The Chieftains 3
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| Chieftains 3 | ||
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| Studio album by The Chieftains | ||
| Released | 1971 | |
| Genre | Celtic | |
| Length | 41:44 | |
| Label | Claddagh | |
| Producer(s) | Paddy Moloney | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| The Chieftains chronology | ||
| The Chieftains 2 (1969) |
The Chieftains 3 (1971) |
The Chieftains 4 (1973) |
The Chieftains 3 is the third album released by the Irish musical group The Chieftains in 1971, the first two being The Chieftains 1 in 1963 and The Chieftains 2 in 1969.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Strike The Gay Harp/Lord Mayo/The Lady On The Island/The Sailor On The Rock"
- "Sonny's Mazurka/Tommy Hunt's Jig"
- "Eibhli Gheal Chiuin Ni Chearbhaill/Bright Quiet Eily O'Carroll/Delahunty's Hornpipe"
- "The Hunter's Purse"
- "March of the King of Laois (Ruairi Og O Mordha)"
- "Carolan's Concerto (or Mrs Poer)"
- "Tom Billy's Reel/The Road To Lisdoonvarna/ The Merry Sisters"
- "An Ghaoth Aneas/The South Wind"
- "Tiarna Isne Chaoin (Lord Inchiquin)"
- "The Trip To Sligo"
- "An Raibh Tu Ag An gCarraig? (Were You At The Rock?)"
- "John Kelly's Slide/Merrily Kiss The Quaker/Denis Murphy's Slide"
[edit] Lineup
- Paddy Moloney - uillean pipes and tin whistle
- Michael Tubridy - flute, concertina and tin whistle
- Seán Potts - tin whistle
- Martin Fay - fiddle
- Seán Keane - fiddle
- Peadar Mercier - bodhran, bones
- Pat Kilduff (lilting on "The Hunter's Purse" and "Merrily Kiss The Quaker") (guest musician)
[edit] Other participants
- Producer: Gareth a Brun (Garech Browne)
- Liner notes by Seán MacReamoinn, Hamish Henderson and Susannah York.
[edit] Comments
The tight formula of the first two albums loosened up on the third album. For the first time there was a mazurka. There is still no singing, but Pat Kilduff added "lilting". The complexity of Paddy Moloney's arrangements of 6 instruments reaches a new peak on "The Trip to Sligo".
