The Chieftains: The Authorized Biography - Softcover

Glatt, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306809222 ISBN 13: 9780306809224

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2000

Synopsis

The history of the Chieftains over the last thirty-five years is the remarkable tale of how an unlikely group of enthusiasts came together to rescue some of the world's most beautiful music from near-extinction, brought it to an audience of millions, and became stars. Based on exclusive and extensive interviews with all the band's members, their families and friends, and with many of the international superstars who have recorded with them, The Chieftains tells the group's own story for the first time, with insight, wit, and charm.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in England, John Glatt has over twenty-five years' experience as a music and show business journalist. He is the author of Rage and Roll: Bill Graham and the Selling of Rock, Lost in Hollywood: The Fast Times and Short Life of River Phoenix, and The Royal House of Monaco—Dynasty of Glamour, Tragedy, and Scandal. He lives in New York.

From Library Journal:

After documenting the wild lives of Bill Graham (Rage & Roll, LJ 3/15/94) and River Phoenix (Lost in Hollywood, Donald I. Fine, 1995), Glatt turns to the decidedly tamer story of the Chieftains, a group that brought traditional Irish music back from the brink of extinction in the mid-Sixties and became unlikely pop stars in the 1990s. Otherwise quite entertaining, this relentlessly upbeat "authorized" biography is marred by redundant quotes from the bandmembers and associates, factual inconsistencies, and the lack of a discography. Also, when Glatt is stonewalled by the group's charismatic (if controlling) leader, Paddy Maloney, he sidesteps darker periods of the band's past. Still, this is the first full biography of Ireland's most important band, and with the success of the Riverdance and Lord of the Dance stage shows?whose star, Michael Flatley, once danced regularly with the Chieftains?demand for things Irish may be high. Recommended for popular music collections.?Lloyd Jansen, Stockton-San Joaquin Cty. P.L., Cal.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0306809222
• ISBN 13: 9780306809224
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 366