I saw the Chieftains so many times that I lost count. Every concert was awesome. I had a huge crush on Sean Keane. I was about 19. Rest in peace Sean, Paddy, and Derek.
I saw a youtube where they walked around TelAviv asking what they knew about Ireland. The music was always the answer, the music, the redhead, and the whiskey, but always the music.
There's an Irish pub near to my house that plays this music, but only on a Thursday night and doesn't really get going until way past 11.00 pm...Why, I have to get up to work the next day and it's very difficult after too many pints of the black stuff!!!! What a great tune though, as is their version of O'Neill's March.
I have always seen it more as ocean music. the Irish drums, whistles, uillean pipes and fiddles have a sound that depicts the sea faring history of the modern Celtic people, from the northern coasts of Spain to the islands and highlands of Scotland, the sound of Atlantic Europe is this style of music, in my opinion.
This must be the morning dew on the Battlefield they mean.This sounds like a a battlechant to my ears. Makes me wanna grab a sword and head out to the nearest.......and start chopin🤘😁
@@asamiyashin444 to be serious for a moment: the Chieftains played traditional music. Traditional music is historical. In history, there have been many battles and wars. Take for instance the Chieftains tune «Brian Boru’s March», named after an Irish High King. A march is meant to march to - like soldiers do. «The Morning Dew» can also be marched to. There’s a certain vigour to it which can bring men in mind of battle. That doesn’t mean we don’t take real war seriously, or actually want to go to war. It’s just a natural response to the music.
