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The Chieftains are a Grammy winning Irish musical group founded in 1962, known for performing and popularizing Irish traditional music. 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 Van Morrison, The Rolling Stones, Sting, Roger Daltrey, Elvis Costello, Tom Jones, Sinéad O’Connor, James Galway, Jackson Browne, Nancy Griffith and numerous country-western artists. In 1975, the group won praise for their playing of “Women of Ireland” for Stanley Kubrick’s movie Barry Lyndon.
They have won six Grammy Awards and have been nominated eighteen times. In 2002 they were given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the UK’s BBC Radio 2. The front covers of the first four albums were designed by Edward Delaney.
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:
Paddy Moloney (uilleann pipes, tin whistle, button accordion, bodhrán)
Matt Molloy (flute, tin whistle)
Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals)
They have won six Grammy Awards and have been nominated eighteen times. In 2002 they were given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the UK’s BBC Radio 2. The front covers of the first four albums were designed by Edward Delaney.
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:
Paddy Moloney (uilleann pipes, tin whistle, button accordion, bodhrán)
Matt Molloy (flute, tin whistle)
Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals)
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The Best of the Chieftains
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The Long Black Veil
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Down The Old Plank Road: The N
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Water From the Well
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Boil the Breakfast Early
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O'Sullivan's March
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Lots of Drops of Brandy
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Sea Image
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Changing Your Demeanour
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Up Against the Buachalawns
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No. 6 The Coombe
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Carolan's concerto
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The Rocky Road To Dublin
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The Bells of Dublin/Christmas Eve
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The Dogs Among the Bushes
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Friel's Kitchen
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Shoutbox
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marich35 wrote:
Alegres y frescos siempre... gran canción :)
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ravschmidt-sas wrote:
Лучшие фолкеры когда-либо!!!! best best best!!
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thegaymetaller wrote:
Legends! So glad I watched that BBC4 film thing on them; introduced me to them. :)
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LeighBCD wrote:
Great bio film on the Chieftains the other night on BBC4 - very interesting.
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blodi_meri wrote:
tennessee stud!! omfg!!!
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katiewarman wrote:
lovelovelovelove : )
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Haz567 wrote:
women of ireland chills my soul
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mangoprophetess wrote:
Just got to see them for the first time ever, after being a fan all my life. Amazing! Their version of "Mo Ghile Mear" with Sting is probably my favorite song in the world.
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jockstewart wrote:
Did they ever do the Kesh Jig?
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thekidwiththefa wrote:
Frank Zappa was a big fan in his dying days, so I'm definitely checking these guys out.
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HannoPho wrote:
the foggy dew is so amazing. my dad used to sing it to me every night before i slept.
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ethanethan wrote:
i ruv these guys
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grimes3fingers wrote:
sinead was such a good choice for the foggy dew
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Reicor wrote:
The irish legends.For ever.
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ethanethan wrote:
so much fun! and so singable. and.. drinkable.
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Sepulchre wrote:
Legends. That they are.
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melodionman wrote:
What a brilliant band ,I love em
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saiibot wrote:
love em
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hoodratsk8r wrote:
awsome sounding music
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Jan
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Celtic Connections 2010
Glasgow (various venues), Glasgow, United Kingdom
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The Chieftains
Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA, Boston, United States
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- Mar 14 The Chieftains State Theater, New Brunswick, New York NJ, United States
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