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Brian Ahern, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is a Canadian record producer and guitarist. He has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including 12 albums for Anne Murray; 11 albums for Emmylou Harris; he also produced discs for Johnny Cash, George Jones, Roy Orbison, Glen Campbell, Don Williams, Jesse Winchester, and Linda Ronstadt. Ahern was entered into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006 in Saint John, New Brunswick. He was given the Lifetime Achievement Award for Producer/Engineer during The Americana Music Association Awards at The Ryman Auditorium, in Nashville TN. on Thursday, September 9, 2010 by former wife Emmylou Harris and musician Rodney Crowell.
Ahern became renowned for his recording studio Enactron Truck, which produced over 40 Gold and Platinum records.
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