''The Chieftains 8'' is an album by The Chieftains. Originally recorded for

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and released in 1978, it was re-released on

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. It is the last of the group's albums recorded before members

Seán Potts Seán Desmond Potts (5 October 1930 – 11 February 2014) was an Irish musician. Born in The Liberties, Dublin, he was best known for his tin whistle playing and his long history with The Chieftains (from 1962 to 1979). With The Chieftains Potts ...

and Michael Tubridy left the band. The band performed "If I Had Maggie In The Wood" on Saturday Night Live in March 1979.

Track listing

# "The Session" # "Doctor John Hart" # "Seán Sa Cheo" # "An tSean Bhean Bhocht/The Fairies' Hornpipe" # "Sea Image" # "If I Had Maggie In The Wood" # "An Speic Seoigheach" # "The Dogs Among The Bushes" # "Miss Hamilton" # "The Job Of Journeywork" # "The Wind that Shakes the Barley/The Reel With The Beryle"

Personnel

Paddy Moloney Paddy Moloney ( ga, Pádraig Ó Maoldomhnaigh; 1 August 1938 – 12 October 2021) was an Irish musician, composer, and record producer. He co-founded and led the Irish musical group the Chieftains, playing on all of their 44 albums. He was parti ...

– Uilleann pipes, tin whistle *

– tin whistle * Seán Keane –

fiddle A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...

Martin Fay Martin Joseph Fay (19 September 1936 – 14 November 2012) was an Irish fiddler and bones player, and a former member of The Chieftains. He was born in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scot ...

– fiddle, bones * Michael Tubridy –

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

, concertina, tin whistle * Derek Bell – neo Irish harp, medieval

harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orche ...

s, tiompán * Kevin Conneff – bodhrán

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chieftains 8, The The Chieftains albums 1978 albums Columbia Records albums