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Line-Up Ex-Members Albums Singles Videos Movies Awards Links Various Refers
THE CHIEFTAINS
Dublin, Ireland
*  1962

Line-Up:

CHIEFTAINS (photo)
 

Michael O'Haluin - píšťala
Matt Molloy - fl
Paddy Moloney - dudy
Kevin Conneff - bodhran
Martin Fay - viol

Former Members:

David Fallon (bodhran, 1963-?); Peadar Mercier (bodhran, cca 1969-8/76)
Sean Keane (viol, cca 1969-10/77, cca 3/78)
Ronnie McShane (perc, cca 1975)
Dolores Keane (voc, 1976)
Michael Tubridy (fl, cca 1964-5/79)
Derek Bell (harp, oboe, 1972-10/00)
Shawn Potts (tin whistle, cca 1964-5/79)

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.The Chieftains2/1965 Claddagh
2.The Chieftains II1969 Claddagh
3.The Chieftains III2/1972 Claddagh
4.Women Of Ireland1973 Island
5.The Chieftains 5
produced by: Paddy Moloney
26.09.1975Island27
6.Bonaparte's Retreat01.10.1976Island
7.Live01.07.1977Island
8.The Chieftains 73/1978 Claddagh
9.The Chieftains 812/1978 CBS
10.Boil The Breakfast Early08.02.1980CBS
11.The Chieftains 10: Cotton-Eyed Joe1981 CBS
12.The Year Of The French1982 Claddagh
13.Ballad Of The Irish Horse6/1985 Shanachie
14.Live In China8/1985 Claddagh
15.Music From The Ballad Of The Irish Horse1987
16.James Galway & The Chieftains In Ireland
& James Galway
3/1987 RCA32
17.Celtic Wedding8/1987 RCA
18.The Tailor of Gloucester
produced by: Mark Sottnick
1988
19.Irish Heartbeat
& Van Morrison
13.06.1988Mercury18 102
20.The Year Of The French
produced by: Brian Masterson/Paddy Moloney
8/1988 RCA
21.The Collection1989 Castle Communications
22.A Chieftains Celebration
produced by: Paddy Moloney
4/1989 RCA
23.Over The Sea To Skye: The Celtic Connection
& James Galway
produced by: Ralph Mace/Paddy Moloney
6/1990 RCA
24.Reel Music: The Filmscores7/1991 Claddagh
25.The Bells Of Dublin
produced by: Brian Masterson
featuring: Jackson Browne (voc), Elvis Costello (voc), Marianne Faithfull (voc), Nanci Griffith (voc), Rickie Lee Jones (voc), Anna McGarrigle (voc), Kate McGarrigle (voc)
12/1991 RCA 107
26.The Best Of The Chieftains1992 Legacy/Sony
27.An Irish Evening Live At The Grand Opera House, Belfast3/1992 RCA 120
28.Another Country
featuring: Chet Atkins (g), Sam Bush (mand), Jerry Douglas (dobro), Keith Edwards (ds,voc), Jimmie Fadden (ds,hca), Steve Fisher (dobro), Béla Fleck (banjo), Billy Joe Foster (banjo), Jeff Hanna (g), Emmylou Harris (g,voc),Randy Harper (kb), David Hungate (bg), Roy Huskey (bg), Jim Ibbotson (g,mand,voc), Colin James (voc,mand,g), Kris Kristofferson (voc), Keith Little (g), Edgar Meyer (bg), Willie Nelson (vco), Dave Pomeroy (bg),Mickey Raphael (hca), Tim Sargent (steel g), Jason Sellars (bg), Ricky Skaggs (voc,mand,g), Don Williams (voc,g)
11/1992 RCA
29.The Celtic Harp
& The Belfast Harp Orchestra
produced by: Paddy Moloney
2/1993 RCA
30.The Long Black Veil
produced by: Ry Cooder/Chris Kimsey/Paddy Moloney
featuring: Sting (voc), Sinead O'Connor (voc), Van Morrison (voc), Mark Knopfler (g,voc), Ry Cooder (g,mand,voc), Marianne Faithfull (voc), Tom Jones (voc),Brendan Begley (acc), James Blennerhassett (bg), Liam Bradley (ds),Paul Brady (g), Steve Cooney (didjeridoo), Phil Coulter (p), Joe Csibi (bg), Noel Eccles (ds), Kieran Hanrahan (banjo), Tom Igoe (ds), Mick Jagger (voc), Colin James (g,mand), Darryl Jones (g), James Keane (acc),Foggy Little (g), Ned Mann (bg), Brian Masterson (voc), Arty McGlynn (g), Dominic Miller (g), Wally Minko (p), Matt Molloy (fl), Martin O'Connor (acc), Nicky Scott (bg)
1/1995 RCA17 22
31.Film Cuts
produced by: Paddy Moloney
2/1996 RCA 193
32.Santiago
produced by: Paddy Moloney
featuring: Ry Cooder (mand), Steve Cooney (g), Lance Doss (bg), Eliot Fisk (g), Los Lobos, Londa Ronstadt (voc)
12/1996 RCA
33.Fire In The Kitchen
produced by: Paddy Moloney
featuring: Regent Archambault (bg), Michel Bordeleau (g,mand), John Chiasson (bg), Bruce Dixon (bg), Alan Doyle (g,voc), Robert Ellis (tr), Scott Ferguson (perc), Denis Frechette (p), Jean Frechette (sax), Bob Hallett (acc,voc),Mike Hanrahan (mand), Yves Lambert (acc), Mary Jane Lamond (voc), Jocelyn Lapointe (tr), Doug Leahy (viol), Donnell Leahy (viol), Erin Leahy (viol,p), Frank Leahy (ds), Maria Leahy (g), Ashley MacIsaac (viol),Dave MacIsaac (g), Wendy MacIsaac (viol), Natalie MacMaster (viol), Kyle MacNeil (viol,voc), Lucy MacNeil (voc), Rita MacNeil (voc), Sheumas MacNeil (p,voc), Stewart MacNeil (fl,voc), Sean McCann (voc), Arty McGlynn (g),Matt Molloy (fl), Patrick Moran (viol), Darrell Power (voc,bg), Cookie Rankin (voc), Heather Rankin (voc), Jimmy Rankin (g), John Morris Rankin (p), Raylene Rankin (voc), Gordie Sampson (g), Andre Verreault (tr), Ed Woodsworth (bg)
6/1998 RCA
34.Long Journey Home1998 Wicklow
35.I Know My Love / Tears Of Stone
produced by: Paddy Moloney
22.02.1999RCA36 56
36.Best Of The Chieftains05.10.1999Atlantic
37.The Authorized Biography26.10.1999The Publishing Mills
38.Water From The Well22.02.2000RCA Victor 96
39.Collection: The Very Best of the Claddagh Years Vol. 224.10.2000Atlantic
40.The Wide World Over: A 40 Year Celebration04.03.2002RCA Victor37 85
41.Down The Old Plank Road / The Nashville Sessions
produced by: Steve Buckingham/Paddy Moloney
featuring: Barry Bales (bg), Mike Bub (bg), Glen Duncan (viol), Stuart Duncan (viol), Mark Fain (bg), Béla Fleck (banjo), Shannon Forrest (ds), Vince Gill (voc), James Gilmer (perc), Patty Griffin (voc), John Hagen (cello), John Hiatt (voc),Cody Kilby (g), Randy Kohrs (dobro), Alison Krauss (viol,voc), Viktor Krauss (bg), Jeffrey Lesser (voc), Lyle Lovett (voc), Martina McBride (voc), Del McCoury (g,voc), Ronnie McCoury (mand), Buddy Miller (g,voc), Julie Miller (voc),Jim Mills (banjo), Matt Molloy (fl), Tim O'Brien (mand,voc), David Rawlings (voc), Matt Rollings (p), Marc Savoy (acc), Earl Scruggs (banjo), Ricky Skaggs (mand,voc), Bryan Sutton (g,mand,banjo), Jeff Taylor (acc),Gillian Welch (voc), Jeff White (g,voc), Glenn Worf (bg)
9/2002 RCA 91
42.Further Down The Old Plank Road9/2003 Victor/BMG 180
43.Live from Dublin: A Tribute to Derek Bell22.02.2005RCA
44.Essential Chieftains21.02.2006RCA
45.San Patricio
feat Ry Cooder
09.02.2010Fantasy93 37
46.Very Best of Claddagh Years29.11.2011
47.The Voice of Ages21.02.2012Hear Music25 17
48.The Essential7/2013 Legacy
49.Chronicles - 60 Years Of The Chieftains11/2021 UCJ

Paddy Moloney:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Tin Whistles
& Sean Potts
1974 Claddagh
2.Silent Night / A Christmas In Rome1/2000 Wicklow/BMG

Sean Keane:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Gusty Frolicks7/1976 Claddagh
2.Fiddle & Viola1988 Ogham
3.Jig It In Style7/1990 Claddagh
4.The Fire Aflame3/1993 Claddagh
5.All Heart No Roses11/1993 Cross Border
6.21 Irish Accordion Favourites9/1994 Westmoor
7.Irish Scattering04.08.2009
8.New Day Dawning22.11.2016Circin Rua
9.Gratitude
& RTE Concert Orchestra
6/2018 Circin Rua Teo

Derek Bell:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Carolan's Receipt: The Music of Carolan, Vol. 1
produced by: Paddy Moloney
3/1977 Claddagh
2.Carolan's Favourite8/1988 Claddagh
3.Derek Bell's Musical Ireland8/1988 Claddagh
4.Music of Ireland29.11.2011

Sean Potts:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Tin Whistles
& Paddy Moloney
1974 Claddagh
2.Bakerswell10/1988 Claddagh
3.Number, Vol. 604.01.2011

Michael Tubridy:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Eagles Whistle29.11.2011

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Cotton Eyed Joe / The Gold Ring1966 Claddagh
2.The Timpan Reel / Samhradh, Samhradh31.10.1975Island
3.Woman Of Ireland (Mná Na h'Éireann) / The Morning Dew
produced by: Paddy Moloney
02.01.1976Island
4.Carolan's Welcome / Boil The Breakfast Early10/1979 Claddagh
5.I Can't Stop Loving You / All Saints Day
& Van Morrison
5/1991 Polydor
6.Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? / Love Is Teasin' / Ferny Hill
& Van Morrison
13.03.1995RCA71
7.I Know My Love
feat. The Corrs
31.05.199937
8.The Foggy Dew
& Sinead O'Connor
7/2015 RCA

Sean Keane:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Never Alone12/2013 Circin Rua

Videos:

1. Down The Old Plank Road - 3/2003, BMG, live

Movies:

1. Circasia (11/76, music by)
2. Tristan And Isolde (1980, music by)

Awards:

1992 Grammy Awards

- Best Traditional Folk Album ("An Irish Evening Live At The Grand Opera House, Belfast")
- Best Contemporary Folk Album ("Another Country")
1993 Grammy Awards - Best Traditional Folk Album ("The Celtic Harp")
1995 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals ("Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?", & Van Morrison)
1996 Grammy Awards - Best World Music Album ("Santiago")
1998 Grammy Awards - Best Traditional Folk Album ("Long Journey Home")

WWW Links:

http://www.ceolas.org/artists/Chieftains.html
http://www.softshoe-slim.com/lists/c/chieftains.html#29

Various:

on the LP " I Know My Love / Tears Of Stone" (2/99) appeared:

James Blennerhassett (bg), Maire Breatnach (viol), Noel Bridgeman (perc), Mary Chapin Carpenter (voc), Una Ni Chanarim (cello), Andrea Corr (voc), Caroline Corr (voc), Jim Corr (g), Sharon Corr (viol,voc),
Tracey Dares (p), Patrick Fitzgerald (kb), Brenda Fricker (voc), Hutel Hutchinson (bg), Rob Hyman (kb), Eileen Ivers (viol), Diana Krall (voc), Annbjorg Lien (viol), Natalie MacMaster (viol), Russell Malone (g), Zan McLeod (g),
Arty McGlynn (g), Loreena McKennitt (harp,voc), Natalie Merchant (voc), Joni Mitchell (g,voc), Matt Molloy (fl), Martin O'Connor (acc), Sinéad O'Connor (voc), Joan Osborne (voc), Erik Della Penna (g), Bonnie Raitt (dobro,voc),
Cookie Rankin (voc), Heather Rankin (voc), Jimmy Rankin (g), John Morris Rankin (p), Raylene Rankin (voc), Malachy Robinson (bg), Matt Rollings (p), Nathaniel Townsley (voc), William Wittman (g), Akiko Yano (p,voc)

on the LP "The Wide World Over" (3/02) appeared:
Sinead O'Connor, The Corrs, Ricky Skaggs, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Diana Krall, Art Garfunkel, Sting, Linda Ronstadt, Elvis Costello, The Rolling Stones, Ziggy Marley

appeared on the LP:
Gary Moore: Wild Frontier (3/87, Ten/Virgin)
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones: Little Worlds (12.8.03, Columbia)
Herbie Hancock: The Imagine Project (22.6.10)

Paddy Moloney:

http://www.escape.ca/~skinner/chieftains/paddy.html

appeared on the LP:

Mike Oldfield: Ommadawn (28.10.75, Virgin)
Mike Oldfield: Five Miles Out (1981, Virgin)
Midge Ure: Breathe (18.3.96, Arista)
Ry Cooder: My Name Is Buddy (6.3.07, Nonesuch)

produced by LP:
Derek Bell: Carolan's Receipt (3/77, Claddagh)

Sean Potts:

appeared on the LP:

Andy M. Stewart & Manus Lunny: Dublin Lady (1987, Green Linnet)

Sean Keane:

appeared on the LP:

Ali Farka Toure: The River (1990, World Circuit)

Kevin Conneff:

appeared on the LP:

Ali Farka Toure: The River (1990, World Circuit)

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Big Beng!
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2002704.04.200234Forum kritikumalbum review
Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
1971003.04.197128Focus On Folkinterview
1971004.12.197130Caught In The Actgig review
1972005.02.197236Focus On Folk - Albumsalbum review
19733501.09.197345Folkprofile
19751115.03.197552Folkinterview
19751222.03.197542Caught In The Actgig review
19753209.08.197534interview
19753316.08.197550interview
19753423.08.197530interview
19753530.08.197536interview
19753606.09.197533interview
19753713.09.197538interview
19753820.09.197532interview
19753927.09.197518Caught In The Actgig review
19753927.09.197524Albumsalbum review
19754218.10.19751
19754218.10.197530Caught In The Actgig review
1976210.01.197614Singlessingle review
1976324.01.197655Caught In The Actgig review
1976531.01.197614profile, discography
1976531.01.197632Any Questions?
19761510.04.197620Caught In The Actgig review
19763314.08.19761
19763421.08.19764
19764216.10.197620Caught In The Actgig review
19774322.10.197758Folk News
19775010.12.197760Caught In The Actgig review
19781408.04.197856Folk News
19784418.11.197854Caught In The Actgig review
19791919.05.197963Folk News
19793408.09.197930Caught In The Actgig review
1980319.01.198022Caught In The Actgig review
1980715.02.198040Folk News
19801008.03.198027Caught In The Actgig review
19925120.06.199261Video Round Up
19951118.03.199534Singlessingle review
New Musical Express
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
1973013.01.197314Front Row Reviewsgig review
1975022.03.197536Folk
1975005.04.197534Folk - Reviews
1975004.10.197522Plattersalbum review
1975001.11.197530
1976030.10.197636Plattersalbum review
1976006.11.197647On The Towngig review
Rock & Pop
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19941813.09.199428Recenzealbum review
1995428.02.199525interview
1995428.02.199527Recommandéalbum review
19972 108Recenze - Novinkyalbum review
20005 102Recenze - Novinkyalbum review
20009 74Dranouter Festivalgig review
20034 90DVD Pelmel
200311 72Recenzealbum review
20125 58Recenze CDalbum review
Rolling Stone
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19991 96Nová albaalbum review
20006 80Nová albaalbum review