DEREK BELL PLAYED WITH HIMSELF

THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY DAVID WINDLOW ON R&R SCARS.

THE CHIEFTAINS ARE PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS AND LONGEST LIVING IRISH GROUP, MAINLY IN THE TRADITIONAL IRISH FOLK GENRE. THEIR LONG SERVING HARPIST, DEREK BELL SADLY DIED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. FROM A CLASSICAL BACKGROUND, DEREK PLAYED WITH THE CHIEFTAINS AND RECORDED WITH THE LIKES OF VAN MORRISON, MARK KNOPFLER, STING AND ELVIS COSTELLO. HE RELEASED A SOLO ALBUM IN 1981, TITLED "DEREK BELL PLAYS WITH HIMSELF".
I WOULD LIKE TO THINK DEREK HAD A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOUR.