I was listening intently to Paddy and his team in my early teens, revealing the world of authentic but innovative Irish instrumental folk music, and its relationship to the rest of the European traditional music being re-explored at the time. Saw him in concert in Adelaide in the ’70s, and they were even better than on the records. A very fine piper on the king of all pipes, the chromatic two-octave Uilleann pipes, but also an expert on the tin whistle.

Guardian takes up the story:

Paddy Moloney, who has died aged 83, was a founder and the leader of the Chieftains, a band that made Irish traditional music famous across the globe. A composer, arranger of traditional music and innovative musician on the tin whistle and the uilleann pipes, Moloney was a towering influence in Irish music for more than six decades. His ambition for the band and his love of music led to a long series of collaborations on stage and on record with a wide variety of performers, some from the pop and rock world and others who made traditional music from a variety of cultures.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/13/paddy-moloney-obituary

Paddy and the band:

I ndilchuimhne Paddy Moloney (1938 – 2021) – The Chieftains | Geantraí na Nollag 2001 | TG4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as8Iuy66Gxk

Bubblecar said:

I was listening intently to Paddy and his team in my early teens, revealing the world of authentic but innovative Irish instrumental folk music, and its relationship to the rest of the European traditional music being re-explored at the time. Saw him in concert in Adelaide in the ’70s, and they were even better than on the records. A very fine piper on the king of all pipes, the chromatic two-octave Uilleann pipes, but also an expert on the tin whistle.

Guardian takes up the story:

Paddy Moloney, who has died aged 83, was a founder and the leader of the Chieftains, a band that made Irish traditional music famous across the globe. A composer, arranger of traditional music and innovative musician on the tin whistle and the uilleann pipes, Moloney was a towering influence in Irish music for more than six decades. His ambition for the band and his love of music led to a long series of collaborations on stage and on record with a wide variety of performers, some from the pop and rock world and others who made traditional music from a variety of cultures.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/13/paddy-moloney-obituary

Paddy and the band:

I ndilchuimhne Paddy Moloney (1938 – 2021) – The Chieftains | Geantraí na Nollag 2001 | TG4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as8Iuy66Gxk

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The Chieftains – The Morning Dew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pyGVCUufJU

The Corrs & The Chieftains – I Know My Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY-HU2Xh7PE

Jimmy Mó Mhíle Stór · The Chieftains · Cookie Rankin · Heather Rankin · Raylene Rankin · John Morris Rankin · Jimmy Rankin · Arty McGlynn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QT_vYdM_h4

They used this version of Drowsy Maggie to highlight each player’s skills, and the piping break demonstrates Paddy’s ultra-precise piping.

The Chieftains – Drowsy Maggie – Studio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIHI49JQ7zY

sarahs mum said:

Jimmy Mó Mhíle Stór · The Chieftains · Cookie Rankin · Heather Rankin · Raylene Rankin · John Morris Rankin · Jimmy Rankin · Arty McGlynn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QT_vYdM_h4

It’s a lovely arrangement.

Paddy Moloney’s innovative arrangements helped bring a lot of this music back to life.

The Chieftains Women Of Ireland 06 04 76 Old Grey Whistle Test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdmNvBQy4tw&t=8s

Chieftains, the Battle of Aughrim. Paddy’s innovative instinct is on fine display here, especially in the final (traditional) tune, where the wailing pipes represent the tragedy of it all, at tuneful odds with the tune itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkIA4iEPdRA

I saw The Chieftains at Sydney Town Hall many years ago.

In the Lower Town Hall, there was rows and rows of seats set up, and the audience sat and waited for the show to start.

The band came out, did the intros and how-d’ye-dos, and began to play.

After the first number, the audience spontaneously got up, shoved the seats back against the walls, and it was dancing and suchlke for the rest of the show.

captain_spalding said:

I saw The Chieftains at Sydney Town Hall many years ago.

In the Lower Town Hall, there was rows and rows of seats set up, and the audience sat and waited for the show to start.

The band came out, did the intros and how-d’ye-dos, and began to play.

After the first number, the audience spontaneously got up, shoved the seats back against the walls, and it was dancing and suchlke for the rest of the show.

:)

sarahs mum said:

captain_spalding said:

I saw The Chieftains at Sydney Town Hall many years ago.

In the Lower Town Hall, there was rows and rows of seats set up, and the audience sat and waited for the show to start.

The band came out, did the intros and how-d’ye-dos, and began to play.

After the first number, the audience spontaneously got up, shoved the seats back against the walls, and it was dancing and suchlke for the rest of the show.

:)

The pub across the road (i can see it in my mind’s eye, but the name escapes me) did a roaring trade that night.

Apparently, it’s now a sodding ‘opals and pearls’ shop which seeks to separate Asian tourists from their money.

CHIEFTAINS feat MARK KNOPFLER -Lily of the west – Long Black Veil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHeJz_MNGC8

Ry Cooder & The Chieftains: Coast of Malabar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvfHJNLeTR0

captain_spalding said:

sarahs mum said:

captain_spalding said:

I saw The Chieftains at Sydney Town Hall many years ago.

In the Lower Town Hall, there was rows and rows of seats set up, and the audience sat and waited for the show to start.

The band came out, did the intros and how-d’ye-dos, and began to play.

After the first number, the audience spontaneously got up, shoved the seats back against the walls, and it was dancing and suchlke for the rest of the show.

:)

The pub across the road (i can see it in my mind’s eye, but the name escapes me) did a roaring trade that night.

Apparently, it’s now a sodding ‘opals and pearls’ shop which seeks to separate Asian tourists from their money.

I remember some pipes and drums at the town hall. Mostly it was speech day with me in my little white dress in the choir.

Bubblecar said:

They used this version of Drowsy Maggie to highlight each player’s skills, and the piping break demonstrates Paddy’s ultra-precise piping.

The Chieftains – Drowsy Maggie – Studio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIHI49JQ7zY

Doesn’t sound very drowsy to me.

sarahs mum said:

captain_spalding said:

sarahs mum said:

:)

The pub across the road (i can see it in my mind’s eye, but the name escapes me) did a roaring trade that night.

Apparently, it’s now a sodding ‘opals and pearls’ shop which seeks to separate Asian tourists from their money.

I remember some pipes and drums at the town hall. Mostly it was speech day with me in my little white dress in the choir.

It was a night to remember…

My other big Town Hall moment was when i just wandered in there one day, around lunch time, and there was an organist practicing on the BIG organ.

He was playing Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ and really going to town (hall?) on it. Only time i’ve ever seen the organ played

I looked around and there was no-one else. Just him and me. Sure, the lower notes were vibrating through the very foundations, but that was it in the hall. Him and me.

I was transported.

He finished, and i applauded. A single person’s applause in the whole place He looked over his shoulder, smiled, nodded, and gathered his music sheets

I have no idea who he was.

captain_spalding said:

sarahs mum said:

captain_spalding said:

The pub across the road (i can see it in my mind’s eye, but the name escapes me) did a roaring trade that night.

Apparently, it’s now a sodding ‘opals and pearls’ shop which seeks to separate Asian tourists from their money.

I remember some pipes and drums at the town hall. Mostly it was speech day with me in my little white dress in the choir.

It was a night to remember…

My other big Town Hall moment was when i just wandered in there one day, around lunch time, and there was an organist practicing on the BIG organ.

He was playing Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ and really going to town (hall?) on it. Only time i’ve ever seen the organ played

I looked around and there was no-one else. Just him and me. Sure, the lower notes were vibrating through the very foundations, but that was it in the hall. Him and me.

I was transported.

He finished, and i applauded. A single person’s applause in the whole place He looked over his shoulder, smiled, nodded, and gathered his music sheets

I have no idea who he was.

I have played that organ.I think it was Schubert’s To Music and the intro of a Whiter shade of pale. What I remember was a feeling of power.

sarahs mum said:

I have played that organ.

genuflects in SM’s presence

sarahs mum said:

captain_spalding said:

sarahs mum said:

I remember some pipes and drums at the town hall. Mostly it was speech day with me in my little white dress in the choir.

It was a night to remember…

My other big Town Hall moment was when i just wandered in there one day, around lunch time, and there was an organist practicing on the BIG organ.

He was playing Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ and really going to town (hall?) on it. Only time i’ve ever seen the organ played

I looked around and there was no-one else. Just him and me. Sure, the lower notes were vibrating through the very foundations, but that was it in the hall. Him and me.

I was transported.

He finished, and i applauded. A single person’s applause in the whole place He looked over his shoulder, smiled, nodded, and gathered his music sheets

I have no idea who he was.

I have played that organ.I think it was Schubert’s To Music and the intro of a Whiter shade of pale. What I remember was a feeling of power.

Blimey!!

sarahs mum said:

captain_spalding said:

sarahs mum said:

I remember some pipes and drums at the town hall. Mostly it was speech day with me in my little white dress in the choir.

It was a night to remember…

My other big Town Hall moment was when i just wandered in there one day, around lunch time, and there was an organist practicing on the BIG organ.

He was playing Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ and really going to town (hall?) on it. Only time i’ve ever seen the organ played

I looked around and there was no-one else. Just him and me. Sure, the lower notes were vibrating through the very foundations, but that was it in the hall. Him and me.

I was transported.

He finished, and i applauded. A single person’s applause in the whole place He looked over his shoulder, smiled, nodded, and gathered his music sheets

I have no idea who he was.

I have played that organ.I think it was Schubert’s To Music and the intro of a Whiter shade of pale. What I remember was a feeling of power.

The school did a whole orchestra and choir Hallelujah Chorus each year.
We

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

captain_spalding said:

It was a night to remember…

My other big Town Hall moment was when i just wandered in there one day, around lunch time, and there was an organist practicing on the BIG organ.

He was playing Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ and really going to town (hall?) on it. Only time i’ve ever seen the organ played

I looked around and there was no-one else. Just him and me. Sure, the lower notes were vibrating through the very foundations, but that was it in the hall. Him and me.

I was transported.

He finished, and i applauded. A single person’s applause in the whole place He looked over his shoulder, smiled, nodded, and gathered his music sheets

I have no idea who he was.

I have played that organ.I think it was Schubert’s To Music and the intro of a Whiter shade of pale. What I remember was a feeling of power.

Blimey!!

I made friends with a CofE rector at one stage. I liked the church because the organ was lovely. And the acoustics were great. I have an Etsy harmonium. It’s not the same as the 12 cylinder models.

The Foggy Dew – Sinéad O’Connor & The Chieftains 1995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keWnPZOd2cw

sarahs mum said:

The Foggy Dew – Sinéad O’Connor & The Chieftains 1995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keWnPZOd2cw

wow.

VAN MORRISON-THE CHIEFTAINS – Raglan Road – bbc tv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLCYH36ahpE

The Rev Dodgson said:

sarahs mum said:

The Foggy Dew – Sinéad O’Connor & The Chieftains 1995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keWnPZOd2cw

wow.

Less than 1300 views. Must be magnificent :)

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

sarahs mum said:

The Foggy Dew – Sinéad O’Connor & The Chieftains 1995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keWnPZOd2cw

wow.

Less than 1300 views. Must be magnificent :)

Didn’t even notice that :)

I should give Sinead more of my listening time.

The Rev Dodgson said:

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

wow.

Less than 1300 views. Must be magnificent :)

Didn’t even notice that :)

I should give Sinead more of my listening time.

She’s grouse. I have a few of her albums. Complete utter, but grouse :)

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

sibeen said:

Less than 1300 views. Must be magnificent :)

Didn’t even notice that :)

I should give Sinead more of my listening time.

She’s grouse. I have a few of her albums. Complete utter, but grouse :)

nutter

Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle & The Chieftains – Behind Blue Eyes

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Legends: The Chieftains | BBC Four Documentary

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

sibeen said:

Less than 1300 views. Must be magnificent :)

Didn’t even notice that :)

I should give Sinead more of my listening time.

She’s grouse. I have a few of her albums. Complete utter, but grouse :)

She’s both weird and grouse. She can sing.

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

sarahs mum said:

The Foggy Dew – Sinéad O’Connor & The Chieftains 1995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keWnPZOd2cw

wow.

Less than 1300 views. Must be magnificent :)

:) 1,848 views
Oct 15, 2021

Ogmog said:

Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle & The Chieftains – Behind Blue Eyes

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Legends: The Chieftains | BBC Four Documentary

Blue eyes link fixed

roughbarked said:

Ogmog said:

Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle & The Chieftains – Behind Blue Eyes

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Legends: The Chieftains | BBC Four Documentary

Blue eyes link fixed

Ah John Entwhistle.

The Chieftains videos- Late Late Show 1992? (Cotton Eyed Joe) and Glastonbury 1987 (Full Concert)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGsrJzpT0co

Bubblecar said:

The Chieftains videos- Late Late Show 1992? (Cotton Eyed Joe) and Glastonbury 1987 (Full Concert)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGsrJzpT0co

Well recommended for the Glastonbury concert, a splendid gig with lots of views of the audience having a fine time indeed, innocent days.

Paddy of course is not the first Chieftain to have left us. Martin Fay, the fine bald fiddler and bones player in this concert, went his way in 2012.

Derek Bell, the eccentric but very capable harpist, died in 2002.

A few of the line-up from the 70’s have also gone the way of all flesh.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

The Chieftains videos- Late Late Show 1992? (Cotton Eyed Joe) and Glastonbury 1987 (Full Concert)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGsrJzpT0co

Well recommended for the Glastonbury concert, a splendid gig with lots of views of the audience having a fine time indeed, innocent days.

Paddy of course is not the first Chieftain to have left us. Martin Fay, the fine bald fiddler and bones player in this concert, went his way in 2012.

Derek Bell, the eccentric but very capable harpist, died in 2002.

A few of the line-up from the 70’s have also gone the way of all flesh.

…but Paddy was the founding member (see: above History Link)