[Stereo] The Chieftains are joined by Roger Daltrey, for a version of The Who standard, and then Nanci Griffith accompanies the group for an interpretation of an Irish standard on this USTV program.
Nanci had been living in Ireland about 50% of each year since 1989 until she pretty much settled in Nashville around ‘98. Man, this loss has me reeling. She was an enormous part of my musical tapestry since 1983, when I discovered Once In a Very Blue Moon. Rest In Peace, beautiful soul..
@@krummcutie Listened to her live at an out door concert here in Utah at one of the resorts up in the mountains.........couldn't afford tickets, but me and a friend sat out side the fence and listened to her concert!!! It was magical....she was such a wonderful story teller, singer /song writer!! She'll be poorly missed!!! She was my age!!
Roger Daltry. What a star! Thank you for sharing this beautiful segment and bringing Nanci to shine her light on stage and bring her lovely voice to our ears. Beautiful collaboration. Thanks to all the artists involved in these works. Thanks to the Lord for bringing forward some voices of light in an industry that does all it can to wipe it out generation by generation.
OMG..... Behind Blue Eyes.. saw one of my favourite bands The Who in 1973(Texas)and that song floored me then as it does now !The Chieftains are simply amazing A West of Ireland fan living in NYC
She Doesn't need any back or sounds, she does Better all on HER OWN,...What a woman, what a voice, Did you notice that when others join in, It just corrupts the music? Beautiful Piercing sound comes out of This Wonderful Woman....~!!!! Love to you Nanci~!
What a very very very powerful song if you really listen to what Pete Townshend has given us all. This is a great version but nothing can top the WHO doing it live on stage.
Thanks for that. How lovely that she wrote a song that was then taken to be an Irish standard. It’s wonderful to see these videos on RU-vid that we would never have been able to see. Thank you. 🥰
Haven't heard the Chieftains in many decades. And who didn't love Nanci! It is sad to hear Roger's range shrinking, 30 years ago. Oh well, it happens to everyone...
OK, this is a very good Chieftains lineup! Martin Fay was still among them, The rascal Derek Bell also.The droll Sean Potts and the schoolteacherly Michael Tubridy had long since departed, as had Peadar Mercier. But Kevin Conneff and Matt Molloy were more than capable. And then...Nanci loved performing with them, except during the tour with that rascal Ashely MacIsaac, who wore nothing under his kilt and enjoyed displaying his package to the audience when he jigged. Not making this up -- inn Canada, we produce some real wild musicians. Ashley's just one of 'em. Apparently, Nanci was not amused when she had to go out on tour with them and Ashley. Well, don't know what he's doing now. He was a good step-dancer and fiddler, I'll give him that! Nanci -- words cannot express. The Chieftains -- love 'em forever Amen!
Nanci loves the Cheiftans but that guy bugged her a little, as a perfectionist, she looked over at him when he did not sing the correct notes/ harmony. And the fiddler caught her look and he briefly tilts head over at the idiot as if to say WTF did u just do to our Precious!!
I'm not so sure it went like this. It is evident that Nanci has a slightly "tight" look and it maybe that it reflected a psychological condition of her during that period, but I see that she smiles for her colleagues. And if by chance that boy had made a mistake and Nanci had looked at him to scold him, but do you know how I would like to be wrong for a look of Nanci??
downtime86 stars The point is that Leno flubbed it. Rolling Stone called her the queen of "folkabilly" which I guess is meant to be a play on "rockabilly". But Leno flubbed it and said "folkability" instead. Note the extra 't'.
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