Track Listing

1. Opening Medley: D�chas/Kind of Laois/Paddy's Jig/O'Keefes/Chattering
2. North Amerikay
3. Lilly Bolero/The White Cockade
4. Little Love Affairs
5. Red Is the Rose
6. Mason's Apron
7. Stone
8. Miscellany: Theme from Tristan and Isolde/S�is�n Ban/The Gal
9. Raglan Road
10. Behind Blue Eyes
11. Medley: � Murch�'s Hornpipe/Sliagh Geal Gcua Na Feile/The Wa
12. Damhsa
13. Racham�d a Bhean Bheag

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45404 in Music
• Released on: 1992-01-28
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Amazon.com
During the early '90s, the Chieftains embarked upon a series of multigenre crossover recordings. Major pop stars were brought in as guest artists and a few had the goods, but others came across as wannabes or well-meaning if clueless PR victims. This Grammy-winning live album from 1992 features the Who's Roger Daltrey and American singer Nanci Griffith. Sadly, Griffith's husky, thin-textured voice is inadequate to the demands of Irish vocal ornamentation and phrasing. Daltrey, meanwhile, sounds raucous, unidiomatic, and amateurish; plus his presence with a traditional Irish music ensemble in the middle of British-occupied Belfast seems a bit much. In any case, courting comparison with the Chieftains' own singer, Kevin Conneff, is a risky business at best. The instrumentals are typically accomplished and future Riverdance diva Jean Butler provides charmingly percussive footwork, but the trap drummer on the last tune is glaringly out of place. --Christina Roden

Customer Reviews

If I Could Give This Six Stars I Would
I don't know what the reviewer's problem is, but nobody in the Opera House this night was thinking about the British occupation, they were all too busy enjoying one of the best Chieftains live shows ever! Only Paddy and the Boys can meld rock, pop, country-folk, the dance and traditional Celtic music into one fantastic show like this. Daltrey's pub drinking style is PERFECT for the band, and the version of "Raglan Road" contained here is one of the best ever recorded. Nanci Griffith sounds like she could've been born in County Mayo. I would urge anyone to get a copy of this immediately, there's none better! A topnotch addition to any longtime fan's Cheiftains' CD collection or a good starter for those of you just beginning to get a taste for this worldclass Irish band's music. Long before Riverdance there was the CHIEFTAINS!

Classic Chieftains on stage!
My first exposure to the Chieftains, Ireland's "Musical Ambassadors," many years ago. For those wishing to expose their musical tastes to Irish music, this is a great album to start with. This particular album reveals the Chieftains' true stage presence. A must buy for any Chieftains fan!

Some of the Chieftans best work.
An oustanding performance of one of the finest groups in the world today