WGBH Music: The Chieftains "Opening Medley" Live from WGBH 

Glorious. Paddy Moloney, our loss is Heaven's gain.

Heartbroken to hear of Paddy Maloney’s passing yesterday…💔

RIP Paddy Moloney. Thanks for all the music.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day today 2021

This news brought me to tears, wonderful man and musician. May you rest in peace Paddy, thoughts with your family & friends.

Thank you Paddy, for bringing brightness and happiness to our lives, you will be missed. But your light will shine forever.

I first saw the chieftains and James Galway in Ireland on St Patrick's day 1987,and I have been their biggest fan ever since.i at one time 35 of their lps on tape and I have many favorite tunes of theirs.but like all good things they can't last forever! Dave Howard

I was so shocked by the sudden death of Maestro in music, Mr. Paddy Moloney. Condolence. Thank you so much for the greatest music performances...

United and Free Ireland !!!! From Galiza, the southern celtic ancient land, strong hugs !! ❤

All our love from Australia. Paddy Maloney you will always be remembered. Rest now in peace with the music.

Absolutely brilliant. These guys were amongst my favourites fifty years ago, and the music's still fresh! They had it all - pipes, fiddles, harp, bodhrán, harp - and the dancers! I've included this in a playlist "Classic British Folk" and, before anyone complains, I mean "British" in it's broadest sense, as it is to include Brittany, all the British Isles and north-western Spain. They share a musical culture from before England became England.

This is magic on so many levels. When the dancers come out, it's just over the top!

Paddy Moloney always loved to *bring the music* to everyone....everywhere. *RIP Paddy.*

The song that starts at around 3:00 minutes is the Chieftains upbeat version of The Nine Points of Roguery (made popular by Boys of the Lough - but not sure if they composed it). Jon Pilatzke is the Chieftains' lead fiddle player who also comes forward to dance as the reel progresses. The other guy dancing is his brother Nathan. Both brothers are part of the Canadian band Step Crew, created by Jon and Nathan, and Cara Butler, who joins them dancing. Cara is the younger sister of Jean Butler (of Riverdance fame). Now you know 🙂.

I had the pleasure of seeing The Chieftains many times on their tours to Chicago. Paddy was generally the spokesperson, giving background on the music and instruments.

RIP Paddy... Thank you for the music and all you have done for Irish Traditional Music

Talk about shaking a leg!excellent step dance by those brothers!I saw jean Butler dance to this tune,called chattering magpie.glad to see her sister cara do this dance!wonderful musical paddy and the chieftains left our world!!this music will never die or become out style!God bless you all who hear this music and like.the chieftains awoke in me a love of my roots and love of Irish culture!!David Howard

Born and raised in Ashington. Sang that song most nights to my 3 kids as a lullaby, and my son has carried on the tradition with his two girls. Beautiful performance

Rest In Peace Paddy.......And thanks for Decades of collaborations with musicians from all of our World.

RIP Paddy, thank you from Basque Country! ❤

Farewell Paddy Moloney. Slan Abhaile. Thank you ever so much for being amongst those for bringing the beauty and richness of our culture to the world, as a mixed-race person of partial Irish descent, your band's music was so influential in paving the way to my appreciation and understanding of my place amongst the Irish diaspora.Thank you, I'm deeply and forever grateful.

My sister got us tickets at the Fine Arts Center at Umass for St. Patrick’s Day performance. Unforgettable!

Put a smile on my face and banished thoughts of pandemics for a little while!

Forever shall the chieftains reign

Matt Molloy's flute sound is to die for

Godspeed Paddy Moloney and thanks for your music.

God bless sean o'riada, without him the Chieftains would never have been.

Saw them in State College PA. The humorous remarks between songs were as entertaining as the music. Made for a great night

Boy how I would have loved to be in the audience that night. The step dancing is amazing to make the music even more exciting.

The March of the King of Laois., I play this on my GHB's all the time. Reminds me of hiking in the White Mountains with my wife.

beautiful

Ah! The Nine Points Of Roguery! Such a great name for a tune.

Paddy Maloney will be sadly missed. A great pipes player and ambassador for the traditional music of Ireland.

I always loved it when Paddy would do the vocal “chants” during a piece. I could never get over how such a strong, low sound came from a fairly diminutive man. What an amazing, gifted composer and musician. He could make those Uilleann pipes sing like a bird. If you’ve never seen the PBS Series “The Long Journey Home - The Irish in America” I highly recommend it. Some episodes are up on RU-vid. Paddy, the Chieftains and Guests (Sinead O’Connor, Elvis Costello, etc) did all the music, which is sweeping and heartbreaking. RIP Paddy, and Thank you for bringing the soul of Ireland around the world, and sharing it with all of us. 🇮🇪🇨🇦

RIP Paddy Moloney, you are in God's kingdom! 👑

It's amazing how paddy had the same teacher as Willy Clancy, Liam O'Flynn and Gay Mckeon yet those three are such phenomenal pipers...

Very proud to say I visited Ireland in April 2004, and love this music.

Great to see Paddy Maloney still leading this band, with this new lineup. I played fiddle in a band that opened for them on a US tour in '79. I remember the grand Sean Keane, and the sweet airs of Martin Fay, the two fiddlers at that time. The Chieftains, the Boys of the Lough, and the Bothy band were the popular and influential Celtic bands at the time. Go see Paddy and others jamming with, or for, Frank Zappa, shortly before his death. The Chieftains have had a remarkable career and played with an impressive list of artists. Brilliant.

The Chieftains helped me fall in love Irish traditional Music and I play my flutes along with them on my collections of there cds Love you guys TWEET

Good Morning James...Thanks NYPD

My favourite band of all time

Lovely! 55 years playing together this year! Congrats guys!

How the heck can someone dislike this????(even if you are deaf,blind and soulless you have no reason to do it.......)

What a grand treat to see and listen to the Chieftains. Would have loved to see them in person. Did have the great joy of seeing the step dancers in person at Brian's Celtic Sojourn. WOW!!!!!

Reminds me of the music id listen to with my grandad god rest his soul when i was a child as he would have the traditional music playing in the house

Seen them in New Zealand twice , fantastic! This folks is Irish music.

The sound recording is top notch excellant

This is very happy music. What an amazing sound. Also the step dancing is awesome. I love when they sing. Their music will live fore ever.

"A Celtic Soujourn" on wgbh was the beginning of my traditional Irish journey

A great band, with great music.

Dios bendiga a todos los hijos de ese Gran Pais que es Irlanda y su musica gloriosa

Oh My God, I haven't had this big of a smile in over a year! Thanks you for posting this.

Rest in peace, greatest of the Bards!

The 2 male dancers are brothers - the Pilatzke brothers Jon and Nathan. Jon is also a fiddler. Both are championship step dancers from Canada. Love the Chieftains and the Pilatzke brothers - and all the others in this video!

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Irish traditional music has lost a giant. A chieftain in every respect.

All that's great about our country, we will be United in all one day

The island born sons and daughters disclaim me, as I am U.S. born, but my mind and heart still dream in Irish.

With some Canadian step-dancing, completes the medley!

beautiful music as close to nature as anything that ever I have heard

My glass was raised

Givin' it socks!!!!!!!! Brilliant!

Oh bl**dy mnarvellous!! I'd have LOVED to have been there. Thank you guys and Lass :) :)

God bless you Paddy ! Heaven needs another piper !

I love you so much. My son when he was just a kid turned me on to the Chieftains. :)

One of my all time favorite pieces of music.

Fantastic you all.

Rousing!!!! They give it their ALL every time they perform. Always fresh and exciting. Thank you Chieftains for decades of top shelf music 🎶

nuestras raíces Celtas , nunca hay que olvidarlas es un estilo de vida es conservar nuestra cultura.

Lovely!

My favorite band...AWESOME!!!

"SLANGAH" Back in the mid-1990's I was invited to one of my Co-Worker's Wedding in Malibu, Ca. Her Husband-To-Be is Irish, and he was Close Friend's of the "Chieften's" and they were invited, too. What a wounderful night we All had, "Slangah" to them All.

My husband and I enjoyed your concert in Kalamazoo very much! I don't know how it's possible that you are celebrating 57 years. You certainly aren't old enough.

Always a joy to look at and listen to.

Another great who has passed on and whose talent so outshines the crop of so-called Country Stars of today it is unfathomable.

FABULOUS from a humble tin whistle player

In the lands that I came from many Chieftains have rained and ruled for thousands of years but they could not compete with the king of all Chieftans Paddy Moloney and his fellow band member Chieftains past and present and his band of fellow musicians,, dancers, singers, poets and storytellers. Paddy has now left town and is playing in a new club in a place called Kingdom Hall which is in the first town you pass through after you drive through Heaven's gate, Paddys gone but his songs, stories and music will last forevermore

The Chieftains are the very best of all.

These guys are so great they can parody themselves and no one would know except me...Wait a second, these guys

This is simply amazing...!

Ahh,that's the good stuff!!

Grazie Paddy! ❤️

Wonderful piece, and you can see the passion in it all. But most of all I love the first guy dancing, the one with the tie. He's brilliant, really puts his all into it, flawless with it, but at the same time manages to look like every dad, ever, all rolled into one and dancing, makes me smile every time I see him!

So.. this must be an example of the Culture I keep hearing we don't have.

The times over the decades I have been skipping and dancing to the many, many times of watching them play beautiful music a few feet from me and entranced all the time of it.

50 years Irish music

Wonderful to listen to and look at.

Brilliant!

In the mid-'90's, my wife and I attended a wedding for one my Nurse's, that i supervise, in Malibu, Ca. Her husband, being Irish, was a close friend to the "Chieftains" they were invited, too and Stayed and Played, the whole night and kept us "yanks" quite happy. It was also the same night, that the "World Cup Soccer" Match, between Ireland and Mexico was played in Los Angeles and Ireland Won.

So beautiful.

Fantastic!

Beautiful ! Wish all humans could get the beauty of this ! ❤

This - is one of my favorite parts about being human. 🍎❤️💋🎼🍺🥃🍀

just brilliant, makes you feel good inside

Vos morceaux nous portent dans une belle ballade ! Merci

Them boys make me proud to be Irish xxx

Love this, what a great band.RIP Paddy.

Wow !! Happy days !

RIP Derek, Martin, Sean, Paddy. Sean was one of teachers, and that's the point --these gentlemen (and many others) ensured this music would forever be, by teaching it, by playing it. What a gift!

Wow. Just.... wow. How can this have only 2.4 k likes?