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The Chieftains
EST. 1962 // ORIGIN: Dublin
Band Biography
Current
Kevin Conneff
Matt Molloy
Former
David Fallon
Derek Bell
Martin Fay
Michael Tubridy
Paddy Moloney
Peadar Mercier
Ronnie McShane
Seán Keane
Seán Potts
Discography
A Chieftains Celebration
1989 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
O’Mahoney’s Frolics
3:02
2.
Galicia
4:38
3.
Coolin Medley
4:56
4.
Here’s a Health to the Company
3:01
5.
Planxty Brown / The William Davis’s / Lady Wrixon
4:46
6.
Boffyflow and Spike
2:52
7.
The Strayaway Child
4:55
8.
The Iron Man
3:40
9.
The Wexford Carol
3:23
10.
Gaftaí Baile Buí
4:13
11.
Millennium Celtic Suite
7:16
Irish Heartbeat
1988 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Star of the County Down
2:42
2.
Irish Heartbeat
3:51
3.
Tá Mo Chleamhnas Déanta
3:31
4.
Raglan Road
4:56
5.
She Moved Through the Fair
4:44
6.
I’ll Tell Me Ma
2:30
7.
Carrickfergus
4:25
8.
Celtic Ray
3:41
9.
My Lagan Love
5:20
10.
Marie’s Wedding
3:15
Celtic Wedding
1987 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Dañs Mod Koh a Vaod (old‐fashioned dance)
3:33
2.
A Breton Carol
3:44
3.
Dañs‐Tro Fisel (dance from the Fisel country)
4:06
4.
Marches (from the Vannes country)
4:10
5.
Dañs Bro‐Leon (dance and song from the Leon country)
2:30
6.
Heuliadenn Tonioù Breizh‐Izel (a medley in which each member of the band plays a song of his own choice)
6:59
7.
Ev Christr ’Ta, Laou! (cider‐drinking song)
1:58
8.
Jabadaw (dance from the Breton country)
3:03
9.
Celtic Wedding (a medley of song and dance describing the famous ancient Breton ceremony)
20:12
In Ireland
1987 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Roches Favourite (Set Dance)
3:32
2.
Fanny Power / Mabel Kelly / O’Carolan’s Concerto
6:46
3.
Carrickfergus
3:55
4.
Down by the Sally Gardens
2:56
5.
Give Me Your Hand
3:16
6.
She Moved Through the Fair
1:57
7.
The Red Admiral Butterfly
5:49
8.
Danny Boy
3:23
9.
Crowley’s Reel
3:29
10.
Tristan and Isolde
3:34
11.
Alleluia
4:15
12.
When You and I Were Young, Maggie
2:38
13.
The Humours of Kilfenora / The Independent
4:47
14.
Avondale
2:32
15.
Up and About
3:34
The Chieftains in China
1984 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Full of Joy
2:32
2.
In a Suzhow Garden – Slán le Máighe
3:34
3.
If I Had Maggie in the Wood
3:23
4.
The Reason for My Sorrow – ’Sé Fáth Mo Bhuartha
3:35
5.
The Chieftains in China
11:46
7.
Planxty Irwin
2:57
8.
Off the Great Wall
5:23
9.
A Tribute to O’Carolan
10:53
10.
The Wind From the South – An Gaoth Aneas
3:22
11.
China to Hong Kong
4:19
The Chieftains 10: Cotton Eyed Joe
1981 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
The Christmas Reel
3:00
2.
Salut á la Compagnie
3:19
3.
My Love Is in America
4:30
4.
Manx Music
3:38
5.
Master Crowley’s Reels
1:30
6.
The Pride of Pimlico
2:04
7.
An Faire (The Gold Ring)
3:38
8.
An Durzhunel (The Turtle Dove)
6:45
9.
Sir Arthur Shaen and Madam Cole
4:00
10.
Garech’s Wedding
1:35
11.
Cotton‐Eyed Joe
2:15
The Chieftains 9: Boil the Breakfast Early
1979 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Boil the Breakfast Early
3:51
2.
Mrs. Judge
3:59
3.
March From Oscar and Malvina
4:11
4.
When a Man’s in Love
3:35
5.
Bealach An Doirín (The Path Through the Wood)
3:41
6.
Ag Taisteal Na Blárnan (Travelling Through Blarney)
3:19
7.
Carolan’s Welcome
2:51
8.
Up Against the Buachalawns
4:00
9.
Gol Na mBan san Ár (The Crying of the Women at the Slaughter)
4:16
10.
Chase Around the Windmill: Toss the Feathers / Ballinasloe Fair / Caílleach an Airgid / Cúil Aodha Slide / The Pretty Girl
4:59
The Chieftains 8
1978 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
The Session
4:31
2.
Dr. John Hart
4:02
3.
Seán Sa Cheo
2:32
4.
An tSean Bhean Bhocht / The Fairies’ Hornpipe
5:24
5.
Sea Image
6:23
6.
If I Had Maggie in the Wood
3:00
7.
An Spéic Seoigheach
3:41
8.
The Dogs Among the Bushes
2:08
9.
Miss Hamilton
2:53
10.
The Job of Journeywork
4:18
11.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley / The Reel With the Beryle
2:49
The Chieftains 7
1977 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Away We Go Again
6:24
2.
Dochas
3:46
3.
Hedigan’s Fancy
3:48
4.
John O’Connor and the Ode to Whiskey
2:38
5.
Friel’s Kitchen
4:42
6.
No. 6 the Coombe
3:50
7.
O’Sullivan’s March
3:59
8.
The Ace and the Deuce of Pipering
3:23
9.
The Fairies’ Lamentation and Dance
6:52
10.
Oh! The Breeches Full of Stitches
4:19
The Chieftains 6: Bonaparte’s Retreat
1976 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
The Chattering Magpie
4:50
2.
An Chéad Mháirt den Fhómhar (The First Tuesday of Autumn) / Green Grow the Rushes O
3:17
3.
Bonaparte’s Retreat
14:48
4.
Away With Ye
4:49
5.
Caledonia
5:54
6.
Iníon Nic Diarmada (Miss MacDermott) or The Princess Royal / Máire Dhall (Blind Mary) / John Drury
7:33
7.
The Rights of Man
3:38
8.
Round the House and Mind the Dresser
3:27
The Chieftains 5
1975 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
The Timpán Reel
3:07
2.
Tabhair Dom Do Lámh (Give Me Your Hand)
2:33
3.
Three Kerry Polkas
2:49
4.
Ceol Bhriotánach (Breton Music)
5:05
5.
The Chieftains’ Knock on the Door
7:15
6.
The Robbers’ Glen
3:47
7.
An Ghé Agus Grá Geal (The Goose and Bright Love)
3:17
8.
The Humours of Carolan
8:30
9.
Samhradh, Samhradh (Summertime, Summertime)
3:54
10.
Kerry Slides
4:45
The Chieftains 4
1973 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Drowsey Maggie
3:57
2.
Morgan Magan
2:48
3.
The Tip of the Whistle (air)
2:52
4.
The Bucks of Oranmore (reel)
2:13
5.
The Battle of Aughrim
7:32
6.
The Morning Dew
3:27
7.
Carrickfergus (air)
2:43
8.
Hewlett
2:30
9.
Cherish the Ladies (double jig)
2:24
10.
Lord Mayo (march)
2:38
11.
Mná na h Éireann (air)
3:28
12.
Medley: O'Keefé's Slide / An Suisín Bán (set dance) / The Star Above the Garter / The Weavers (slides)
3:36
The Chieftains 3
1971 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Strike the Gay Harp / Lord Mayo / The Lady on the Island / The Sailor on the Rock
6:21
2.
Sonny’s Mazurka / Tommy Hunt’s Jig
3:11
3.
Eibhlí Gheal Chiúin Ní Chearbhaill / Delahunty’s Hornpipe
3:53
4.
The Hunter’s Purse
1:42
5.
March of the King of Laois
3:00
6.
Carolan’s Concerto
2:49
7.
Tom Billy’s / The Road to Lisdoonvarna / The Merry Sisters
4:54
8.
An Ghaoth Aneas
2:48
9.
Lord Inchiquin
3:40
10.
The Trip to Sligo
3:41
11.
An Raibh Tú ag an gCarraig?
2:19
12.
John Kelly’s / Merrily Kiss the Quaker / Denis Murphy’s
3:27
The Chieftains 2
1969 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Banish Misfortune / Gillian’s Apples
3:33
2.
Seoirse Brabston (George Brabazon)
3:28
3.
Bean an Fhir Rua (The Red‐Haired Man’s Wife)
2:49
4.
An Phis Fhliuch (The Wet Quim) / O’Farrell’s Welcome to Limerick
3:33
5.
An Paistin Fionn (The Fair‐Haired Child); Mrs Crotty’s Reel; The Mountain Top
4:11
6.
The Foxhunt
5:12
7.
An Mhaighdean Mhara (The Sea Maiden) / Tie the Bonnet / O’Rourke’s
4:13
8.
Callaghan’s Hornpipe / Byrne’s Hornpipe
3:13
9.
Pigtown / Tie the Ribbons / The Bag of Potatoes
2:33
10.
The Humours of Whiskey / Hardiman the Fiddler
2:54
11.
Donall Og
3:54
12.
Brian Boru’s March
3:12
13.
Sweeney’s Polka / Denis Murphy’s Polka / The Scartaglen Polka
3:30
The Chieftains
1963 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
’Sé Fáth Mo Bhuartha / The Lark on the Strand / An Fhallaingín Mhuimhneach / Trim the Velvet
8:06
2.
An Comhra Donn / Murphy’s Hornpipe
4:21
3.
Cailín na Gruaige Doinne
2:50
4.
Comb Your Hair and Curl It / The Boys of Ballisodare
3:15
5.
The Musical Priest / The Queen of May
3:42
6.
The Walls of Liscarroll
2:43
7.
A Dhruimfhionn Donn Dílis
2:11
8.
The Connemara Stocking / The Limestone Rock / Dan Breen’s
2:52
9.
Casadh an tSúgáin
3:46
10.
The Boy in the Gap
1:21
11.
Saint Mary’s Polka / The Church Street Polka / Garrett Barry / The Battering Ram / Kitty Goes A‐Milking / Rakish Paddy
6:53