The Chieftains have been a phenomenon. For nearly 50 year they toured more, recorded more, and collaborated with more other musicians than any other band I can think of. In fact I often wondered what their lives were like, since they seemed to be so constantly on the move around the world. They did more to preserve and spread traditional Irish music than anyone else ever has. Paddy Moloney was their founder and guiding spirit, so I toast his memory. Here are some of the tracts they recorded with famous collaborators:
The Long Black Veil with Mick Jagger
Have I Told You Lately with Van Morrison
Mo Ghile Mear with Sting
The Foggy Dew with Sinead O'Connor (that's Moloney on the pipes)
Raglan Road with Joan Osborne
Down the Old Plank Road with John Hiatt
Dark as a Dungeon with Vince Gill
Lily of the West with Mark Knopfler
Lukey's Boat with Great Big Sea. (If you compare this version to one Great Big Sea recorded on their own, you see what The Chieftains brought to their collaborators: this one is ten times more lively, fun, and beautiful)
And an instrumental number, O'Sullivan's March
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