Young viewers have some questions for Paddy Maloney of The Chieftains.
The multi-award-winning band The Chieftains have been playing together for 32 years. They have just released the album 'The Long Black Veil' featuring collaborations with Sting, Mick Jagger, Sinéad O'Connor, and Marianne Faithfull.
Viewers telephone 'Echo Island' into the show with their questions for Paddy Maloney.
Cliona Duffy from Dublin asks Paddy which artist on the new album he most admires and why? Paddy Maloney gives a diplomatic response saying he likes all of their contributions equally.
Each track has a special story.
Gillian Maher from Tipperary asks where the name 'The Chieftains' came from? The chieftain was a leader of a group of families among Irish clans. The name for the band came from poet John Montague's book 'Death of a Chieftain'.
It is from the poet John Montague that we got the name The Chieftains.
Paddy Maloney describes life in The Chieftains as a vocation and a hard slog. He recalls meeting composer Seán Ó Riada for the first time back in the 1950s and describes him as quite a genius.
Clare O'Connell from Dublin asks how old he was when he started playing the pipes and if he can play any other instruments? A multi-instrumentalist he began playing the tin whistle aged five and progressed to the pipes when he was eight attending the School of Music.
This episode of 'Echo Island' was broadcast on 10 February 1995. The presenter is Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh.
