''The Chieftains Live!'' is the first album by
the Chieftains which was recorded live. It was recorded on tour in December 1976 at Symphony Hall in Boston and Massey Hall in Toronto.
Although the album sold well, it is
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 ...
's least favorite album. Moloney was quoted as saying, "I don't know what they did to it technically, but I know it plays too fast!"
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Track listing
# "The Morning Dew" - 3:32
# "George Brabazon" - 2:56
# "Kerry Slides" - 3:52
# "
Carrickfergus" - 3:49
# "Carolan's Concerto" - 3:09
# "The Foxhunt" - 4:42
# "Round the House and Mind the Dresser" - 2:54
# "Solos: Caitlin Trail / For The Sakes Of Old Decency / Carolan's Farewell To Music / Banish Misfortune / The Tarbolton / The Pinch Of Snuff / The Star Of Munster / The Flogging Reel" - 13:51
# "Limerick's Lamentation" - 3:54
# "O'Neill's March" - 3:37
# "Ril Mhor" - 3:23
Personnel
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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 ...
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uilleann pipes,
tin whistle
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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 ...
- tin whistle,
bodhrán, bones
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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 ...
, tin whistle
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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
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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 ...
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concertina and tin whistle
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Derek Bell - neo-
Irish harp, medieval harps, tiompán,
oboe
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Kevin Conneff - bodhrán
References
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The Chieftains albums
1977 live albums
Claddagh Records albums
Albums recorded at Massey Hall