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The
Chieftains : The Authorized Biography
John Glatt / Hardcover / 1997 / 448 pages
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The history
of a unique Irish musical group that has achieved world-wide recognition
during its thirty-five year career is based on interviews with
all the members of the band, their families and friends, plus
other stars who have recorded with the Chieftains. Since their
humble beginnings in the folk clubs and bars of Ireland
in the early '60s, The Chieftains have built a worldwide reputation
and following based on their brilliant musicianship, their rediscovery
and reinvention of traditional Irish music, and their own
original music and Oscar-winning soundtracks. Based on exclusive
interviews with all the band's members, their families and
friends, this is the intimate and comprehensive history of
one of the most acclaimed Irish bands of all time. |