Everything about The Chieftains totally explained
The Chieftains are a
Grammy-winning
Irish musical group founded in 1963, best known for being the first band to make
Irish traditional music popular around the world.
The band's name came from the book
Death of a Chieftain by Irish author
John Montague. The word
chieftain itself derives from the English language translation of the
Irish Gaelic word
taoiseach, meaning a clan chief or leader. Some historians suggest that in ancient Ireland (whence these terms originate), a taoiseach was a minor king. Assisted early on by
Garech Browne, they signed with his company
Claddagh Records. They needed financial success abroad, and succeeded in this, as within a few years their third album's sleeve note section was printed in three languages.
The band has recorded many albums of instrumental Irish folk music, as well as multiple collaborations with popular musicians of many genres, including
Country music,
Galician traditional music,
Cape Breton and
Newfoundland music, and
rock and roll. They have performed with
Carlos Núñez,
Van Morrison,
Moya Brennan,
Mark Knopfler,
Loreena McKennitt,
Mick Jagger,
Elvis Costello,
Roger Daltrey,
Nanci Griffith,
Tom Jones,
Sinéad O'Connor,
James Galway,
The Corrs,
Art Garfunkel,
Sting,
Rosanne Cash,
Jim White,
Tom Partington,
Ziggy Marley,
Lyle Lovett,
Jackson Browne, and numerous
Country-western artists. In May 1986 they performed at
Self Aid, a benefit concert held in Dublin that focused on the problem of chronic unemployment which was widespread in Ireland at that time. In 1994 they appeared in
Roger Daltrey's production, album and video of .
The group have won six
Grammy Awards and have been nominated eighteen times. They have also won an
Emmy and a
Genie and contributed a couple of tracks, including their highly-praised version of the song
Women of Ireland, to
Leonard Rosenman's
Oscar-winning score for
Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film
Barry Lyndon. In 2002 they were given a
Lifetime Achievement Award by the
UK's
BBC Radio 2. Two of their singles have been minor hits.
Have I Told You Lately (credited to The Chieftains with
Van Morrison) reached number 71 in 1995.
I Know My Love (credited to The Chieftains featuring The Corrs) reached number 37 in 2002.
The front covers of the first four albums were designed by
Edward Delaney.
Band members
Paddy Moloney is the band's leader, and composes or arranges most of the band's music. While the band's members changed numerous times in the band's early history, the membership solidified in 1979 when Matt Molloy replaced Michael Tubridy. From then until 2002, members included:
In 2002, Fay retired from active membership and Bell died.
Discography
All albums are available worldwide from www.claddaghrecords.com
(External Link
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The Chieftains 1 (1963)
The Chieftains 2 (1969)
The Chieftains 3 (1971)
The Chieftains 4 (1973)
The Chieftains 5 (1975)
(1976)
The Chieftains 7 (1977)
The Chieftains Live! (1977)
The Chieftains 8 (1978)
(1979)
The Chieftains 10: Cotton-Eyed Joe (1981)
The Year of the French (1982)
Concert Orchestra (1982)
The Chieftains in China (1985)
Ballad of the Irish Horse (1986)
Celtic Wedding (1987)
In Ireland (1987) ("James Galway and the Chieftains")
Irish Heartbeat - With Van Morrison (1988)
The Tailor Of Gloucester (1988)
A Chieftains Celebration (1989)
Over the Sea To Skye: The Celtic Connection - With James Galway (1990)
Bells of Dublin (1991)
Another Country (1992)
An Irish Evening (1992)
The Celtic Harp: A Tribute To Edward Bunting (1993)
The Long Black Veil (1995)
Film Cuts (1996)
Santiago (1996)
Long Journey Home (1998)
Fire in the Kitchen (1998)
Tears of Stone (1999)
Water From the Well (2000)
The Wide World Over (2002)
Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions (2002)
Further Down the Old Plank Road (2003)
The Long Black Veil (2004 Mobile Fidelity Gold CD reissue)
(2005)
The Essential Chieftains (2006)
Former members
Other former members include:
David Fallon (bodhrán)
Ronnie McShane (percussion)
Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones)
Seán Potts (tin whistle, bones, bodhrán)
Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, and tin whistle)
Sound samples
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