country Rock
Stefan Grossman
The Ragtime Cowboy Jew
1970, ,
Acoustic/Folk Rock/Delta Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Mick Softley
Sunrise
1970, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Folk/Folk Rock
Blues Britannia
Blues Britannia
CD, Album, Bridge Recordings, ,
Blues Rock
Jamie Reno
Greatest Hits
CD, Album, Promo, GlaxoSmithKline, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Steps For Living,
Various
Your Cheatin' Heart
CD, Comp, BBC
Sandy Denny
The Best Of Sandy Denny
CD, Album, Comp, RE, Island Records
The Proclaimers
The Best Of...
,
Folk Rock/Pop Rock
Ralph McTell
Right Side Up
,
Folk Rock
Various
Folks At Home
2020, CD, Comp, Talking Elephant Records,
Various
Slightly Above Below Average
2012, CD, Comp, John McClellan LLC, ,
Country
Fangkiebassbeton*
A Real Mother Funker
2006, CD, Mixed, Promo, Phoney Tapes,
Roy Budd
The Wild Geese (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1999
Various
Music For Relaxation, Meditation And Concentration, Vol. III
1993, CD, Milan
Various
Love At The Movie
1992, CD, Comp, Milan
Gerry Rafferty
City To City
2018, ,
Soft Rock/Pop Rock
Gary Wright
Gary Wright's Extraction/Footprint
2018, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Classic Rock
Various
Rare 60's Beat Treasures - Vol. 10
2015, CD, Comp, Unofficial, Gone Beat, ,
Beat/Pop Rock/Prog Rock
Warren Zevon
WMMR FM In Concert - The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, June 20th 1976
2015, CD, Unofficial, Lexington (2)
Laurie Styvers
The Colorado Kid
2013,
Jackson*, Morter* & Donahue*
Leith Folk Club 27.3.12
2012, 2xCDr, Album, Unofficial, Not On Label
The Local Boys
Moments Of Madness
2007, CDr, Album, RE, Unofficial, Time Warp Records (3)
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Chepstow Festival, UK, 27th August, 2006
2006, DVD, Unofficial, PAL, Boombox Prods
The Pandamonium*
The Unreleased Album
2004
Chris Rea
Dancing With Strangers
2002
Gerry Rafferty
Live at the Music Hall, Hamburg
2xCDr, Album, Unofficial, Rock Rare Collection Fetish, Crimson Records (2), ,
Classic Rock/Pop Rock