Today in music history, 1936: Irish musician Martin Fay, best known as fiddler for the folk group The Chieftains, is born in Dublin. He was a founding member of The Chieftains in 1961, although his first passion was classical music. In 1989, the Irish government awarded the group the honorary title of “Ireland’s Musical Ambassadors” for their contribution in popularizing Irish folk music and culture.
Celebrate the anniversary of Fay’s birth with a jolly song from The Chieftains’ twenty-ninth album The Long Black Veil:
