Caitlin Triall/ 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
Nobody has commented on this album yet, even though it certainly deserves praise. This is the Chieftains from the mid/late 1970s, before they started trying to record with every celebrity they could find. Some of the sets are from previous albums, some aren't. And the solos are terrific. The atmosphere is loads of fun, with a lot of cheering and stage patter, yelping during the tunes, etc. But, Martin Fay and Derek Bell could also make things quiet and tender. All around terrific.
This to me is the real Chieftans (I got their No2 Album in the late sixties which was equally good - tunes like Tie the Bonnet, Little Bag of Spuds, O'Rourke's and Irish Girl reels, etc) before their watered down period of mixes with Sting, Sinéad O'Connor, etc. Overlooking this "fusion period" there's no doubt but that they have contributed greatly to the trad scene for around forty years or so.
Nobody has commented on this album yet, even though it certainly deserves praise. This is the Chieftains from the mid/late 1970s, before they started trying to record with every celebrity they could find. Some of the sets are from previous albums, some aren't. And the solos are terrific. The atmosphere is loads of fun, with a lot of cheering and stage patter, yelping during the tunes, etc. But, Martin Fay and Derek Bell could also make things quiet and tender. All around terrific.
# Posted on February 27th 2007 by smw
Three Kerry Slides
I believe the three slides to be :
John Kelly's Slide / Merrily Kiss The Quaker / Dennis Murphy's Slide
# Posted on August 11th 2007 by f.pellerin
Vintage Chieftans
This to me is the real Chieftans (I got their No2 Album in the late sixties which was equally good - tunes like Tie the Bonnet, Little Bag of Spuds, O'Rourke's and Irish Girl reels, etc) before their watered down period of mixes with Sting, Sinéad O'Connor, etc. Overlooking this "fusion period" there's no doubt but that they have contributed greatly to the trad scene for around forty years or so.
# Posted on August 11th 2007 by Bannerman