The Chieftains 8 is an album by The Chieftains. Originally recorded for Claddagh Records and released in 1978, it was re-released on Columbia Records. It is the last of the group's albums recorded before members Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy left the band. The band performed "If I Had Maggie In The Wood" on Saturday Night Live in March 1979.
Track listing "The Session" "Doctor John Hart" "Seán Sa Cheo" "An tSean Bhean Bhocht/The Fairies' Hornpipe" "Sea Image" "If I Had Maggie In The Wood" "An Speic Seoigheach" "The Dogs Among The Bushes" "Miss Hamilton" "The Job Of Journeywork" "The Wind that Shakes the Barley/The Reel With The Beryle"
Personnel Paddy Moloney – Uilleann pipes, tin whistle Seán Potts – tin whistle Seán Keane – fiddle Martin Fay – fiddle, bones Michael Tubridy – flute, concertina, tin whistle Derek Bell – neo Irish harp, medieval harps, tiompán Kevin Conneff – bodhrán
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