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The Grey Fox. Soundtrack. Paddy was commissioned to compose the score for the Canadian film ‘The Grey Fox’ by Philip Borsos. The film starred Richard Farnsworth and was the true story of Bill Miner, who after spending 33 years in San Quentin for robbing a stage coach at the end of the 19th century, gets the idea to rob a train when he sees ...
Provided to YouTube by RCA Victor Main Theme (From "The Grey Fox") · The Chieftains Film Cuts ℗ 1991 BMG Music Released on: 1996-02-13 Uilleann Pipes, Whistles, Arranger, Composer,...
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The Grey Fox by The Chieftains released in 1984. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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It is no exaggeration to say The Chieftains reinvented traditional Irish music on an international scale, fulfilling Moloney’s vision of popularizing the jigs, reels, polkas, and gorgeous slow melodic airs he grew up enjoying as a youngster. Moloney, who started out playing with a band called Ceoltóirí Chualann, was 24 when he gathered a group of p...
Although Bell once quipped that The Chieftains “have the look about us of a group of retired bankers,” their unshowy image has always belied a collection of supremely talented musicians. Bell, who was given the nickname “Ding Dong” by the band, was a wizard on a wide range of instruments, including the Celtic harp, oboe, piano, electric keyboard, E...
The Chieftains have excelled at breaking down musical barriers throughout their career, taking Irish music to the farthest parts of the world. They were the first Western musicians to perform on the Great Wall of China; they were part of Roger Waters’ historic The Wallperformance in Berlin in 1990; they were the first ensemble to perform a concert ...
Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Joni Mitchell, Nanci Griffith, Jackson Browne, Art Garfunkel, Béla Fleck, Bonnie Raitt, Madonna, Diana Krall, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Jones, Alison Krauss, Sinéad O’Connor, John Williams, James Galway, and Luciano Pavarotti have one thing in common: they all jumped at the chance to reco...
Whether it’s dance tunes to lift your spirits, or songs to tug at your heartstrings, The Chieftains have excelled at creating atmospheric music. It is no surprise that these Irish folk musicians have been in huge demand for Hollywood soundtracks and television programs. As well as their work for Kubrick, they wrote and performed music for the 1979 ...
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The Chieftains are a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous with traditional Irish music. They are regarded as having helped popularise Irish music around the world. [1] .
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Jun 22, 2020 · Richard Farnsworth is our ‘Grey Fox,’ Bill Miner, also known as ‘The Gentleman Bandit,’ a real figure who, after a thirty-three-year term in prison for robbing stagecoaches, finds himself flirting with the notion of going straight.
