BULK RATE u.s. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 2419 K.C.,MO ;~~KC PITCtI FREE October 1982 CRgnsas (itts Music ani 'f.Jntertainment ~wsfafer Issue 22 · hAC · , Chieftains to Th e Irl~ re omlng. View Stockyards? Bijou & Fine Arts Calendars .................. p. 8, 9,10 Beyond the Beaver ...................... p.ll Juvenile Delinquency Film Festival ...................... p.ll Hollywood Hoopla inKC The Chieftains. Seated are Dereck Bell and Paddll;MQlQ~"~~•• will plQY at The Lyric Theater October 20. Blue Riddim Band ,~...... .J __ ~0m,Qjj~~IH.:!la:!JSH~df Westport and through Rockhurst College Ticket Information Center, 926-4127. by DWight Frizzell Stones on more than one occasion during the Chieftains play, an audience that broke A Sunsplash Smash their last tour. At the historic concert at Slain all pr~vious attendance records set by the Castle in Dublin, Kevin Conneff presented Rolling Stones, the Beatles and the Bee Willi Me What Irish group has performed with the Rolling Stones drummer Charley Watts with Gees. Paddy Maloney modestly told the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and a a bodhran. What followed was an impromp­ Pitch, "It wasn't our gig. The Pope was the Chinese tradition music ensemble, has work­ Montego Bay, Jamaica. Kansas City's tu jam backstage, after which Watts promis­ headliner." ed with Stanley Kubrick, holds the world own reggae aficionados, The Blue Riddim ed that he would play the bodhran on at least The Chieftains achieved yet another first record for playing before the largest live au­ Band, did their bit to ensure themselves a when they played with a traditional Chinese dience, performed for Pope John Paul II and page in musical history. Early in the morning music and dance ensemble at the National is featured in the new Guiness Stout TV on August 7, they completely blew away the Concert Hall in Dublin recently. The results commercial? The answer is none other than reggae fans who had poured into Montego were a long standing ovation and a schedul­ the Chieftains, one of the oldest and most Bay from all over the world to see Jamaica's ed three week tour of China, making the accomplished Irish groups still performing. premier reggae groups, vocalists and musi­ Chieftains the first Irish group to perform The opportunity to join the spirit of these cians at the four day Sunsplash Fest. behind the Great Wall. "There are amazing world renowned musicians in Kansas City At 6:30 AM on the third night/day of the similarities between our styles of music," will become reality when they play the Lyric festival (sessions lasted from 10 PM to about nedy's Cape ~I}~; Paddy Maloney said. The two groups per­ Theater Wednesday, October 20 at 8:30 PM. 9 AM), after some hard acts to follow and . At -"f:.'r~:t(en~}lsrequest, Paddy formed music together based on an ancient The Chieftains play an unusual collection before a crowd estimated at 40 to 60 thou- s there, indudin~ tfte Gaelic melody. of instruments, many of them dating back to I sand, an obViously nervous Blue Riddim ~ns. on the uilleaq 4?~s;: The Chieftains have permeated the pre-Christian Ireland. The Irish government Band from "Cansas City" [sic] took the "My mother was so moved by ~~~~l'~ mainstream of pop music by appearing on recognizes band leader Paddy Maloney as stage. They broke into their familiar (to us mance, she played a duet witP,~~~~the "Rainclouds," the flip side of America's No. "the living treasure of Ireland" in much the Kansas Citians) set and it brought prompt but plath?:: Mnat~.l'~J<~;t61tEKC J'itc,h. 1 single of the year, "Ebony and Ivory" by same way Japan recognizes their master ar­ subdued attention. Then the band swung in­ Paddy', tmid tbe'.~2~yeat.o:ld dame Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. Paddy tists. Maloney's virtuosity on the uilleann grand played "Sweet Adilline." Maloney appeared on both Mike Oldfield's to "Smile (Dance This Reggae Music)" and pipes is unmatched. Similar to Scottish Paddy reported that afterwards Ted Ken­ and Don Henley's new LPs and recently per­ the predominantly Jamaican crowd went bagpipes, but smaller and less harsh. They nedy, with moist ey(!s, said, "My, motlu:r, formed duets with Jackson Browne during wild. At first only a few locals got up and are difficult to play. "You need to be an oc­ hasn't pfayed like that in years," three sold out concerts at the London Ham­ started moving, a major event in and of topus to play one," John "Ringo" PaddY~.~fe Rita commented, "She's astonishing for het, mersmith Odeon. The Chieftains also per­ itself. But soon people were dancing every­ McDonagh of DeDannan said during his re­ age." ' formed at the World's Fair in Knoxville and where, shouting every form of appreciative cent visit to Kansas City. &?natar Kennedy told The Pitch" !'t ap­ on the soundtrack of a major Canadian film Jamaican vernacular there is. The crowd Other band members include Kevin Con­ preciated tl;le time that Paddy and The entitled The Gray Fox, soon to be released. shouted "Irie!" and "Mur-dahh in the first neff, who plays the bodhran (Irish drum) and Chieftains took to come up to. the house arid What is it about the Chieftains that make degree!" at these white boys from the Derek Bell, who plays the Irish (lap harp), perform. It was a great afternoon for all of their music so popular and accessible the Midwest. After a much requested encore. hammered dulcimer (tiompan) and piano. us," world over? Some people say The Chief­ Blue Riddim left a stunned crowd that Bell is a classically trained musician who ~an Delaney, Ted Kenneciy's 'press tains' music is dance music. Others have wanted more. played with the BBC Orchestra before join­ (continued on page 6) secretary in Boston, srudthat the senator is a heard in the Chieftains the loose and spon­ ing The Chieftains a decade ago. He is wide­ big fan of Irish music. The senator had also taneous spirit of a traditional New Orleans ly considered a brilliant musician and, along arranged for Irish musicians to play at ,Rose's jazz band. The Chieftains' fiddling has been Bad Riddim Update with Maloney, is something of a stage lastblrlhday party, Simultaneously compared to classical music Blue Riddim Band's new character who enjoys his immense populari­ and old timey fiddle playing. Whatever The ty. The sextet is completed with fiddlers Mar­ EP, including the hits Chieftains may be compared to, people of tin Fay and Sean Keane, who are among the "Nancy Reagan" and one Stones song during the next concert. every musical taste and persuasion testify to original me!1lbers of this group which spans The Chieftains performed before the Pope their skill and magnetism. 0 "Don't Let Me Be two decades. Flutist Matt Molloy works in­ at the Papal Mass in Dublin's Phoenix Park in Misunderstood, " has been tricately with the entire ensemble. October 1979. A crowd estimated at Chieftains discography on page 4. The Chieftains opened for the Rolling 1,350,000 came to hear the Pope speak and released by A Major Label. 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