The Chieftains - The Making of The Long Black Veil
The Chieftains reached a pinnacle of Celtic crossover success with their  1995 CDThe Long Black  Veil, featuring guest appearances by rock and pop icons like Mick  Jagger, Sting, Van Morrison, and Sinead O'Connor. Fans of the CD may find the  DVD a wee bit heavy on the blarney at the expense of the music, however. While  the disc offers backstage glimpses at some of the recording sessions for the CD,  it leans heavily on interviews, ruminations, and voiceovers by various  Chieftains (mostly leader Paddy Moloney) and guests (variations on "why I wanted  to work with the Chieftains" and testimonials on Moloney's velvet-hammer powers  of persuasion), and reduces the songs to mere snippets. Some of the most notable  guest artists, like Jagger and Morrison, are missing altogether. So fans hoping  for a video version of the CD may be disappointed, though diehard Chieftain  devotees will learn a lot about the band's work habits and enduring vision.--Anne Hurley