The Chieftains 3

Chieftains 3
Studio album by The Chieftains
Released 1971
Genre Celtic
Length 41:44
Label Claddagh
Producer Paddy Moloney
The Chieftains chronology
The Chieftains 2
(1969)
The Chieftains 3
(1971)
The Chieftains 4
(1973)
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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

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

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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".

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