Don Baker (born 26 August 1950) is an Irish blues musician, television personality, and actor.

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Don Baker
Baker in 2014
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Birth name	Don Baker
Born	(1950-08-26) 26 August 1950 (age 73)
Origin	Whitehall, Dublin, Ireland
Genres	Rock, blues
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer, songwriter, actor
Years active	1960–present (musician) 1991–present (actor)
Labels	[Own Label]
Website	www.donbaker.ie

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Baker was born in Whitehall, Dublin. He is a singer-songwriter who plays the harmonica and the guitar. He appeared in several films, his most notable appearance being in In the Name of the Father and On the Nose.^[1] He has published harmonica instruction books and videos. ^{[citation needed]}

In August 2008, he appeared in RTÉ's reality show Fáilte Towers,^[2] finishing in third place, earning money for his charity Health Action Overseas. ^{[citation needed]}

• Almost Illegal (1989)
• Born With The Blues (1990)
• No Nonsense (1993)
• Four For The Road with Jimmy MacCarthy, Mick Hanly and Finbar Furey, Live on Tour 1994 (1994)
• No Regrets (1996)
• Just Don Baker (1998)
• Miss You (2000)
• Duckin' & Divin' - 2 CDs (2003)
• Rain On The Wind (2006)
• My Songs My Friends (2013)
• Bakerrose - Don Baker & Clara Rose (2016)
• A Day In Jealoustown - Don Baker & Rob Strong (2018)
• Brothers In Blues - Don Baker & Rob Strong (2018)
• The Blues Man - 2 CDs (2019)

• The Harmonica (1987)
• Complete Harmonica Techniques (1993)
• Beginning Blues Harp (1995)
• Beginning Rock Harp (1996)
• The Winner in Me: Don Baker's Story (1999)
• Learn to Play Blues Harmonica (2011)
• Soodlum's Harmonica Pack
• Famous Harmonica Styles (video tape)