Paddy Moloney

Paddy Moloney ( born August 1, 1938 in Donnycarney, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish Uilleann Pipes player.

Life

Moloney grew up in a musical family. At age six, he played the tin whistle and the age of eight he began to learn the Uilleann Pipes. His teacher was Leo Rowsome. With 12 Moloney won the Championship in the All Irish Uilleann Pipes division.

After school, he worked in the accounting department of the Irish construction company Baxendales. He was a member of several bands - sometimes simultaneously - including the skiffle band The Three Squares. The mid-1950s he met Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy, with whom he worked from then on. In the late 1950s, he led a band with Seán Potts banjo player Barney McKenna (later of the Dubliners ). , Singer Larry Tracey and died young flutists and tap dancer Bán Ó Broin Paidi, who laid great emphasis on the use of the Irish language Around the same time learned Seán Ó Riada Moloney know when he played with Seán Potts, Michael Tubridy, Martin Fay and others in Dublin clubs. For this circuit to Ó Riadas band Ceoltoiri Chualann (see The Chieftains ) recruited. This band recorded five albums up to 1967.

Paddy Moloney 1962 would then realize his own ideas and created for an album - in addition to the Ceoltoiri - Chuallan project - his band The Chieftains. Also present were from Ó Riadas band Seán Potts, Martin Fay, Peadar Mercier and Michael Tubridy and the elderly bodhran player Dave Fallon. They recorded the album The Chieftains, which appeared on a Garech Bruns ( Garech Browne ) newly formed label Claddagh. 1968 Paddy listened to at Baxendales to work only for the Claddagh label. During this time he also worked as a producer of some LPs the label. 1969 Moloney formed the Chieftains new. For the no longer active on grounds of age David Fallon he won Peadar Mercier, as second violinist, the young Seán Keane from Ó Ríadas was hired band.

With the Chieftains Moloney plays today. Numerous musicians left the band and were replaced by others, but for more than 40 years, Paddy Moloney is the only leftover founding member of the head of the group. Moloney has a major stake in the success of the Chieftains. The band played in many countries and on several continents. With numerous musicians, the band has played together and it added a lot of influences.

In addition to his leadership role in the Chieftains Paddy Moloney was involved in numerous musical projects. He looked at photographs of Mick Jagger, Mike Oldfield, Midge Ure, Paul McCartney, Van Morrison, Mike McGear, Alan Stivell, Christy Moore, Don Henley and Pink Floyd ( The Wall in Berlin). He wrote film scores for movies such as Tristan and Isolde ( film version with Richard Burton), The Year of the French, The Ballad of the Irish Horse, The Grey Fox, Treasure Isle ( Treasure Island - remake ), Far and Away ( Far and Away ), Agnes Browne, The mauve taxi (Le taxi mauve ) and Gods and Generals.

1988 Moloney was awarded an honorary doctorate for his musical achievements for the Republic of Ireland.

Discography

As a member of the band:

  • With Ceoltoiri Chuallan (see The Chieftains )
  • With The Chieftains (see The Chieftains )

Solo & Collaborations:

  • Paddy Moloney & Sean Potts: Tin Whistles (1973 )
  • Paddy Moloney Silent Night: A Christmas in Rome ( 1998)
  • John Montague & Paddy Moloney: The Wild Dog Rose ( 2011)
  • Irish musicians
  • Uilleann Pipes player
  • Person (Dublin)
  • Born in 1938
  • Man
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