The Chieftains 3

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.

Track listing

1. Strike The Gay Harp / Tiarna Maigheó (Lord Mayo) / The Lady on the Island / The Sailor on the Rock
2. Sonny's Mazurka / Tommy Hunt's Jig
3. Eibhlí Gheal Chiún ní Chearbhaill (Bright Quiet Eily O'Carroll) / Delahunty's Hornpipe
4. The Hunter's Purse
5. March of the King of Laois or Ruairí Óg Ó Mordha
6. Carolan's Concerto or Mrs Poer
7. Tom Billy's Reel / The Road to Lisdoonvarna / The Merry Sisters
8. An Ghaoth Aneas (The South Wind)
9. Tiarna Isne Chaoin (Lord Inchiquin)
10. The Trip to Sligo
11. An Raibh Tú ag an gCarraig? (Were You At The Rock?)
12. John Kelly's Slide / Merrily Kiss the Quaker / Denis Murphy's Slide

Personnel

• 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)

Other participants

• Producer: Gareth a Brun (Garech Browne)
• Liner notes by Seán MacReamoinn, Hamish Henderson and Susannah York.

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".

Sources and links

• The Chieftains 3 at Allmusic
• This album on the Chieftains' Official site