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Track Listings
| 1. Tennessee Waltz |
| 2. Tennessee Mazurka |
| 3. "Mo Ghile Mear (""Our Hero"")" |
| 4. The Long Black Veil |
| 5. The Foggy Dew |
| 6. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? |
| 7. Changing Your Demeanour |
| 8. The Lily of the West |
| 9. Coast of Malabar |
| 10. Dunmore Lassies |
| 11. Love Is Teasin' |
| 12. He Moved Through the Fair |
| 13. Ferny Hill |
| 14. Tennessee Waltz/Tennessee Mazurka |
| 15. The Rocky Road to Dublin |
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Over the years this Irish folk band has recorded with James Galway, Roger Daltrey, Nanci Griffith, Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson, and many more. For The Long Black Veil, they made their biggest haul yet: the Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Marianne Faithfull, Mark Knopfler, Sinead O'Connor, Tom Jones, Sting, and Ry Cooder. Knopfler, Faithfull, and O'Connor wander off-key in their vocals. Sting, Jones, and Mick Jagger stay on key in theirs, but never quite connect with their chosen songs nor with the ancient folk tradition the Chieftains tap into each time they play. A powerful musical connection is forged three times on the album, however. Morrison patiently builds his own "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" to a grand climax over flute and pipes; Ry Cooder adds a mysterious Mideastern guitar part to an instrumental version of "Dunmore Lasses;" and on "The Rocky Road to Dublin," Charlie Watts's ceili-swing drumming holds together a loose adventurous jam session which features Kevin Coneff's lead vocal and wild exchanges of the Chieftains' twin fiddles and the Rolling Stones' guitars. Three epiphanies may not be enough to justify the Long Black Veil project, but you can find a whole album of such moments on Van Morrison & the Chieftains' 1988 Irish Heartbeat, one of the greatest Irish recordings ever made. --Geoffrey Himes
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50 of 50 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a terrific CD, with its wild meld of celtic, pop, folk, and country strains. The Chieftains, accompanied by such music greats as Sting, Mick Jagger, Sinead O'Connor, The Rolling Stones, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Jones, Van Morrison, among others...who would have thought such an assemblage would result in such a cohesive recording of such wildly divergent music? Of particular note are Sting's mournful rendition of "Mo Ghile Mear" and Sinead O'Connor's stylization of "The Foggy Dew" and "He Moved Through The Fair". Mick Jagger also does justice to "A Long Black Veil". This CD is simply a great recording overall!
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This CD certainly proves that The Chieftains have friends in high places! This album is packed full of rock stars (Mick Jagger, Sting, Sinead O' Connor, Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Tom Jones and Marianne Faithfull) singing traditional Irish songs. This is an interesting album and the songs do work better than I expected them too. This is a lively collection of songs and none of the artists sound out of place, but I think I would still prefer hearing these songs sung by folk singers. Nonetheless this is a good introduction to The Chieftain's style of music and an essential buy if you are a fan of the artists involved.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I love Celtic music and have been thinking of buying the Chieftain's music for years. Well I finally got around to it and believe me it was well worth it. I enjoyed every minute of this album, favourite tracks are, 'Have I told you that I love you' and 'The Lily of the West'. I also bought 'Santiago' and 'The Wide World Over'. All three albums are a good buy. The title song on this album 'The Long Black Veil is one that I have known for years as it was one of my favourite songs sung by Johnny Cash and that is what attracted me to this album in the first place.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Dreadful !!
A simply dreadful collaberation. Long term members left because the band had moved so far away from it's traditional musical values, and it showed. Read more
Published 7 months ago by B. Dunn
The Irish way
Over the years the Cheiftains have made about 50 albums and in the 70s were regulars on TV programs. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Richard
Some tracks sound horribly other accettably, bad recordings affect...
This Cd contains certainly very good music but is far from being
a good recording. I would be glad to Amazon if they could put
at our disposal a double stars rating, one... Read more
a good recording. I would be glad to Amazon if they could put
at our disposal a double stars rating, one... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Lucazest
Long Black Veil - A taste of modern Irish music at its best
Long Black Veil
The Chieftains and their haunting Irish music are much like their beloved dark stout - you either love them or hate them. Read more
The Chieftains and their haunting Irish music are much like their beloved dark stout - you either love them or hate them. Read more
Published on 12 July 2009 by "Bilgescraper"
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